Project Delivery Professional – Dockyard Projects Delivery Team

Job Description

Project Delivery Professional – Dockyard Projects (Submarines)

Full time

Derby (Raynesway)

What you will be doing:

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Dockyard Projects Delivery Team for a Project Delivery Professional to join the team and deliver rigs that interface directly with the Nuclear Steam Raising Plant (NSRP) in support of reducing boat maintenance periods.  You will work as part of a multi-disciplined team consisting of project, mechanical, systems and EC&I engineers utilising support from other functions around the Submarines Business and wider enterprise.

The projects will be fast paced with delivery dates which are challenging.  This is an exciting time to join what is a growing part of the Submarines business.

Responsibilities

You’ll be taking responsibility for the control and delivery of appropriately complex packages of work from initial scoping and costing, through stakeholder and resource commitment to execution and delivery.  You will monitor, review and manage work package status with the technical team and provide the conduit for reporting to the customer in line with programme requirements.

• Support the Dockyard Project Delivery Team to deliver project requirements ensuring that overall project outputs are achieved.
• Responsible for delivery to cost, specification and time for defined packages of work and proposing/implementing corrective action if these are not expected to be met.
• Ensure the Submarines project controls processes are effectively deployed and maintained for all work throughout the project lifecycle.
• Maintenance of project information within Executive Systems e.g. SAP and ARM.
• Identify efficiencies or improvements in all areas, showing a willingness to identify and recommend improvements outside of their immediate role, benefiting the wider business.
• Continuous Improvement including Strategy, Planning and Reporting.
• Co-ordinate work across wider teams, in line with agreed project controls processes and controlling activities including gated reviews, monitoring, priorities, dependencies, procurement, quality, work authorisation, change control, approvals and stakeholder management.
• Work with the planner and multi-discipline teams to develop detailed plans and estimates to meet business objectives, ensuring they are realistic, maintained and delivered against.
• Support project reviews by producing management reports. This will be for both internal and external customer reviews and cover all aspects of project progress against plan, resource, risk, deliverables and earned value.
• Provide input to financial management, including monthly monitoring, quarterly forecasts, budgets and estimates to completion.
• As appropriate, provide support to bids and business development opportunities.

Why Rolls Royce?

You will be joining the Dockyard Projects Team which is based within the Services Delivery Business Unit (DBU) in Submarines in Derby.  The Services DBU supports our product portfolio through its entire lifecycle from concept, through realisation, manufacture, and disposal.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself.  We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity.  We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

This is a great opportunity to get involved with delivering projects across all stages of product development, from feasibility and concept, through design, build, test and commissioning.  You will have the chance to work closely with the engineering teams in a fast-paced environment, where your project delivery and management skills will be challenged and developed.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

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, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual.  Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we’re looking for:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference.  These principles form our behaviours.  They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

This role would suit someone with project management experience; showing an understanding of the project lifecycle, risk management, cost management, planning and programming; and experience of working within multi-discipline teams and collaborative environments.

• Degree in a relevant engineering or business discipline or equivalent level of continuous professional development and experience.
• Good understanding of engineering and/or operations activities.  Experience of working with Engineering/Design through Manufacture projects and programmes.
• Ability to work with minimum supervision in order to deliver results and to work in ambiguous situations, whilst working to tight timescales and achieving quality outputs on time.
• Have a proven track record in project delivery and the ability to operate in a complex environment within previous organisations.
• APMP or PRINCE 2 qualifications would be desirable.
• A working knowledge of SAP and/or scheduling tools in relation to project management activities is desirable.
• Experience of creating and maintaining schedules in Primavera P6 planning tool, whilst not essential will be beneficial to the role. Proficient user of Microsoft Office suite (Excel essential).

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.

Learn more about our global Inclusion Strategy.

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.

Grade: NGS 6-9

For further information please contact: Paul Gargett - paul.gargett@rolls-royce.com

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