Safety Engineering Opportunities - Submarines

Rolls-Royce; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading aerospace and defense company in Derby is seeking Safety Engineers to enhance their nuclear safety engineering capabilities. The role involves strategic direction in safety programmes and managing high-performing teams. Ideal candidates will hold a degree in engineering and have relevant experience. Exceptional benefits and a competitive salary are offered, along with career growth opportunities in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Pension

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in safety engineering or related disciplines.
• Leadership potential for technical and people management roles.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction across complex safety programmes.
• Lead, develop, and support high-performing teams.

Skills

Probabilistic Safety assessment

Nuclear Safety Case

Human Factors

Safety & Reliability

Safety Coherency

Containment and Consequence

Criticality

Education

Degree in engineering or scientific discipline

Job description

Job Description

Safety Engineering Opportunities

Derby,

Full Time, On-site

We have exciting opportunities for specialists who have nuclear safety engineering experience, to help power the submarines of today and build the solutions for tomorrow.

We have over 100 employees working within nuclear safety roles today and plans to double this number over the next 4-5 years as our business expands into novel nuclear applications such as space and Micro Reactors, provision of nuclear propulsion for the Australian Navy and work with the MoD on Nuclear defence solutions for future generations.

Leadership Opportunities in Safety Engineering

In addition to technical specialist roles, we are also seeking experienced individuals to step into key leadership positions across our growing Safety Engineering function. These include both technical programme management roles, where you'll provide strategic direction and integration across complex safety programmes, and people management roles, where you'll lead, develop and support high-performing teams. These roles are critical to supporting the expansion of our Safety capability, and we welcome candidates with a strong safety background who are ready to take the next step into management or bring proven leadership expertise to a new and rewarding challenge.

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’re a leader in nuclear propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority. We have a number of Safety Career opportunities within our Submarines Business.

What we offer:

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

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.

Who we are looking for

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

We are looking for a number of safety engineers with a range of levels of experience who can bring new capabilities into leadership roles within the business.

Capabilities included in the roles are:

• Probabilistic Safety assessment
• Nuclear Safety Case
• Human Factors
• Safety & Reliability
• Safety Coherency
• Containment and Consequence
• Criticality

Ideally, you will have experience in one of the above disciplines, but this does not need to be limited to Submarines. We are also interested in candidates who come from industries such as civil nuclear, oil & gas, chemical process or rail.

It is preferable that you are Degree Qualified in an engineering or scientific discipline.

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

Job Category Engineering for Services Posting Date 24 Nov 2025; 00:11 Posting End Date