Project Lead - Nuclear Fuels - Submarines

Job Description

Job Title: Project Lead – Nuclear Fuels

Working Pattern: Full Time

Working location: Derby

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Lead to join Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby.

To support our engineering teams, we now require highly motivated Project Leads to deploy and execute the full breadth of project management practices in this rapidly growing, fast paced engineering programme. You will be a key member the Project team in the early phase of the project, leading the definition and execution of the performance measurement baseline. You will take a key role in establishing and delivering fuel and the fuel facility infrastructure for nuclear products of the future.

If you want a dynamic role, with the opportunity to learn and grow, in a creative and innovative environment, with real accountability and influence to deliver success, this is the role for you.

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.

Nuclear Fuels within Rolls-Royce Submarines is currently exploring new markets and identifying innovative new products and services that can leverage the core nuclear engineering capabilities of the Submarines business, and the capabilities of the wider Rolls-Royce Group.

The team are currently setting the foundations to deliver facilities of the future for fuel manufacture. Join us and become part of the team delivering innovative power solutions to help solve some of humanities greatest challenges.

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.

Please be aware that some UK and International travel may be required to deliver role effectively.

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.

What you will be doing:

• You’ll be accountable for the successful delivery of defined work packages; acting as the focal point for this scope, you’ll be engaging with our engineering and technical teams to ensure multiple work packages are delivered to cost, specification and time.
• You’ll be responsible for the creation, maintenance and integration of the project delivery schedules in P6 Primavera planning software.
• Actively managing our risks; planning and executing programme risk mitigations to reduce risk exposure as appropriate.
• Supporting the bidding process in a fast-paced environment, seeking resource commitment for new scope and managing change to the Performance Measurement Baseline.
• Leading the reporting cycle for projects and work packages within your accountability, ensuring stakeholders are well informed with accurate view of programme performance.

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.

• Degree in a relevant project management, engineering, or business discipline, or equivalent professional experience and continuous professional development.
• Experience of leading Integrated Project Teams, ideally within engineering, manufacturing, safety, or supply chain environments.
• Experience of managing complex programmes and associated risks, with the confidence to lead through uncertainty, evolving requirements, and changing scope during early project phases.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across internal and external teams.
• A positive, proactive attitude with the ability to deliver on commitments, manage competing priorities, and make effective use of time and resources.
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic environment, adapting to ambiguity, shifting priorities, and evolving programme direction as projects scale and mature.
• Experience with project management systems and toolsets such as Primavera P6, Active Risk Manager (ARM), and SAP would be advantageous.

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.

NGS 8-10

Job Category

Project Management

Posting Date

07 Oct 2026; 00:10

Posting End Date

12 Oct 2026