Project Controller (Alliance/JRTC) - Submarines

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Job Title: Project Controller - Submarines

Working Pattern: 37 hours

Working location: Bristol – with some travel to Derby and Barrow.

Rolls-Royce Submarines is proud to be part of The Dreadnought Alliance that was formed in 2018 along with the MoD and BAE Systems . The Alliance's mission is to deliver four Dreadnought submarines for £31 billion, with the first one ready for patrol in the 2030s. There is currently an exciting opportunity for a Project Controller to join our team. In this varied role you will project managing the permissioning and contracting of the funding secured by the Alliance to deliver the Dreadnought Class of Nuclear-powered, deterrent carrying submarines.

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:

• Support the delivery of the Delivery Phase 4 approval campaign
• Project managing route to contract plans, including required approvals.
• Responsible for building effective working relationships with industrial partners, Alliance functions and DNO & SDA stakeholders.
• Engages with subject matter experts to bring their advice and expertise into joint workstreams, coordinating resources to best effect.
• Provides written and verbal briefings to stakeholders on Dreadnought Commitments and DP4 Campaign progress.
• Develops contract artefacts including Change Requests, AEDs, MDAL, Risk Register, Scope Description

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.

• Qualified Project Manager or working towards (APM Q, or similar)
• Experience of procurement processes, or a keen interest to learn
• Excellent stakeholder management skills
• Commercially aware
• Numerate, e.g. has some skills in Excel, and is able to apply analytical skills
• Comfortable working at pace with changing priorities
• Strong organisational skills
• Displays strong team working skills and a passion for driving the performance of the Alliance to deliver against tight timescales
• Has the ability to keep things simple and remove complexity - communicates with clarity, brevity and simplicity, sets simple clear priorities
• Understands and promotes collaboration both inside and outside of the Alliance
• Values the diversity of people and perspectives

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.

Closing date: 11.7.25

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