Facility Plant & Equipment Engineer - Submarines

Working Location: Raynesway, Derby

Working Pattern: Full-Time

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 will 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.

What You Will Be Doing: Undertakes design, equipment specification and implementation activities for nuclear facility plant & equipment, including multi-disciplinary design tasks, technical specification, application of regulations, codes and standards, and management of procurement, installation, commissioning and operational handover activities.

• Technical specification and selection of equipment to meet facility, product manufacturing and/or operational requirements through requirements capture, design and/or interface definition across process, mechanical, civil/structural, electrical and control aspects of plant & equipment design.
• Defining, designing and specifying interfaces between packaged equipment and facility infrastructure.
• Coordination of procurement, installation and commissioning of equipment.
• Providing Intelligent Customer oversight to supply chain activities to ensure compliance with requirements and nuclear regulations, legislation and codes and standards.
• Managing and coordinating modifications to facilities, buildings, plant, equipment and/or processes in accordance with Nuclear/Authorised Licensed Site change control processes.
• Determining installation and commissioning feasibility, defining execution logic to mitigate technical and programmatic risks to ensure effective outage management and control and supervision of works.

Who We’re Looking For: Multi-disciplinary design knowledge and understanding of key types of nuclear installation and system design and operation, e.g. radioisotope processing, conventional and chemical machining, heat treatment, supporting services (compressed air, water and steam supplies), ventilation and extract. Understanding and application of regulations (e.g. ONR SAPs and TAGs, EA DGPs), legislation (e.g. PSSR, LOLER, PUWER, DSEAR), and codes and standards (e.g. ASME, BS) to nuclear facility plant & equipment. Understanding of methods, techniques and best practice relating to specification, testing, installation, change management, safety, and related documentation for modification of equipment on Nuclear Licenced/Authorised Sites.

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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

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. To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business an individual must hold Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if the individual does not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person must be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non ITAR country.

Grade: 7-10

Job Category: Transformation & Operations

Posting Date: 23 Feb 2026; 00:02

Posting End Date: 09 Mar 2026