Senior Chemical Process Engineer - Submarines

Job Description
Senior Chemical Process Engineer
Full-Time / Hybrid
Derby, Raynesway
We are looking for capable, experienced and proactive individuals to join our growing team and be responsible for leading chemical process engineering packages. These are high-impact roles, ideal for experienced engineers who thrive on technical complexity, process rigour and innovation with purpose.
This is an opportunity use your deep experience in chemical engineering to play a part in the Regeneration of the Raynesway Nuclear Licenced Site. This once in a lifetime major infrastructure programme is replacing the current facilities with modern state of the art manufacturing capability.
You will be working across multiple projects and lifecycle stages in order to ensure that the areas under your responsibility meet both our engineering and project requirements. You will be able to interact with various stakeholders both internal and external to the business in order to be successful. You will be supported by a community of around 3,000 engineers in the Submarines business with training and development to allow you to build your skills and thrive in-role. The role will be based in Derby but with opportunities for hybrid working.
Although experience of working with nuclear facilities is certainly advantageous, we invite applications from those that are interested in redeploying their existing capabilities in a new area. What is most important is having the right approach; you need to be someone who can work with and influence engineers from other disciplines so that chemical engineering is an integral part of the overall engineering solution.
What you will be doing

• Act as \’Intelligent Customer\’ for chemical engineering aspects of design and construction. These aspects include process design; P&IDs; mass & energy balances; hazard studies; sizing, pressure and flow calculations.
• Ensure that principles of inherent safety, hierarchy of controls and simplification are embedded into the design.
• Lead the development of requirements and design options for chemical engineering packages.
• Provide assurance that requirements have been appropriately incorporated into design and construction.
• Ensure that chemical engineering within the project is carried out in accordance with required engineering and project processes.
• Review and acceptance of chemical engineering documentation and drawings produced by the external supply chain.
• Provide input to the production of engineering processes, plans and strategies.
• Production of applicable aspects of safety and environmental documentation.
• Implement engineering controls on chemical process engineering work carried out internally and in the external supply chain.
• Ensuring that chemical process systems are adequately commissioned and decommissioned.
• To support the Engineering Manager in ensuring that Suitably Qualified and Experienced Persons (SQEP) both internally and in the external supply chain are performing chemical engineering work.
• Provide technical authority, mentorship and review input for junior engineers and cross-functional design teams.

Who we\’re looking for:
At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Chemical/Process Engineering degree or similar relevant discipline, although experience and capability will be taken into consideration.
• Experienced in the design, construction and operation of nuclear and/or conventional facilities and infrastructure within the UK ideally including experience of undertaking and assessing design of facilities.
• Familiarity with Nuclear Site Licensing Conditions, Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs) and Technical Assessment Guides (TAGs) is advantageous.
• Experience of working on COMAH or similar high hazard sites.
• Knowledge of Process Safety tools and techniques
• Understanding of modern control principles relating to chemical processes
• Experience and knowledge of nuclear safety case production.
• Familiarity with applicable regulations, codes and standards.
• You will also be a Chartered Engineer or hold an affiliate/associate membership of a relevant professional body and be working towards Chartered/Incorporated status.

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.
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.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce
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
Transformation & Operations
Posting Date
11 Jul 2025; 00:07
Posting End Date
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