Maintenance Planning Engineer - Submarines

Rolls-Royce Corporation; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Corporation in Derby is seeking a Maintenance Planning Engineer to join the Submarines Availability Centre. You will drive the maintenance strategy for the SMRP, coordinating with MoD and Rolls-Royce teams to optimise schedules, assess changes, and deliver improved submarine availability.

The role requires strong communication, stakeholder management, and knowledge of maintenance governance. A security clearance is a prerequisite, and the position is full-time onsite in Derby.

Qualifications

• Clear and concise communication with internal teams, MoD cells and customers.
• Strong stakeholder management and coordination across multiple domains.
• Proficiency with standard office tools and in-house systems.

Responsibilities

• Be the direct point of contact between customer and Rolls-Royce TA maintenance.
• Communicate with MoD technical and safety cells, RR site offices and internal experts.
• Manage maintenance requirements from safety case and reliability studies, challenging maintenance to optimise schedules.
• Coordinate and manage design and improvement projects through a wide network of resources.
• Assess and manage changes to maintenance packages, minimising impact on submarine programs.
• Work with data-driven analytics to identify maintenance improvements and opportunities.
• Lead changes using existing and new processes to optimise maintenance and support the SMRP.

Skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Microsoft Office

Azure DevOps

Data analytics

Problem solving

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Job Title - Maintenance Planning Engineer - Submarines

Working Pattern: Full Time / Permanent

Location : Derby

Position Summary

We are currently recruiting for a Maintenance Planning Engineer to join the Rolls-Royce Submarines Availability Centre, based in Derby. The recently launched Submarine Maintenance Recovery Plan (SMRP) places the Availability Centre front and centre of the project. This presents a unique opportunity to be a part of the biggest change to the Submarine Maintenance in years. As a Maintenance Planning Engineer, you will be integral to the success of this project whilst playing a huge role in the implementation of the short, medium and long-term objectives. This is a chance to be part of a team that’s at the sharp end of turning the dial up on submarine availability.

What you will be doing:

• Be a direct point of contact between the customer and wider submarines enterprise partners on Rolls-Royce Technical Authority (TA) derived maintenance
• Carry out face-to-face, telephone and e-mail communications between the MoD technical and safety cells, Rolls-Royce site offices and internal experts covering a wide scope of technical and project fields.
• Manage all maintenance requirements identified by safety case and reliability studies and using engineering arguments, proactively challenge maintenance requirements to ensure that an optimised maintenance schedule is delivered.
• Co-ordinate and manage design and improvement projects through a wide network of resources, by identifying and assessing improvements or opportunities.
• Assess and manage changes to maintenance packages whilst ensuring minimal impact to the boat programme and retaining submarine safety.
• Work with colleagues to identify improvements to current maintenance activities by utilising opportunities provided by data-driven analytics alongside traditional methods.
• Manage changes to current activities using existing and new processes that could provide opportunities to optimise maintenance and support the SMRP.

Position Qualifications:

• Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
• Have a positive, open, questioning mindset, with a desire to continuously improve.
• Have the drive to develop and grow as an engineer and support the wider enterprise now and into the future.
• Have a keen interest in technical engineering with a basic understanding of how a nuclear plant works.
• Be able to rise to the challenge and complexities of maintenance planning in an ever-changing environment.
• Have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in both verbal and written format.
• Have a basic understanding of design and technical governance processes.
• Have a good level of knowledge in standard Microsoft Office tools (essential) and Azure DevOps (desirable)

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

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. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business an individual has to hold a minimum of an Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance.

Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if the individual does not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non ITAR country.

Closing Date: 30th October 2026

People Leader: Lee Pritchett

Grade: NGS : 7-9

Job Category Engineering for Services

Posting Date 15 Oct 2026; 00:10

Posting End Date 30 Oct 2026

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