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Service Maturity & Integrated Product Support - Technical Specialist - Submarines

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Job DescriptionService Maturity & Integrated Product Support - Technical Specialist - SubmarinesDerbyFull timeWhy Rolls-Royce?An excellent opportunity has arisen in the Engineering for Services capability for a Technical Specialist with experience in Service Maturity & Integrated Product Support.As the Technical Specialist, you will proactively drive and influence teams across the business to avoid unexpected service cost and disruption by ensuring products and services are mature at entry into service and achieve the service business objectives (e.g. Availability, Reliability and Maintainability (AR&M), Time on Platform, Maintenance Cost, Maintenance Support Strategy). You will provide technical expertise in 'design for support' using supportability and Integrated Product Support (IPS) principles (e.g. AR&M, Reliability Centred Maintenance (RCM) etc.) and integrate across the whole business. You will also provide expertise in proactive reliability and technical surveillance to support continuous product enhancement for customer satisfaction and business expectation.We're a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy's nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority. Join us and we'll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.Your needs are as unique as you are. 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, on average three days per week.What you will be doing: You will be supporting the development and execution of the EfS strategy, collaborating with both internal and external networks;Providing technical direction, supporting and delivering training to peers and more junior professionals, and technical leadership to teams and projects (including the Integrated Product Support team).Leading the definition of capability projects including capturing requirements, creating proposals, achieving stakeholder approval, acquiring funding and aligning partner support.Supporting the development of the Integrated Product Support team and application of new capabilities; leading capability development projects within the wider business. Leading the resolution of new and emerging technical, compliance and business problems using analytical processes and professional judgement. Ensuring appropriate policies, standards and best practices are defined, shared and adopted. Who we are looking for:At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.Strong experience of Service Maturity & Integrated Product Support (IPS) in complex engineering products.Detailed knowledge of the IPS principles, methods and industry standards.Strong stakeholder management capabilities.Project Leadership and experience of training and mentoring others.Professionally qualified Engineer (UK minimum BEng degree or other national equivalent).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.You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-RoyceTo work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don't currently already have this in place.Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.Job CategoryEngineering for ServicesPosting Date03 Nov 2025; 00:11Posting End Date16 Nov 2025PandoLogic. , Location: Derby, ENG - DE23 8NX

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