Job Description
Overhaul Maintenance Methods - Technical Project Lead
Bristol
SNBG 7 - 10
Create value through integrating between Rolls-Royce Defence Programme teams and the Maintenance and Overhaul team, with special focus technical project management to deliver on business requirements
You will deliver engineering and technical work package project management solutions that deliver value to Rolls-Royce and achieve business life-cycle cost requirements.
Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.
Key Accountabilities
Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
In this role, you will be required to:
- Lead and support Product Safety through the delivery of high-quality Maintenance methods and Technical Publications, tooling, and facility sustainment.
- Successful Program Delivery: Leads and manages multiple projects, ensuring on-time, within-budget, high-quality delivery exceeding stakeholder expectations.
- Strategic Alignment of Projects: Ensures all projects are strategically aligned with the overall team objectives and contribute to the achievement of the Methods and Technical Publications Digital, Systems & Tools Transformation.
- Effective Program Governance: Establishes and maintains a robust governance framework ensuring compliance, mitigating risks, and promoting transparency and accountability.
- Proactive Risk Management: Proactively identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks across the Methods & Technical Publications Project portfolio, minimizing disruptions and ensuring program success.
- Enhanced Stakeholder Engagement: Builds strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring effective communication, collaboration, and alignment on program priorities and progress.
- Adherence to Compliance: Utilizes a risk-based approach to develop and implement Methods & Technical Publications specific capabilities to ensure regulator and customer compliance satisfaction.
- Strategy Delivery: Consolidating Do/Buy and outsourcing strategies for Methods & Technical Publications through collaboration with the Capability on behalf of the Engineering Manager.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a STEM subject and/or have experience in a relevant engineering environment (Mechanical, Aeronautical, Electrical or Controls).
- An ability to apply logical, analytical, and innovative thinking on a range of technical problems and make balanced decisions across technical and business parameters to varying timelines and with internal and external customers.
- Familiarity with the use and creation of technical publications such as maintenance manuals and illustrated parts catalogues.
- Domain knowledge across Methods & Technical Publications
- Understanding of Product Change Control including Product Change Board (PCB); Design Definition Review Audit Meeting (DDRAM)
- Communication: Exceptional verbal and written communication skills are necessary to translate technical information for non-technical stakeholders, including executives and business leaders.
- Risk management: The ability to identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with the project across multiple delivery lines within the Methods & Technical Publications Team.
- Leadership and teamwork: Strong leadership skills to direct cross-functional teams and collaborate with other business units, including IT, security, and external partners or suppliers
- Problem-solving: Critical thinking and analytical skills to resolve complex, ambiguous issues that arise during compliance efforts along with the ability to influence others through reasoned discussion and clear articulation.
- Attention to detail: Meticulous organizational skills to manage schedules, documentation, and reporting for multiple concurrent projects.
- Professional development: Ideally a member of a professional body or working to achieve appropriate level of qualification.
We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
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, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.
Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business
Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.
The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be Staff Grade 7 - 10.
This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade
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.
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Grade: snbg 7 - 10
For further information please contact: Lizzie Moore - Lizzie.moore@rolls-royce.com
Job Category
Engineering for Services
Posting Date
14 Nov 2025; 00:11
Posting End Date
20 Nov 2025