Engineering Manager - Site-Specific Design & Integration

Rolls-Royce SMR Limited; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 71,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Career progression

Industry projects

Continuous learning

Job summary

Rolls‑Royce SMR Limited is seeking an Engineering Manager (Area Lead) to coordinate site-specific design and lead a multidisciplinary team across systems, structures and components. The role ensures alignment with customer site requirements and the broader Rolls‑Royce SMR programme, while managing resources, risks, and delivery across multiple sites.

Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, you will drive engineering leadership, advance integration with internal and external partners, and

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer status (or equivalent).
• A relevant engineering degree or demonstrable equivalent industry experience.
• Experience in a senior engineering management or engineering leadership position within a complex engineering environment.
• Proven experience leading multidisciplinary engineering teams and delivering complex engineering programmes.
• Experience managing engineering performance, project metrics, risks and delivery against programme objectives.
• Demonstrable expertise in multidisciplinary design management and systems integration.
• Experience of power stations, major infrastructure projects or similarly complex industrial facilities.
• Strong understanding of physical design integration and interfaces with civil engineering systems, structures and components.
• Experience working within matrix organisations involving internal teams, suppliers, delivery partners and external stakeholders.
• Strong leadership skills with experience implementing best practice methods and driving continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team to deliver a fully integrated site-specific design within your area of responsibility.
• Provide engineering leadership across systems, structures and components throughout all stages of the project lifecycle.
• Manage engineering delivery against programme milestones, budgets and performance objectives whilst maintaining oversight of risks, opportunities and resource requirements.
• Coordinate and integrate engineering activities across internal teams, suppliers, partners and external stakeholders.
• Ensure site-specific design solutions remain aligned with the generic Rolls‑Royce SMR design and broader programme requirements.
• Support the development and management of physical adaptation and variant requirements for deployment across different sites, customers and global regions.
• Work closely with project management teams to define resource requirements and ensure successful delivery of engineering outputs.
• Support construction readiness, site development and integration activities to ensure engineering solutions are practical and deployable.
• Contribute to the management and monitoring of key power station attributes, including site characteristics, constructability, programme performance and cost targets.
• Support engagement with customers, regulators, business development teams and strategic partners as required.
• Ensure Health, Safety and Environmental standards are embedded throughout all designated engineering activities.
• Support integration of engineering outputs into supply chain, operations and delivery organisations.

Skills

Chartered Engineer status

Engineering degree

Senior engineering management

Multidisciplinary leadership

Systems integration

Project delivery

Risk & performance management

Stakeholder collaboration

Nuclear/regulated environment

Education

Engineering degree

Job description

Rolls‑Royce SMR Limited is seeking an Engineering Manager (Area Lead) to coordinate site-specific design and lead a multidisciplinary team across systems, structures and components. The role ensures alignment with customer site requirements and the broader Rolls‑Royce SMR programme, while managing resources, risks, and delivery across multiple sites.

Reporting to the Senior Engineering Manager, you will drive engineering leadership, advance integration with internal and external partners, and