Jobs at Rolls-Royce SMR Limited

Lead a small engineering team to plan, coordinate and deliver power station integration work packages for an SMR design. Define product-level design, manage requirements and plant-level attributes, apply systems engineering/MBSE methods, drive optioneering and trade-offs, resolve cross-system issues, and mentor engineers to meet programme delivery and quality standards.

Leads software development for engineering analysis, defining strategy, quality standards, governance, and technical direction. Manages a small software engineering team, oversees internal and supplier-developed tools, improves analysis workflows, and builds software capability through coaching and training. Collaborates with Digital and IT teams, external suppliers, regulators, and industry bodies, while shaping the adoption of AI and advanced digital methods in engineering analysis.

Provide commercial legal support by drafting, negotiating, and reviewing a wide range of commercial and supply-chain agreements (NDAs, MoUs, services, licensing). Advise stakeholders on contractual risk and compliance, collaborate with cross-functional teams, prepare templates, legal research, and documentation, and support transactional and governance needs within a civil nuclear engineering and design business.

Lead a Configuration Management team to define and embed CM processes across a safety-critical SMR engineering programme. Establish configuration baselines, manage bills of material, drive engineering change control, ensure data governance and regulatory alignment, and foster cross-functional adoption to enable high-quality delivery at scale.

Leads the functional design of nuclear safety-related control and protection systems for Rolls-Royce SMR. Defines C&I functional requirements, specifications, safety functions, and system architecture; ensures compliance with IEC nuclear standards and UK regulatory expectations. Provides technical authority, supports safety-case development, coordinates multidisciplinary work packages, applies verification and validation governance, and mentors engineers. The role is hybrid, based primarily in Derby, Manchester, or Warrington.

Lead technical delivery of Control & Instrumentation physical integration across plant lifecycle: define panel and cable design, produce specifications, ensure IEC/BS compliance, coordinate 3D cable routing, support safety cases, conduct HAZOP/FMEA/FAT‑SAT, and guide installation, commissioning and vendor activities to ensure safe, buildable and verifiable C&I systems.

Lead mechanical engineering coordination between customer project teams and the Components & Mechanical Equipment function. Translate customer requirements into prioritized work packages, coordinate delivery across Integrated Product Teams, align engineering and commercial stakeholders, track risks and dependencies, and support issue resolution. Apply mechanical systems expertise to challenge requirements, promote product standardization, and improve collaboration and delivery performance within a regulated nuclear engineering environment.

Leads decommissioning strategy and design-for-decommissioning activities for the Rolls-Royce SMR power station. The role manages decommissioning risks, waste minimization, technical assessments, regulatory submissions, and lifecycle documentation. It provides technical authority and guidance across multidisciplinary engineering teams while engaging regulators, customers, senior leaders, and external stakeholders. The lead will also promote industry best practice and innovative approaches to improve future nuclear decommissioning capability.

Provide technical leadership for hardwired safety C&I systems across the full lifecycle: architecture, requirements, design, integration, verification/validation, safety assurance and regulatory engagement. Support procurement, operations, mentoring and cross-discipline interfaces for a nuclear SMR programme.

Lead and coordinate delivery of power station integration engineering work packages for the Rolls‑Royce SMR programme. Translate programme requirements into engineering execution plans, manage multidisciplinary teams, scope, schedule, cost and quality, mitigate technical risks, oversee subcontractors, support project controls and reporting, and drive integrated delivery and continuous improvement.

Manage delivery of the Cooling Water Island work package within the Temelin plant design programme. Maintain schedules, budgets and project controls; manage risks, resources and stakeholder engagement; ensure regulatory compliance; coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams, suppliers and customers; capture lessons learned and support continuous improvement.

Lead strategic management, governance and performance of global 3PL/4PL partners. Develop and execute partner strategies, govern contracts and SLAs, build performance dashboards (cost, HSE, vehicle, environmental KPIs), manage logistics budgets and cost-reduction/value-engineering initiatives, mitigate risk, and drive continuous innovation across multiple geographies while interfacing with internal stakeholders.

Provide security assurance for Physical and Personnel Security by conducting audits, identifying vulnerabilities and non‑compliance, advising on legal/regulatory requirements, supporting risk mitigation plans, and reporting residual risks to senior management. Engage with stakeholders and the UK security community and support protective security and threat-informed decision making. Role requires travel for on-site assurance activities.

Manage New Part Introduction (NPI) for supply-chain commodity items: lead cross-functional teams, integrate suppliers, plan and control interdependent workstreams, mitigate risks, report NPI status, and support execution of RR SMR NPI strategy to deliver industrialised hardware to Power Station requirements.

Lead definition, build and governance of industrialisation capability for a large SMR programme. Develop capability strategy across people, processes and tools; lead workforce planning, resource modelling and organisational design; manage governance, assurance and change control; interface with Delivery Advisory Committee and integrate supplier/partner contributions to deliver capability at scale.

Lead development of site-specific Reactor Island MEP layouts, integrating mechanical, electrical and architectural systems from concept to detailed design. Drive optioneering, constructability, safety (ALARP) and modular delivery, produce technical documentation and safety-case inputs, and mentor junior engineers while managing requirements, risks and gated design reviews.

Lead a project-focused BIM and Information Management team to define and embed IM/BIM strategy across design, construction and supply chain. Own EIR/BEP/AIR/MIDP outputs, integrate data flows, assure information quality, and interface with clients and stakeholders to enable predictable, high-quality delivery on large regulated infrastructure projects.

Lead a team to deliver site-specific Reactor Island layouts from generic design, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, managing configuration, federated CAD models, requirements control, and programme risk to ensure constructability, regulatory compliance and repeatable deployment across UK and international sites.

Lead and grow the Simulation Development team to deliver and govern engineering simulator capabilities (analysis and real‑time) for SMR power station performance, control room validation, C&I verification, Human Factors and operational readiness. Own prioritisation, delivery governance, configuration management, stakeholder and supplier relationships, capability roadmaps, risk reporting and continuous improvement across simulator tools and processes.

Provide technical leadership to develop, verify and implement engineering software for structural and multidisciplinary analysis. Define strategy, ensure software validation/verification and regulatory compliance, resolve complex technical issues, mentor engineers, and collaborate with internal teams and suppliers to improve quality and integration across analysis domains.