Engineering Controls Lead - Nuclear Regeneration Programme - Submarines

Job Description

Job Title: Engineering Controls Lead – Submarines

Working Pattern: Standard 37 hrs/wk

Working location: Derby

The Engineering Controls Lead (ECL) will report into Assistant Chief Engineer – Nuclear Facilities with a focus on the Fissile Regeneration Programme for Core Production. The ECL will be responsible for developing and maintaining the governance processes, engineering controls and management systems required to deliver the design and safety baselines of new Nuclear Facilities on the Raynesway Estate in Derby.

This will involve management of engineering management plans, configuration management control and integration of design processes between the Nuclear Facilities, Infrastructure DBU and our delivery partners.

What you will be doing:

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Developing and maintaining the Engineering Management Plans and their integration with Engineering delivery plans and wider governance arrangements.
• Develop, maintain and manage the processes for delivering the design and safety baselines of all future nuclear Core Production facilities.
• Enabling out delivery partners and supply chain to interface with the RRSL governance and internal delivery processes.
• Ensure effective knowledge management, in-line with company KiD policy, through the use of knowledge capture, lessons learnt, and best practice guides for the resource group, and embed these lessons into our processes.
• Lead the engineering change control and configuration management baseline processes.
• Identify, develop and embed engineering delivery control mechanisms and metrics to demonstrate engineering quality and programme health.

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 need to:

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience in engineering governance arrangements and facility design.
• Demonstrate experience in the setting and execution of engineering processes (iaw a quality system) and safety management arrangements.
• Demonstrate experience in of engineering change control processes and their underpinning configuration data.

To work for the Rolls-Royce Defence 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.

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

Closing date: 13/03/26

Job Category

Validation and Verification

Posting Date

27 Feb 2026; 00:02

Posting End Date

12 Mar 2026