Job Description Safety Engineering Group Leader - Submarines Derby Full time/ Hybrid Why Rolls-Royce? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the SSN-AUKUS (SSNA) Whole Plant Team based within the Submarine Future Programmes Delivery Business Unit (DBU) in Derby as a SSNA Safety Engineer with Group Leader responsibilities. This is great opportunity to help ensure a safe and highly available reactor plant to meet the future needs of the customer. 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. Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career. Your role will involve managing and contributing to the delivery of key work packages to establish the SSNA Design Safety Case. There is a need to ensure that safety outputs are efficiently produced to meet our customer requirements and the role provides the opportunity to identify and embed improvements, whilst developing people leadership skills. The SSNA Safety team’s main responsibilities are: To plan, produce, develop, and communicate the Naval Nuclear Safety Case for the SSNA Naval Reactor Plant considering the full product life cycle. To deliver committed outputs to the customer at the right time, cost, and quality. To work with the enterprise and regulators to ensure the adequacy of the safety case. To regularly engage with the Customer and enterprise partners. To engage the wider business regarding Safety Case progression. We offer excellent development, 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: Whilst not exhaustive, responsibilities of this role will include the following: Executing the planning and balancing of load and capacity within the section in the short and medium term to meet the customer demands. Providing technical direction and guidance on work packages to ensure they are delivered on time and to quality and cost requirements. Leading process adherence within the team, ensuring work packages are robustly defined and technical risks are actively managed. Ensuring that the staff are appropriately trained and supervised to carry out their roles effectively and are developed for future requirements. Creating the environment for continuous improvement with the emphasis on sharing and searching for good practice with other areas. Opportunities to interface directly with the customer via Safety Management Meetings. The role will involve you working closely with the Group Leader, Safety Lead, wider department, and business to execute delivery of the plan and resolve technical and resource issues. Who we’re looking for: At Rolls-Royce 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. Applicants will be expected to: Be qualified to at least degree level in a relevant (STEM) discipline. Have a broad understanding of nuclear safety case methods, principles, structures, and management for Submarine NSRPs. A demonstrable ability to deliver outputs in multidisciplinary teams to tight deadlines. The ability to provide clear, concise, and accurate technical reports. Experience or knowledge of hazard assessment processes would be an advantage, including design basis assessment techniques (e.g. production of fault schedules, the derivation of safety functional requirements) and As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) assessments. 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. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at careers.rolls-royce.com To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL. Grade: NGS 7-10 For further information please contact: Norbert Ferto Norbert.FertoRolls-Royce.com Job Category Engineering for Services Posting Date 26 Sept 2024; 00:09 Posting End Date 04 Oct 2024