Immediate Start! Safety Engineering Opportunities -Submarines

Rolls Royce
Swindon
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Job Description Job Description Safety EngineeringOpportunities Derby, Full Time, On-site We have an excitingopportunity for specialists who have nuclear safety engineeringexperience or would like to train in this area so that you couldhelp power the submarines of today and build the solutions fortomorrow. We have over 100 employees working within nuclear safetyroles today and plans to double this number over the next 4-5 yearsas our business expands into novel nuclear applications such asspace and Micro Reactors, provision of nuclear propulsion for theAustralian Navy and work with the MoD on Nuclear defence solutionsfor future generations. Why Rolls-Royce ? Rolls-Royce is one of themost enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at theforefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build andservice systems that provide critical power to customers wheresafety and reliability are paramount. We're a leader in nuclearpropulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy'snuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technicalauthority. We have a number of Safety Career opportunities withinour Submarines Business. What we offer: We offer excellentdevelopment, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. Theseinclude pension, bonus, employee support assistance and employeediscounts. Join us and we'll provide an environment where you canbe yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests inyou, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to anincredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.Who we are looking for: At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, arebold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do.These principles form our values and behaviours and are anessential component of our assessment process and are fundamentalqualities that we seek for all roles. We are looking for a numberof safety engineers with a range of levels of experience from newgraduates who are eager to develop, to experienced specialists whocan bring new capabilities into leadership roles within thebusiness. Capabilities included in the roles are: - ProbabilisticSafety assessment - Nuclear Safety Case - Human Factors - Safety& Reliability - Safety Coherency - Containment and Consequence- Criticality Ideally, you will have experience in one of the abovedisciplines, but this does not need to be limited to Submarines. Weare also interested in candidates who come from industries such ascivil nuclear, oil & gas, chemical process or rail. It ispreferable that you are Degree Qualified in an engineering orscientific discipline. We are an equal opportunities employer.We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusiveworking environment. We believe that people from differentbackgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which arecrucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the morediverse perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. Bybuilding a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone whoworks here the opportunity to realise their full potential. You canlearn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people |Rolls-Royce To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business anindividual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce willsupport the application for Security Clearance if you do notcurrently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work thebusiness conducts and the protection of certain assets we can onlyprogress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, inMoD approved cases, a dual national. Job Category Engineering forServices Posting Date 26 Mar 2025; 00:03 Posting End Date 05 Apr2025PandoLogic. Keywords: Chemical, Biological, Radiological, andNuclear (CBRN) Specialist, Location: Derby, ENG - DE238NX

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