Technical Project Lead

Rolls-royce; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Bristol is seeking a qualified candidate to manage Product Safety and deliver engineering projects. The ideal candidate should hold a STEM degree and possess strong analytical, leadership, and risk management skills. The role offers opportunities for hybrid working and professional development, alongside a competitive salary and excellent benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a relevant engineering environment.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Familiarity with technical publications.

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Safety through Maintenance methods delivery.
• Manage multiple projects ensuring high-quality delivery.
• Establish governance frameworks to ensure compliance.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Risk management

Leadership

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in STEM

Job description

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. In this role, you will be required to:

Responsibilities

• Lead and support Product Safety through the delivery of high‑quality Maintenance methods and Technical Publications, tooling, and facility sustainment.
• Successful Program Delivery: Lead and manage multiple projects, ensuring on‑time, within‑budget, high‑quality delivery exceeding stakeholder expectations.
• Strategic Alignment of Projects: Ensure all projects are strategically aligned with the overall team objectives and contribute to the achievement of the Methods and Technical Publications Digital, Systems & Tools Transformation.
• Effective Program Governance: Establish and maintain a robust governance framework ensuring compliance, mitigating risks, and promoting transparency and accountability.
• Proactive Risk Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks across the Methods & Technical Publications Project portfolio, minimizing disruptions and ensuring program success.
• Enhanced Stakeholder Engagement: Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and alignment on program priorities and progress.
• Adherence to Compliance: Utilize a risk‑based approach to develop and implement Methods & Technical Publications specific capabilities to ensure regulator and customer compliance satisfaction.
• Strategy Delivery: Consolidate Do/Buy and outsourcing strategies for Methods & Technical Publications through collaboration with the Capability on behalf of the Engineering Manager.
• Create value through integrating between Rolls‑Royce Defence Programme teams and the Maintenance and Overhaul team, with special focus on technical project management to deliver on business requirements.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a STEM subject and/or experience in a relevant engineering environment (Mechanical, Aeronautical, Electrical, or Controls).
• Ability to apply logical, analytical, and innovative thinking on a range of technical problems and make balanced decisions across technical and business parameters to varying timelines and with internal and external customers.
• Familiarity with the use and creation of technical publications such as maintenance manuals and illustrated parts catalogues.
• Domain knowledge across Methods & Technical Publications.
• Understanding of Product Change Control including Product Change Board (PCB) and Design Definition Review Audit Meeting (DDRAM).
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills to translate technical information for non‑technical stakeholders, including executives and business leaders.
• Risk management abilities to identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with the project across multiple delivery lines within the Methods & Technical Publications Team.
• Strong leadership skills to direct cross‑functional teams and collaborate with other business units, including IT, security, and external partners or suppliers.
• Critical thinking and analytical skills to resolve complex, ambiguous issues that arise during compliance efforts and the ability to influence others through reasoned discussion and clear articulation.
• Meticulous organizational skills to manage schedules, documentation, and reporting for multiple concurrent projects.
• Professional development: Ideally a member of a professional body or working to achieve an appropriate level of qualification.

You will deliver engineering and technical work package project management solutions that deliver value to Rolls‑Royce and achieve business life‑cycle cost requirements. We welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We invest in your continuous learning and development, ensuring you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits – including bonus, employee support assistance, and employee discounts. Hybrid working is a way for our people to balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It is 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; frequency will depend on business needs, the nature of the role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

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. Learn more about our global Inclusion Strategy. Grade: 7‑10.