Job Description

Engineering Manager (In Service Platform) – Submarines

Full time

Bristol/Hybrid

Join us as Joint Project Engineering Team Manager within Rolls-Royce and Babcock’s Joint Platform Engineering Team (JPET) and you will discover a unique opportunity to lead a team which engages with wide-ranging stakeholders to identify and deliver maintenance optimisation solutions for the UK Royal Navy Submarine Fleet.

In this role, you will lead and work with colleagues from across Rolls-Royce Submarines and other organisations to deliver outcomes to our MoD Submarine Delivery Agency (SDA) customers. Your role will also require engaging across broader enterprise teams and operations to understand and target availability-driving maintenance factors for optimisation, focused on the production of technical reports to empower long-term enterprise effectiveness.

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 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.

RRSL is a diverse business covering a multitude of engineering functions from design, safety, manufacturing, through life services, and operational support. We are at the forefront of our Submarines business supporting our customers in design, new build, in-service submarines, waterfront support, and lifecycle engineering.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

This role is a unique opportunity to work and lead on a collaborative project within the Submarines Delivery Agency on a vibrant and exciting in-service programme.

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

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

Work with Rolls-Royce colleagues and the Submarines Delivery Agency, Tier 1 partner organisations, and a wide range of stakeholders across the Submarines Delivery Enterprise.Lead our Rolls-Royce Joint Platform Engineering Team based in Bristol.Act on behalf of the JPET and RRSL where delegated, to deliver the principal aims of the project and support submarine availability through maintenance optimisation.Build and develop relationships directly at all levels with the customer, partners, and internal stakeholders.Provide strategic engineering direction, governance and endorsement for technical activities undertaken by the JPET.Act as a point of contact for RRSL and reach back and liaise with DBU Engineers and Managers on technical solutions, improvements, and implementation.

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.

To be successful in this role you will also need to:

Have a good understanding of the Submarines Delivery Enterprise,Have strong technical knowledge of the NSRP,Have a good understanding of platform components/systems,Be an excellent leader and have a drive for results,Have a strong systematic approach to Problem Solving,Have good stakeholder management and interpersonal skills,Be comfortable dealing with ambiguity and change,Work within a collaborative environment and be part of an Agile organisation.

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

Job Category

Engineering for Services

Posting Date

18 Feb 2025; 00:02

Posting End Date

27 Feb 2025