Job Description
Configuration Engineer (In Service) - Submarines
Full Time (On Site)
Derby
An exciting In-Service Configuration Engineer opportunity has arisen for a talented engineer to join our team in our Service Data Centre / Availability Centre, based at Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby.
As the In-Service Configuration Engineer, you will actively track, assess, and manage Rolls-Royce Submarines assets through configuration software and multi-site collaboration assisting in the nuclear deterrent operating as efficiently, and safely as possible.
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.
What you will be doing
As an In-Service Configuration Engineer, you will be:
- Managing and maintaining configuration records of all submarines currently in-build or in-service.
- Deliver, author / technical checking of configuration control documentation as required by the business.
- Management of life limited components fitted on submarines.
- Liaise with site office to ensure a current and up to date record of boat asset inventory and serviceability status during maintenance periods.
- Make continual improvements to Maximo / In-Service Configuration processes.
- Respond to queries within the business to provide configuration guidance when required and support resolution of problems with the in-service and in-build fleet.
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.
- An Engineering background ideally in Manufacturing or Process or Design with an understanding or experience of managing the configuration of an in-service product/asset.
- Experience of inputting and manipulating data in database systems (such as IBM Maximo and Cognos), or Microsoft Office based applications (e.g. Excel and Access, and Power BI).
- Customer focussed with capable communication and influencing skills working with all levels of stakeholders
- Ideally qualified to HND/ foundation degree / degree level, in engineering, or significant engineering experience.
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
Validation and Verification