Safety Engineer - Submarines

Full-time
On-site
Derby - Raynesway (UK-DNA) United Kingdom

Job Description

Safety Engineer - Submarines

Full Time / hybrid

Derby, UK

Why Rolls Royce?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Safety Engineer 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.

Join us and 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.

We are looking for a capable and proactive individual to join our growing team and be responsible for ensuring that the safety and governance are defined, implemented and managed.

What we offer

We offer excellent development, 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’ll be doing:

You will be producing Safety Cases for new Nuclear Manufacturing Facilities;

  • Adopting Inherent Safety and Defence in Depth approach to the development of modern standard Right First Time holistic Safety Cases.
  • Integrating cross-functional learning from Nuclear, Radiological, Environmental and Process Safety Relevant Good Practice (RGP) and shaping holistic safety processes.
  • Undertaking multi-stage hazard studies and analysis to determine fault and consequence scenarios and resulting in engineered and administrative prevention and mitigation measures.
  • Liaising with design and project engineers to ensure that safety is baked into new facility design.

Who we are looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

  • Degree in Engineering or Science discipline, or equivalent
  • A demonstrable ability to work in multidisciplinary teams to tight deadlines
  • The ability to provide clear, concise and accurate technical reports
  • Previous safety experience in the nuclear industry or other high hazard industry.
  • Experience or knowledge of hazard identification techniques such as FMEAs, HAZOPs, Fault & Event Tree Analysis, and reliability evaluation methods.
  • Experience or knowledge of hazard assessment processes, including design basis assessment techniques (e.g. production of fault schedules, the derivation of safety functional requirements) and As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) assessments.

We’re 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. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global inclusion strategy at careers.rolls-royce.com

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Job Category

Safety & Product Assurance

Posting Date

09 Oct 2025; 00:10

Posting End Date