Power Beam Welding Engineer - Submarines in Chesterfield

Working Pattern: Full time

Working location: Derby (Raynesway)

What you will be doing:

• As a Power Beam Welding Engineer, you will influence the design and manufacture of key components that sit within the heart of the Submarines Pressurised Water Reactor system ensuring the selection of appropriate welding techniques, processes and procedures.
• With quality, simplification and delivery at the forefront of your mind, you will drive continuous improvement projects from initial concepts to final completion and implementation, liaising with the wider Manufacturing and Engineering teams to collaboratively deliver the right outcomes for the business.

What we offer:

• Excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits including bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

With this exciting opportunity you will get a chance to be involved with the following:

• Influence the design and manufacture of key components that sit within the heart of the Submarines Pressurised Water Reactor system.
• Drive continuous improvement projects from initial concepts to final completion and implementation.
• Play a key role in ensuring an uninterrupted manufacturing plant.
• Support a mixture of emergent shop floor issues, from product non-conformance, root cause investigations and cell performance, to supporting welders and managing Welder Qualifications in line with industry and internal standards.
• Support manufacturing meetings and reviews with the goal of ensuring SQCDP metrics are on target and in line with business requirements.
• Liaising with the wider Manufacturing and Engineering teams to provide expertise and knowledge is vital within this role.

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.

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Strong analytical capability and sound judgement; broad technical background.
• Experience with special processes such as welding, NDE, or heat treatment.
• Proven ability to conduct root cause investigations involving fundamental process data as well as consideration of human factors.
• Competence in developing special process data cards and implementing associated process controls.
• Experience working with high-integrity products in highly regulated industries.
• Awareness of and commitment to product safety.
• Professionally Qualified Engineer (e.g. UK minimum HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent) in an engineering discipline.

Desirable skills and experience:

• Professional welding qualifications (e.g. International Institute of Welding (IIW) / European Welding Federation (EWF) Welding Engineer or Technologist status, IEng or Ceng status, NVQ in welding, MSc Welding Engineering).
• Prior experience in electron beam or laser processing (welding, additive manufacture, cladding, cutting/drilling).

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.

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.

Closing date: 14/12/2025

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.