Project Controller DJRT

ENGINEERINGUK; Barrow-in-Furness; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm seeks a Project Engineer to join the Dreadnought Joint Reactor Team. In this dynamic role, you will manage complex projects that support critical reactor build and commissioning activities. You will collaborate with a diverse team and engage with multiple stakeholders to ensure timely project delivery. This position offers the chance to work in a hybrid environment, balancing office and remote work while contributing to significant national defense initiatives. If you're passionate about project management and eager to make a difference, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Employee Support Assistance

Employee Discounts

Development Opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex projects in Nuclear, Defence, or Infrastructure.
• Ability to develop and maintain project plans effectively.

Responsibilities

• Deliver multiple projects across risk mitigation and opportunity realization.
• Work with stakeholders to ensure timely delivery and alignment.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Mitigation

Communication Skills

MS Project

SAP or ERP Experience

Collaboration

Tools

MS Project

SAP

Job description

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Job Description

Job Title: Project Engineer Dreadnought Joint Reactor Team - Submarines

Working Pattern: Full Time

Working location: Barrow/ Hybrid

A Project Engineer opportunity has arisen within our Project Team within the Dreadnought Joint Reactor Team (DJRT).

The DJRT is made up of members from the Ministry of Defence, BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce to provide a single organisation for enabling reactor build and commissioning. The team is deployed and integrated into the Dreadnought operational organisation in BAE Systems.

As the Project Engineer you will be managing a handful of varying complex both short and long-term projects across areas to include improvement activity, risk mitigation, enabling build and test programmes. This role is ideally suited to a Project Engineer, Project Manager or Project Co-ordinator with experience managing complex projects in the Nuclear, Defence, Infrastructure, Oil and Gas, Rail, Ship Building or other sectors.

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:

• Delivering multiple projects and work streams across risk mitigation, opportunity realisation and enabling in support of the Dreadnought programme.
• Defining Projects and developing business cases.
• Enable and facilitate decision making, escalating where required.
• Develop and maintain an accurate and detailed understanding of the reactor bill of materials (BoM) and ensure alignment to build, test and commissioning.
• Working with multiple stakeholders at all levels across Rolls-Royce, BAE and MoD to ensure timely delivery
• Providing accurate and comprehensive data to support Rolls-Royce, BAE and Alliance reviews
• Communication and influence of key stakeholders who often have conflicting priorities by clearly articulating the situation in a constructive way.

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.

• Project management experience, having delivered projects end-to-end and run multiple projects concurrently.
• Ability to develop and maintain project plans.
• Able to build strong relationships across the Submarine enterprise within BAE Systems, interfacing organisations and the customer community.
• Ability and willingness to take a best for programme view.
• Ability to work through ambiguity to focus on the right priorities.
• Highly collaborative, working with a diverse team to deliver a common goal.
• Strong Stakeholder Management /Customer facing experience
• Working knowledge of MS Project / SAP or ERP Experience
• A good knowledge of the Submarines Enterprise and how Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems and the MoD work together to support the Royal Navy.

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: 14.5.25

Job Category

Project Management

Posting Date

30 Apr 2025; 00:04

Posting End Date

14 May 2025

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