Project Controller

Job Title: Project Controller
Working Pattern: 37 hours days
Working location: Derby

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Controller to join the Electrical System Development Delivery team within Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby.
You will take responsibility for the control and delivery of smaller, lower complexity packages of work. Monitor, review and report the status of assigned scope of work in accordance with the requirements defined in the Project Management Plan and agreed with the Project Sponsor and Project Manager.

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:

o Generate the plan of work with input from the IPT by creating a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), Organisational Breakdown Structure (OBS) and Responsibility Accountability matrix (RAM) for the IPT and deploy to Project Management Plan (PMP) to ensure successful delivery and verification of all the IPT requirement

o Understand the critical path; Drive task completion, communicate process and escalate issues

o Deploy, direct and coordinate resource to complete the planned and agreed scope of work, Capture, understand, agree, document and flow down requirements.

o Accountable for the successful delivery to Cost, quality and delivery for a defined package of work.

o Implement effective risk and opportunity management within the IPT by contributing and managing the Project Risk Register through ARM.

o Provide resource demand to the resource managers and agreement gained through a CAM.

o Manage the allocated budget for the IPT and act as CAM for the IPT, feeding back up to the CAM.

o Provide Programme and Technical leadership and support to the cross functional IPT delivering the allocated work scope.

o Establish a project baseline for the IPT work scope and manage change to the baseline.

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.

o Degree in a relevant engineering or business discipline or equivalent level of continuous professional development and experience (ideally in the defence engineering environment).

o Project Management experience, showing an understanding of the project lifecycle, risk management, cost management, planning and programming and ability to successfully lead and motivate a team and other stakeholder.

o Strong planning and organising skills to manage short, medium- and long-term activities and deliverables.

o An experienced communicator with the ability to influence and develop strong relationships within cross functional team working, establishing objectives and specific outcomes.

o Knowledge of Electrical commodities and design/make processes is preferred.

o Previous experience of coordinating teams of engineers and design processes is preferred. With a proven track record in project delivery and the ability to operate in a complex environment within the submarine’s enterprise.

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 individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Closing date: 15.5.25