Project Delivery Professional - Submarines

Job Description Job Title - Project Delivery Professional - Reactor Engineering-Submarines Working Pattern - Full time Location - Derby We have an exciting opportunity for a Project Delivery Professional within Future Programmes, in the Reactor Engineering Control Account Management (CAM) team.

This role involves working across a range of submarine programmes, including SSN AUKUS, Dreadnought, and Research and Technology (R&T). Building a better World with Nuclear: We are uniquely placed to help build a better world with nuclear using world-leading technologies for power and propulsion solutions. What we do really matters.

It’s not every day that you can say that the work you do helps keep the UK safe, but that is just one of the unique benefits of securing a role within Rolls-Royce Submarines. We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

In addition, our hotbed of innovation and problem-solving solutions mean our diverse and exciting range of growth opportunities is on the increase.

These range from expanding our current product and service offerings through to entering new markets, including space exploration, and sustaining the environment through the development of clean energy solutions, such as the deployment of micro reactors, synthetic fuel production and the power of hydrogen.

Watch our Submarine Story and visit our Defence Website to learn more about our ambitious world-leading successes and purpose. What you will be doing: You’ll be focused on collaborative working within a dynamic team, ensuring the effective deployment of programme management.

You will be working alongside technical teams to define work scope, create plans of work and execute, managing risk and opportunities and ensuring a cross functional team deliver against the requirements set by the programme using the business processes available: Enable delivery through effective integrated working and project management.

Interfacing across all work scope stakeholders, using Integrated Product and Production Readiness (IPPR) to drive the work in the programme. Responsible for the creation and/or maintenance of project / critical component delivery schedules in P6 Primavera planning software. Deliver to cost, specification and time for defined packages of work.

Leading or supporting weekly/monthly planning updates and Integrated Project Team (IPT) meetings - responsible for objective assessment of project status/performance updates including progress, forecast, recovery actions. Critical path and schedule variance analysis for project performance measurement.

Key contributor to various performance reviews with an understanding of key performance metrics and a proactive approach to recovery planning. Provide input to financial management, including monthly monitoring, quarterly forecasts, budgets and estimates to complete. Maintain, develop & communicate the plan in the designated planning tool (Primavera P6) and use this to drive delivery and reporting.

Data extraction from corporate and local toolsets, and analysis of this data to provide high-quality project information to enable decision making and direction-setting. Who we are looking for: Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know 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. A degree or equivalent experience in Project Management, Economics or STEM-related subject. A project management professional qualification or professional standard (ChPP, MAMP, APM PMQ or equivalents) or willingness to work towards achieving this.

Knowledge of Project Management areas such as planning, scheduling, project controls, infrastructure, new product introduction and product development. Experience of working in a project team or cross / multi-disciplined delivery team is desirable. Experience of handling, collating, and presenting data using appropriate tools.

An open-minded, curious, collaborative, and creative approach to problem-solving, and a desire to learn, develop and apply new perspectives to your work. Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. 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. To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business an individual has to hold a minimum of an Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if the individual does not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non ITAR country. Closing Date: 20th November People Leader: Liz James Grade: NGS : 7 -9 For further information, please contact: Gauri Sood Job Category Project Management Posting Date 12 Nov 2026; 00:11 Posting End Date 20 Nov 2026