Rolls-Royce

Availability Centre PWR3 Integration Lead - DRT - Submarines

Derby Full time

Job Description

Group Lead – Integrated Product Support - Submarines

Full Time

Derby

A Group Lead opportunity has arisen within the Integrated Product Support (IPS) team within the Services Delivery Business Unit. The focus of IPS is ensuring that current and future classes of submarine have a great support solution, optimised for availability and cost. This is an exciting role that spans multiple programmes/platforms and therefore the full range of the CADMID cycle. The group plays a key role in supporting and enabling Dreadnought & SSNA’s entry into service (a key services priority) by detailing and delivering work to enable their support solution, as well as supporting current class (e.g. via assessing maintenance updates and maintaining maintenance details). The teams is also planning to engage early in the NNPX programme, to ensure “Design for Support” is considered actively and early.

The Group consists of two main sections. One section focused on IPS Integration ensuring that all the work necessary to create a good support solution is being covered across the broad range of IPS which includes maintenance, technical data, spares, design influence, obsolescence, facilities/infrastructure, support equipment etc. The second section is focused on IPS analysis activities, including defining maintenance via Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM), understanding availability via ARM analysis (Availability, Reliability, Maintainability), and detailing maintenance attributes to name a few key areas.

What you will be doing:  

As the Group Lead, you will be responsible for:

  • Ensuring product & personnel safety is always put first.
  • Striking right balance of Quality, Cost & Delivery for the customers/projects the group supports, by ensuring processes are followed and appropriate governance enacted.
  • Working with Dreadnought, SSNA, NNPX and In-Service project teams to prioritise and deliver scope.
  • Setting the strategy and implementing the strategy for the team
  • People lead the group comprising of 13 FTEs, plus graduates and apprentices on placement. Lead the recruitment of new engineers as required.
  • Delivering on the business strategic goals, objectives and performance metrics.

Position Qualifications:  

  • Experience in leading people or teams in challenging environments.
  • Experience in planning the workload for a team and balancing priorities of multiple programmes
  • Experience liaising and working with stakeholders across many teams
  • Experience with Rolls-Royce processes
  • Experience of managing customer demands and fluctuating workload against resource constraints and the ongoing activities
  • A working knowledge of in-service ways or working and submarine support is desirable, but not mandatory.

For more than 60 years Rolls-Royce Submarines has designed, supplied and supported the nuclear propulsion plant, providing power for all UK Royal Navy nuclear submarines. 

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines an individual must hold a Security Check clearance. We will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t already have it. Due to the nature of work we conduct, we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

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.

Grade 8-10

Job Category

Engineering for Services

Posting Date

15 Jan 2026; 00:01

Posting End Date

29 Jan 2026