Project Leader

Rolls-Royce; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company is seeking a Project Leader in Derby to drive key change projects. You will lead project management initiatives, ensuring successful delivery on time and budget. Candidates should have significant experience in project management and familiarity with tools like Primavera P6. The role offers hybrid working, allowing flexibility between on-site and remote work.

Benefits

Excellent development opportunities

Competitive salary

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in project management or relevant industry discipline.
• Ability to establish and maintain project management processes.
• Familiar with enterprise project management systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead key change projects from planning to delivery.
• Develop and implement best project management practices.
• Provide guidance on project management systems and tools.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Education

Degree level qualification or equivalent industry experience

Member of a professional body and working towards APMPQ qualification

Tools

Primavera P6

Business Map

Job description

Overview

Project Leader – Full time. Derby / Hybrid 3 days on-site.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Leader who’s ready to make a real impact—someone who keeps things simple, does the right thing, and puts safety at the heart of every decision.

You’ll lead key change projects like Parts Transfer, PI & MODS, Cost, and Parts Reactivations, taking full ownership from planning through to delivery. Working across teams, you’ll help drive meaningful change that makes a difference to how we work and what we deliver.

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

In this role you will be accountable for the successful delivery to cost, specification & time for defined projects/workstreams, as well as:

• Establish, develop & maintain Project Management processes & documentation necessary to deliver projects (e.g., schedules, WBS, performance reports, budgets, risk registers, resource plans etc.).
• Support management and key stakeholders in decision making.
• Develop & implement Project Management best practice.
• Provide guidance & tutoring to colleagues on Project Management systems, tools & methods.

Who we’re looking for

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Degree level qualification preferable or equivalent industry experience.
• Member of a professional body and working towards a APMPQ qualification or equivalent
• Significant experience gained in previous project management role (Project Lead) or experience gained within a relevant discipline, preferably on project work (Project Controller)
• Desirable to have a familiarisation with enterprise project management systems and tools, such as Primavera P6 and Business Map.

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.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

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

Closing Date: 29/09/2025

Job Category: Project Management

Posting Date: 15 Sept 2025; 00:09

Posting End Date: 29 Sept 2025