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Job Title: Plant and Equipment Engineer - Submarines

Working Pattern: 37 Hours/ days

Working location: Derby Raynesway

We are looking for Plant and Equipment Engineers (P&E) to join the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business.

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. We support the Royal Navy as the Technical Authority for all UK Naval Reactor Submarine Plants, and we\'re continuing to build our nuclear sector capability to support the development of a new nuclear plant for future submarines. For you, this means unique opportunities to shape the future of the Submarines business.

• Elicitation, creation and maintenance of technical requirements and associated verification & validation activities.
• Working with specialist engineering input to create an integrated engineering solution.
• Ensuring that the engineering solutions meet all project and technical (inc. safety) requirements.
• In time and under formal appointment acting as an intelligent customer for activities carried out by suppliers/partners to ensure compliance with design intent, safety requirements, legislation and standards.
• Provision of expertise to other engineering packages.
• Working with the project management team to ensure that schedules, risks, costs and resource requirements are understood and maintained.
• Ensuring that regulatory and legal requirements are met throughout.

Who we’re looking for:

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

• You will have formally recognised qualification relevant to your engineering discipline, or evidence relevant experience in the field.
• Qualifications relating to health and safety such as IOSH or NEBOSH are desirable.
• Experience of producing and reviewing health and safety documentation.
• You should be able to demonstrate an ability to deliver projects successfully.
• Experience of multiple stages within the engineering lifecycle is advantageous.
• Experience of working with the supply chain and contractors is beneficial.

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 are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

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.

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

Posting Date: 07 Oct 2025; Posting End Date: 17 Oct 2025