Project Engineer (Manufacturing Plant and Facilities) - Submarines

Rolls-Royce; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Project Engineer to join their Manufacturing Future Capability Team. This role offers the chance to manage a variety of capital equipment projects, ensuring efficient plant layouts and contributing to ongoing improvements. You will leverage your manufacturing engineering expertise and lean toolkit to oversee projects from inception to completion, working collaboratively with internal stakeholders. The company fosters an inclusive culture that emphasizes continuous learning and provides excellent development opportunities. If you're ready to take on exciting challenges in a dynamic environment, this position is perfect for you.

Benefits

Bonus

Employee Support Assistance

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience managing capital plant budgets and specifications.
• Lean manufacturing experience and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage capital equipment and facilities projects from cradle to grave.
• Support installation and commissioning of new equipment.

Skills

Project Engineering

Lean Manufacturing

Risk Assessment

Plant Layout Experience

Six Sigma

Education

HNC/HND/Foundation Degree

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Job Description

Project Engineer (Manufacturing Plant and Facilities) - Submarines

Full Time

Derby

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Engineer to join our Manufacturing Future Capability Team in Derby to support and deliver new capital equipment projects and upgrades to existing equipment.

There is significant ongoing investment with a number of multi-million-pound projects to progress involving work for machining, factory design and layout support.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Our submarines business is responsible for the design, manufacture, supply and through-life support of nuclear propulsion-related products and systems in support of the Royal Navy's submarine fleet. You can find out more about the amazing projects that we are working on here: https://youtu.be/x19YSPecrf8

Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

You will have a wide variety of opportunities to deliver capital equipment and plant facilities projects from cradle to grave, managing a portfolio of between 1 and 10 projects concurrently. Utilising your manufacturing engineering expertise and lean toolkit, you will face all elements of the project so dealing with equipment manufacturers providing machine specifications, commissioning and SAT and FAT testing.

What we offer:

You will be working with internal stakeholders and colleagues on efficient plant layouts and facilities and contributing to on-going improvements across the varying project cycles and the plant.

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

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.

What you will be doing:

You will be Managing Capital Equipment and Facilities Projects from Cradle to Grave.

1. Developing, implementing, validating, maintaining and continuously improving capability of capital equipment and tooling.
2. Planning and managing Project activities including, assessing risk scheduling resources and costs and gaining buy-off.
3. Supporting Installation and Commissioning of New Equipment and upgrades to existing equipment.
4. Identifying Improvement opportunities for projects and processes ( Six Sigma or Lean/CI Toolkit).

Who we’re looking for:

1. Project Engineering experience managing Capital Plant budgets, specification, installation and commissioning.
2. Plant Layout Experience and Facilities integration.
3. Professionally Qualified Engineer (HNC/ HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent).
4. Lean Manufacturing experience.
5. MS Project Experience.

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.

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

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.

Job Category Manufacturing Engineering Posting Date 18 Mar 2025; 00:03 Posting End Date 27 Mar 2025