Job Description

Job Title: Project Planning Professional

Working Pattern: 37 hours

Working location: Derby Raynesway

An exciting opportunity has arisen for 2 new roles, a Project Planning Professional and a lead Project Planning Professional  to join Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby, we’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

The Core Production Delivery Business Unit within the Rolls-Royce’s Submarines business is looking to recruit a Project Planning Professional to support the project team tasked with the development of onsite facilities. 

The role will be working in the Site Capability team supporting projects that directly deliver capability, capacity and resilience within one of our Production Delivery Business Unit.  This will include working closely with the Project Delivery Leads to ensure that the requirements are correctly captured, the correct project controls are in place and onwards management of progress of the work to delivery.

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:

Accountable for the successful delivery to cost, specification and time for a defined package of work.Working with a Technical Integration Lead to co-ordinate work across the different DBUsCreate, facilitate & govern PM documents & artefacts.Report the status of assigned work in accordance with the requirements of the project. Manage and report variances to project baseline and report project Key Performance Indicators.Review project data, identify and report trends, highlight anomalies and propose corrective action if performance is outside specification.Ensure effective controls are implemented in accordance with the company management procedures to achieve the project success criteria.   Accurate reporting to relevant stakeholders in accordance with the defined timescales. Facilitate and manage risk and opportunity activities.

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.

The role will involve dealing with customers and stakeholders at all levels and excellent communication skills are therefore a prerequisite.Attained APM Project Management Qualification or equivalent; or can demonstrate equivalent PM knowledge.Working towards membership of Association of Project Management (AMAPM or MAPM).Demonstrate good experience of working & delivering in cross functional teams.Proficient in Microsoft Office, experience of SAP and P6 preferable.

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.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

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 Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if the individual does not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non ITAR country.

Closing date: 24 February

Job Category

Project Management

Posting Date

10 Feb 2025; 00:02

Posting End Date