Jobs at Rolls-Royce SMR Limited

Leads the Control and Instrumentation Systems Design and Implementation function for a nuclear SMR programme. Responsibilities include governing physical architectures, system integration, requirements traceability, verification and validation, configuration management, technical assurance, regulatory and licensing support, supplier oversight, and organisational capability development. The role provides strategic and operational leadership for multidisciplinary engineering teams delivering safety-critical systems in a highly regulated nuclear environment.

Leads the specification, design, qualification, physical integration, and delivery of control and instrumentation hardware across a nuclear SMR programme. Oversees sensors, field equipment, cabinets, equipment rooms, cable routing, plant interfaces, supplier relationships, technical governance, engineering assurance, constructability, commissioning, quality, and technical risk. Coordinates multidisciplinary teams and develops a high-performing engineering organisation while ensuring nuclear safety, regulatory compliance, reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle performance.

Leads the specification, design, integration, delivery, and lifecycle governance of plant-wide process control, instrumentation, DCS, operational data, monitoring, alarm, historian, and decision-support systems for nuclear SMR operations. The role provides technical and organisational leadership, manages strategic suppliers, supports licensing and safety cases, integrates cybersecurity and human factors, oversees testing and commissioning readiness, and develops a high-performing multidisciplinary engineering organisation.

Lead systems engineering and nuclear safety substantiation for electrical systems across the SMR programme. Manage requirements, MBSE models, V&V strategies, and the Electrical Systems Safety Case. Coordinate with design, safety, regulatory teams and suppliers, lead an engineering team, produce technical substantiation, and engage external stakeholders and regulators.

Lead the design and development lifecycle of control and instrumentation systems for a nuclear small modular reactor. Translate requirements into system specifications, coordinate multidisciplinary integration, ensure regulatory and standards compliance, plan verification and validation, support safety cases and regulatory engagement, oversee suppliers, and provide technical leadership and mentoring. The role is based in a hybrid UK location supporting either the GBE-N or ČEZ programme.

Lead and grow a team delivering electrical systems analysis for a small modular reactor (SMR) programme. Manage workplans, verification/validation, system studies (static and dynamic), supplier packages, and provide technical assurance to support design substantiation and the safety case. Interface with multidisciplinary teams, regulators and stakeholders.

Develop and mature nuclear reactor core design solutions using systems engineering principles. Responsibilities include defining and managing requirements and interfaces, producing engineering documentation and substantiation reports, collaborating across disciplines, supporting verification and validation, managing technical risks, and ensuring compliance with standards and regulatory expectations in a highly regulated energy environment.

Develop thermal-hydraulic models and simulations of reactor plant behavior during intact circuit faults and transient conditions. Produce safety-case reports, apply quality assurance and verification processes, automate analysis workflows with Python, and benchmark models against experimental test data. Collaborate with system designers, safety engineers, analysts, and test teams to substantiate safe reactor operation and support programme milestones.

The Standardisation Engineer will drive standardisation and variation reduction across SMR plant design. Responsibilities include reviewing engineering documentation, optimising component and product grouping, developing the Standard Parts Catalogue and engineering tools, producing technical reports, and collaborating with engineering, supply chain, commercial, supplier, and other stakeholders to improve repeatability, efficiency, cost, and design integration.

Leads medium-scale IT projects from scope definition through completion, managing plans, budgets, resources, risks, dependencies, governance, quality, and stakeholder communication. Oversees cross-functional teams and third-party contractors, coordinates change management, monitors performance, and supports benefits realization and post-project reviews. The role requires IT project delivery experience across systems, software, or infrastructure, project management certification, and proficiency with project management tools. Hybrid work is based in Derby, Manchester, or Warrington, with occasional international travel.

Manage internal and external documentation and Lifetime Quality Records for a nuclear technology organization. Responsibilities include administering document management systems, enforcing documentation procedures, conducting quality checks, reporting document status, improving systems, and ensuring reliable, accessible records. The role requires strong attention to detail, document creation and review skills, administrative capability, and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications and document control systems.

Leads the strategy, definition, integration, and delivery of Environment, Safety, Security, and Safeguards requirements across a nuclear SMR programme. The role manages multidisciplinary E3S teams, advises on power station design, engages regulators and stakeholders, oversees governance and documentation, and ensures requirements are embedded in engineering, manufacturing, and operations outputs.

Integrate design, construction, and delivery principles across multidisciplinary SMR teams. Lead studies and improvement initiatives that reduce schedule and delivery risk, resolve misalignment between design intent, construction sequencing, and logistics, and support design reviews and governance. The role requires systems thinking, problem solving, stakeholder influence, and experience delivering complex products or programs to defined schedules.

Lead civil and construction projects and work packages within complex energy programmes. Coordinate scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, change, and stakeholder activities; monitor performance, resolve issues, and drive continuous improvement. The role requires relevant qualifications or equivalent experience, project delivery expertise, strong stakeholder engagement, and familiarity with project management tools including Primavera P6, Microsoft Project, SAP, or Power BI. Hybrid attendance is required in Derby, Manchester, or Warrington, with occasional travel.

Lead the organisation’s privacy programme by managing data subject requests, maintaining the Record of Processing Activities, operationalising Data Protection Impact Assessments, handling privacy queries, and supporting data breach responses. The role requires strong knowledge of UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, risk-based decision-making, stakeholder engagement, and experience operating privacy processes. IAPP qualifications are beneficial but not essential.

Supports electrical systems analysis for a nuclear small modular reactor power plant. Responsibilities include maintaining system models and electrical datasets, performing power system studies, producing calculations and technical reports, supporting design reviews, evaluating electrical architectures, and generating verification and safety-case evidence. The role works with multidisciplinary teams and develops capability in electrical engineering, systems engineering, and technical substantiation within a regulated environment.

Leads the design, verification, substantiation, and integration of earthing and lightning protection systems for an SMR power station. Provides technical leadership across system architecture, specifications, compliance, risk management, design reviews, supplier work packages, and regulatory engagement. Collaborates with electrical, civil, systems, safety, and project teams while mentoring engineers and supporting technical governance, strategic planning, installation, commissioning, and maintenance activities.

Lead major engineering design packages within the Generic Product Development programme, managing planning, execution, integration, budgets, risks, issues, change control, governance, and reporting. Coordinate multidisciplinary engineering, safety, supply chain, internal, customer, and external partner teams to deliver complex regulated projects on schedule and to budget. The role also drives process improvement and delivery excellence.

Owns cost control and analysis across major energy programme activities, including budgets, forecasts, actuals, commitments, accruals, change control, purchase orders, supplier applications, monthly reporting, and variance analysis. The role collaborates with planning, commercial, engineering, project controls, and supplier teams while improving cost systems, maintaining accurate data, supporting audit compliance, and potentially managing up to three Assistant Cost Engineers.

Lead manufacturing engineering for large pipework assemblies and major nuclear components. Develop manufacturing methods, production systems, documentation, and work instructions for a future factory environment. Ensure designs are manufacturable, supply chains are capable, and production methods are robust. Support supplier selection, development, and technical readiness while engaging stakeholders across regulated, safety-critical engineering activities. Regular supplier travel is required, with some international travel depending on supplier activity.