ISM Engineer - 2 year Secondment

Rolls-Royce; West of England; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is seeking a MoD Secondment In-Service Submarines Design Authority Engineer (Lifecycle Engineer) based in Bristol with hybrid working (Abbey Wood presence three days a week). This two-year secondment involves engaging with Enterprise partners to manage medium to long-term projects, embedding best practices, and driving submarine propulsion availability.

You will lead design authority requirements, coordinate cross-functional teams, and provide technical support while ensuring

Qualifications

• Experience within the UK Submarines Enterprise (e.g. Navy, MOD, Prime Industry Partner etc)
• Engineering or Numerical degree (or equivalent with experience)
• Knowledge of components/systems functionality and numerical methods
• Experience of working on complex tasks that are novel and ambiguous
• Familiarity with the in service operation environment, including regulatory and compliance requirements
• Experience in troubleshooting and/or problem resolution
• Experience in support/lead cross-functional teams e.g. specialists, suppliers, customers, partners
• Experience developing and challenging maintenance requirements
• Safety Case experience
• Investigative/Questioning mindset
• Experience with Azure DevOps
• Report writing.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring Design Authority Requirements are being met
• Seeking opportunities to embed Rolls-Royce best practice within SDA process
• Leading small projects from concept to delivery to improve submarine propulsion plant availability
• Assist in defect diagnosis and rectification including potential mitigations and travel to UK naval bases
• Provide technical support to help resolve technical queries and arisings
• Identify cost reduction opportunities by reviewing life cycle engineering policies and maintenance planning docs
• Prepare and deliver technical communications to platform providers, regulators, customers, internal stakeholders
• Lead and integrate Health Monitoring system requirements
• Identify requirements for new Health Monitoring System or capability
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and internal/external stakeholders’ needs
• Gather in-service data and drive continuous improvement via Best Practice and feedback into future programmes.

Skills

UK Submarines Enterprise experience

Engineering or Numerical degree

Numerical methods knowledge

Complex tasks handling

Regulatory compliance familiarity

Troubleshooting and problem resolution

Cross-functional team leadership

Maintenance requirements development

Safety Case experience

Investigative mindset

Azure DevOps

Report writing

Education

Engineering or Numerical degree

Tools

Azure DevOps

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: MoD Secondment In-Service Submarines Design Authority Engineer (Lifecycle Engineer)

Working Pattern: Fulltime (2 year secondment)

Working location: Bristol/Hybrid (3 days a week in Abbeywood)

In-Service Submarines (ISM) is a Ministry of Defence function that supports the availability of Submarines for the Operational function of the Royal Navy. Working across the multiple Enterprise Partners to ensure that Submarine maintenance periods meet the requirements to support safe Submarines at sea.

As part of the team, the successful candidate would be responsible for engaging with the Enterprise partners to successfully manage medium to long-term projects on behalf of the Design Authorities (DA’s), through to a successful output. The individual will also seek opportunities to highlight efficiencies within both the ISM and DA processes and ways of working and feed back the relevant LfE.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It’s a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we’re all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

This role is a staff grade two-year secondment working within the In-Service Submarines Secondary Propulsion Design Authority team based at MoD Abbey Wood in Bristol. It provides the successful candidate with an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment, dealing with engineering challenges to ensure submarine platforms are available for national tasking. The role offers development opportunities through direct exposure to the inner workings of the Submarine Delivery Agency, and the ability to directly influence submarine availability.

You’ll be working for MoD, as a design engineer, ensuring safety first:

• Ensuring Design Authority Requirements are being met
• Seeking opportunities to embed Rolls-Royce best practice within SDA process
• Leading small projects from concept to delivery to improve submarine propulsion plant availability
• Assist in defect diagnosis and rectification including determining potential mitigations and repair options, which might entail travel to UK naval bases.
• Provide technical support to help resolve technical queries and operational arisings.
• Identify cost reduction opportunities by reviewing and maintaining life cycle engineering policies and any associated maintenance planning documentation.
• Prepare and deliver technical communications (e.g. presentation and/or reports) to platform provider, regulators, customers, internal stakeholder.
• Lead and integrate Health Monitoring system requirements.
• Identify requirements for new Health Monitoring System or capability.
• Ensure compliance with requirements specified by regulatory authorities and to adhere to technical and business requirements of internal & external stakeholders. Where delegated, act as the Technical Authority providing assurance on build, commissioning and maintenance activities.
• Gather in-service data and carry out continuous improvement by identifying Best Practice and Learning from Experience activities, feeding back into future programmes and product design teams.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Experience within the UK Submarines Enterprise (e.g. Navy, MOD, Prime Industry Partner etc)
• Engineering or Numerical degree (or equivalent with experience)
• Knowledge of components/ systems functionality and numerical methods
• Experience of working on complex tasks that are novel and ambiguous
• Familiarity of the in service operation environment, including regulatory and compliance requirements
• Experience in troubleshooting and/or problem resolution
• Experience in support/lead cross-functional teams e.g. specialists, suppliers, customers, partners.
• Experience developing and challenging maintenance requirements,
• Safety Case experience,
• Investiative/Questioning mindset,
• Experience with Azure DevOps,
• Report writing.

We are an equal opportunities employer. We’re committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individualswho are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

NGS 8-10

Job Category

Engineering for Services

Posting Date

14 Oct 2026; 00:10

Posting End Date

28 Oct 2026