Chief Project Engineer

Job Description Job Description Job Title: ChiefProject Engineer Working Pattern: Hybrid - Minimum of 3 Days a weekin the office Working location: Bristol NautIQ Solutions (UK) ChiefProject Engineer (Commercial & Naval Marine Installed Products)The Chief Project Engineer (Commercial & Naval Marine InstalledProducts) will be the representative for all technical issues withsuppliers, customers, and operators for the installed product base(electrical), specifically ASTUTE, DREADNOUGHT (once Boat 1hardware has been delivered) and surface warship electricaldistribution systems and equipment, including the Marello DC Hybridsystem. The role will contribute to business strategy, drivingproduct improvement and for providing technical direction to theprogramme on all engineering deliverables. The Chief ProjectEngineer leads the engineering effort to ensure the delivery of allengineering work in a project on behalf of the Chief MarineEngineer and will be required to work closely with the Rolls-Roycecore engineering leadership as required to sustain rigorousengineering capability and will also work with NautIQ SolutionsEngineering Team Leads on a daily basis to ensure engineeringefficacy and delivery against schedule is sustained. The CPE shouldown and deliver packages of work in line with cost quality, andschedule requirements. The CPE must do this for the wholeprogramme, and in doing so, will provide leadership and governancefor all of the engineers working on the programme. This role is theaccountable to the NautIQ Solutions Chief Marine Engineer. NautIQSolutions is responsible for low voltage distribution equipment onvarious Naval applications including submarines and also theexpanding range of DC Hybrid propulsion systems for the CommercialMarine market. This position will be responsible for all installedproducts on Naval and Commercial Marine platforms, includingDREADNOUGHT. Accountabilities as a Chief Project Engineer: •Assisting the Chief Marine Engineer with assuring and managingproduct safety through compliant use of proven processes and leadclosure strategies to timely completion. • Creating, evolving andmaintaining the product requirements through interfaces with theCustomer and business across the entire life cycle of theprogramme. • Defining the technical programme of works thatdelivers a product that is fully compliant to all the productrequirements & fully integrated with the other elements of theprogramme Work Breakdown Structure. • Leading the change managementprocess within engineering to ensure that the level of change andthe incorporation of it are managed. • Establishing and maintainingthe overall governance structure on behalf of the Chief MarineEngineer to ensure that quality, schedule, and cost targets areachieved. • Implementing effective Risk Management and ProjectGated Review Processes for the package, including a commitment tocontinuous improvement. • Leading the System Engineering andsystems thinking in the engineering team in the project. • Theprogramme management and delivery of the optimised technicalsolution that satisfies all the product requirements (technical,business and schedule). • Representing the Chief Marine Engineer asrequired. Process responsibilities: • Manage Requirements,Evidence, definition & Verification Information • DefineRequirements • Manage Projects & Programmes Key Skills andQualifications Behaviours: • A keen advocate and champion of HighPerformance Culture who lives its values • Customer focused •Creative thinker and pragmatic problem solver • Strong focus ondriving compliance and improvement • Comfortable with ambiguity -able to define and implement plans that achieve the business intentwithout being given detailed instruction • Good communicator with apositive outlook when presented with challenges • Committed tothrough life learning for self and the team Qualifications: •Masters or Bachelor's degree in an applicable engineering subject •Chartered Engineer status in an appropriate discipline •Significant and proven domain knowledge and experience of naval ormarine autonomy, optimisation, decision making. • Knowledge andexperience of delivering systems complying with naval and marinestandards, specifications and safety standards • Appropriate domaindesign/functional domain knowledge to facilitate competentoversight of deployed engineering delivery • Proven ability toapply logical, analytical and innovative thinking on a range oftechnical problems and to make balanced decisions in complexsituations and with incomplete information • Proven, extensiveexperience in provisioning optimised design/function solutions •Demonstrable understanding of process driven product change control• Product Introduction Lifecycle Management experience etc. • Hasan excellent working-level knowledge & experience of allrelevant technical skills and is widely recognised as such •Experience applying Systems Engineering approach or equivalent(Robust Design, Black belt, PELA etc.); advocate of OPS andpositive change We are an equal opportunities employer. We'recommitted to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusiveworking environment. We believe that people from differentbackgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives. And themore perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. Bybuilding a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyonewho works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. Youcan learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people |Rolls-Royce To apply for this role, you must be able to obtainSecurity Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to thatclearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for SecurityClearance if you don't currently already have this in place. Due tothe nature of work the business conducts and the protection ofcertain assets, you must hold sole UK nationality. Job CategoryMechanical Systems Posting Date 25 Mar 2025; 00:03 Posting End DatePandoLogic. Keywords: Project Engineer, Location: Bristol, ENG -BS2 9NX