Life Cycle Engineer - Combat

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Life Cycle Engineer to join the UK & I Mature Programmes Life Cycle Engineering - Combat Team. As a Life Cycle Engineer, you will be primarily responsible for providing in-service technical support to the product to ensure their safe, reliable and disruption free operation. You will also influence maturity across the product life cycle to meet customer and business needs.

This highly challenging and interesting role provides opportunities for ownership of customer operational issues and to act as the customer technical interface. It requires balancing the needs and expectations of the customer with the demands of our business. You will work closely with specialist engineering areas such as Stress, Critical Parts Lifing, Safety and Reliability, Performance and Controls gaining an insight into the operation of these disciplines.

You'll be the Customer Engineering interface, working with Operators, Partners, Airframer, Regulatory Authorities and Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul facilities to provide product technical support for the in-service operation. This will typically include:

• Management of known and potential safety issues (Safety Alert Report & Red Top).
• Identify, investigate and resolve in-service technical issues (e.g. queries and operational arisings), lead the investigation of operational issues to establish root cause and introduce containment / corrective actions as required.
• Prepare and deliver technical communications (e.g. presentation and/or reports) to platform provider, regulators, customers and internal stakeholders. This includes developing and approving the technical content of publications / communications including acceptance limit development.
• Manage any issues that affect the Maturity, Lifecycle Cost, Reliability and Maintainability and maintain Design Intent. This includes identifying cost reduction opportunities by reviewing and maintaining life cycle engineering policies and any associated maintenance planning documentation.
• Ensure compliance with requirements specified by regulatory authorities and to adhere to technical and business requirements of internal & external stakeholders.

You will also be able to influence new product design with in-service experience and develop support strategies across the product lifecycle to suit customer and business requirements. 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.

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. Educated to degree level in a STEM subject and/or have experience in a relevant engineering environment (Mechanical, Aeronautical, Electrical or Controls). Other qualifications, in combination with relevant experience, may also be considered.

A broad understanding of Gas Turbine physical and functional characteristics, as well as familiarity of the in-service operation environment (e.g. direct product experience and knowledge of regulatory / compliance requirements) would be advantageous, but training will be provided to develop this. Candidates should be highly numerate with strong technical and analytical skills, problem-solving ability and capable of systems level thinking, including personal drive, excellent communication and presentation skills, and will need to contribute effectively in a team environment.

You will be able to demonstrate a high level of customer focus as well as good business awareness and clear understanding of process improvement principles, taking the lead in investigations, supporting / leading cross-functional teams (e.g. specialists, suppliers, customers, partners), and specifying / executing packages of work. The role requires personal commitment with opportunities to travel both in the UK and overseas, sometimes at short notice and for extended periods to meet the business needs.

Join us in Life Cycle Engineering and help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business. 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.