Job Description

Project Design Engineer (Tooling, Lifting & Handling) – Submarines

Full time

Derby/Hybrid (3 days per week in the office as a minimum)

An exciting opportunity is available for a Project Design Engineer with strong project management and supplier management expertise. This Project Design Engineer role sits within our Services Delivery Business Unit (DBU) in Submarines, Derby. The Services DBU is one of the primary delivery agencies for the submarines business and our key customer organisations and is responsible for delivering key projects relating to submarine build, in-service support to the existing submarine fleet and upgrade of our site infrastructure.

The Project Design Engineer will play an integral part in supporting the design, manufacture, and substantiation of a variety of lifting, handling, storage, and tooling solutions for both nuclear and non-nuclear related products and systems.

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.  

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. 

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 

The Project Design Engineer will be responsible for leading the delivery of engineering work packages via our design supply chain and will form the key engineering and technical interface between the customer, internal engineering staff and supply chain partners. This role presents a chance to work in a fast-paced design and manufacturing environment across a broad portfolio of challenging engineering work packages.

Working with a variety of stakeholders to develop requirements.Definition of work scopes for delivery in the supply chain.Influencing supplier selection.Technical support, oversight and direction to our design suppliers.Maintaining and developing relationships with our internal customers and supply chain partners.Maintaining high level plans and progress reporting at relevant forums.Design support to manufacturing queries.

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.

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.

Who we’re looking for

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.

Design Engineer with Project and Supplier Management experienceHave a broad understanding of first principles in mechanical engineering and design practices including stress calculationsBackground in a complex, safety critical engineering environment (Nuclear, Rail, Oil and Gas, Petrochem, Capital machinery)Understand design and technical governance processes.Possess good communication and stakeholder management skills.Be qualified to at least degree level in a relevant (engineering) discipline.

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. 

  

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.

Learn more about our global Inclusion Strategy

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

Mechanical Systems

Posting Date

10 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

17 Jul 2025