Project Delivery Professional - CPF Project Lead

Rolls-Royce plc; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby seeks a Project Lead to join the Coated Particle Fuel (CPF) Campaign Team, driving strategic campaigns and cross-functional delivery. The role requires securing Security Check clearance and working in a hybrid model with three days on site.

Applicants should have experience delivering complex projects, excellent stakeholder management, and familiarity with project management tools such as Primavera P6 and SAP.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering cross-functional work packages across engineering, manufacturing, safety and supply chain.
• Proven ability to lead complex projects amid changing scope and ambiguity.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across internal and external teams.

Responsibilities

• Strategic campaign planning: define CPF campaign scope and translate objectives into plans.
• Drive day-to-day delivery across multiple workstreams and manage dependencies.
• Work packages may be delivered externally through supply chain.
• Collaborate as part of a small cross-functional team to achieve shared outcomes.
• Manage key stakeholders to support campaign goals and decision-making.
• Create high-quality presentation material for stakeholder engagement and alignment.
• Lead the project reporting cycle with accurate performance updates.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional delivery

Communication skills

Education

Degree in project management, engineering, or business

Tools

Primavera P6

Active Risk Manager (ARM)

SAP

Job description

Job Description Project Delivery Professional ( CPF Project Lead) - Submarines Full Time (Hybrid 3 days a week onsite) Derby

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Lead to join Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby. Advanced Nuclear Fuels are recruiting a Project Lead to join the Coated Particle Fuel (CPF) Campaign Team to support the business in delivering strategic growth opportunities. If you want a dynamic role, with the opportunity to learn and grow, in a creative and innovative environment, with real accountability and influence to deliver success, this is the role for you.

Why Join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

What you will be doing:

• Strategic campaign planning: lead the planning of the CPF Strategic Campaign, helping to define the scope of work across all functions, translating the CPF objectives into clear, well-structured plans and activities.
• Cross-functional delivery: drive and co-ordinate the day-to-day delivery of key activities across multiple workstreams within the cross-functional CPF team, balancing competing priorities and proactively managing dependencies.
• Work packages may also be delivered externally through supply chain.
• Collaboration: work collaboratively as part of a small cross-functional team, that brings different expertise and experience to achieve shared outcomes.
• Stakeholder management: manage key stakeholders, with varying levels of seniority, to help achieve the campaign goals.
• Communicate clearly with internal and external stakeholders, developing high-quality presentation material to support engagement, alignment and decision‑making.
• Project reporting: leading the reporting cycle for the project and work packages, ensuring stakeholders are well informed with an accurate view of performance.

Position Qualifications

Experience of delivering work packages in cross‑functional teams, e.g. engineering, manufacturing, safety, and supply chain. Experience of delivering complex projects, with the confidence to lead through uncertainty, evolving requirements, and changing scope during early project phases. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across internal and external teams. Comfortable operating in a dynamic environment, adapting to ambiguity, shifting priorities, and evolving programme direction as projects scale and mature. Experience with project management systems and toolsets such as Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager (ARM), and SAP would be advantageous. Degree in a relevant project management, engineering, or business discipline, or equivalent professional experience and continuous professional development.

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi‑year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high‑performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too. Rolls‑Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non‑discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

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

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

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade. It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. Level 8-10

Rolls‑Royce pioneers cutting‑edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.