Maintenance Planning Engineer - Submarines
Listed on 2026-10-16
-
Engineering
Systems Engineer, Maintenance Technician / Mechanic, Electrical Engineering
Job Title
- Maintenance Planning Engineer
- Submarines
Working Pattern:
Full Time / Permanent
Location :
Derby
We are currently recruiting for a Maintenance Planning Engineer to join the Rolls-Royce Submarines Availability Centre, based in Derby. The recently launched Submarine Maintenance Recovery Plan (SMRP) places the Availability Centre front and centre of the project. This presents a unique opportunity to be a part of the biggest change to the Submarine Maintenance in years. As a Maintenance Planning Engineer, you will be integral to the success of this project whilst playing a huge role in the implementation of the short, medium and long-term objectives.
This is a chance to be part of a team that’s at the sharp end of turning the dial up on submarine availability.
- Be a direct point of contact between the customer and wider submarines enterprise partners on Rolls-Royce Technical Authority (TA) derived maintenance
- Carry out face-to-face, telephone and e-mail communications between the MoD technical and safety cells, Rolls-Royce site offices and internal experts covering a wide scope of technical and project fields.
- Manage all maintenance requirements identified by safety case and reliability studies and using engineering arguments, proactively challenge maintenance requirements to ensure that an optimised maintenance schedule is delivered.
- Co-ordinate and manage design and improvement projects through a wide network of resources, by identifying and assessing improvements or opportunities.
- Assess and manage changes to maintenance packages whilst ensuring minimal impact to the boat programme and retaining submarine safety.
- Work with colleagues to identify improvements to current maintenance activities by utilising opportunities provided by data-driven analytics alongside traditional methods.
- Manage changes to current activities using existing and new processes that could provide opportunities to optimise maintenance and support the SMRP.
Qualifications:
- Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know 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.
- Have a positive, open, questioning mindset, with a desire to continuously improve.
- Have the drive to develop and grow as an engineer and support the wider enterprise now and into the future.
- Have a keen interest in technical engineering with a basic understanding of how a nuclear plant works.
- Be able to rise to the challenge and complexities of maintenance planning in an ever-changing environment.
- Have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills in both verbal and written format.
- Have a basic understanding of design and technical governance processes.
- Have a good level of knowledge in standard Microsoft Office tools (essential) and Azure Dev Ops (desirable)
Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.
The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.
It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.
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. 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.
To work for the Rolls-Royce…
(If this job is in fact in your jurisdiction, then you may be using a Proxy or VPN to access this site, and to progress further, you should change your connectivity to another mobile device or PC).