Senior Engineering Lead – Residual Heat Removal Systems

Rolls-Royce; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 71,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus up to 17%

Benefits Allowance £5000

Pension 12% employer and 6% employee

29 days holidays (+1-4 days buy/sell)

Private Medical Insurance

Life Assurance 6x pensionable pay

Job summary

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a senior engineering leader to own the Residual Heat Removal Systems portfolio. You will provide technical authority, lead multidisciplinary teams and ensure designs meet safety, quality, cost and schedule targets within a regulated nuclear programme.

Reporting to the Head of Reactor Safety Systems, you will drive delivery, governance and stakeholder collaboration, shaping talent and delivering robust engineering substantiation for licensing milestones.

Qualifications

• Degree-qualified in Engineering.
• Chartered Engineer status or working towards chartership.
• Significant experience leading complex, regulated engineering programmes.
• Strong knowledge of systems engineering and safety governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Residual Heat Removal Systems portfolio to meet safety, quality, cost and schedule targets.
• Provide technical and people leadership across multidisciplinary teams.
• Oversee design, substantiation, governance, and regulatory alignment.
• Collaborate with safety, analysis, plant integration, supply chain and regulators.
• Manage portfolio risks, priorities, resources, and delivery performance.

Skills

Systems engineering

Process design

Engineering leadership

Programme delivery

Stakeholder management

Communication

Education

Degree in Engineering

Chartered Engineer status

Job description

Rolls-Royce SMR is seeking a senior engineering leader to own the Residual Heat Removal Systems portfolio. You will provide technical authority, lead multidisciplinary teams and ensure designs meet safety, quality, cost and schedule targets within a regulated nuclear programme.

Reporting to the Head of Reactor Safety Systems, you will drive delivery, governance and stakeholder collaboration, shaping talent and delivering robust engineering substantiation for licensing milestones.