Welding Engineer - Submarines

Derby
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Welding Engineer - Submarines

Day shift with the potential need to work a 2 shift working pattern where required by the business (shift premium paid)

Derby - Office based

An exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer role in the Welding Team has arisen within the Rolls Royce Submarines.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Our submarines business is responsible for the design, manufacture, supply and through-life support of nuclear propulsion-related products and systems in support of the Royal Navy's submarine fleet. You can find out more about the amazing projects that we are working on here:- (url removed)

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.

The Welding Engineer will be primarily responsible for pursuing the development and implementation of various welding techniques, spanning across manual, automated and mechanised processes to meet all product and business requirements across the manufacture of Primary Circuit and Core components.

They will influence the design and manufacture of key components that sit within the heart of the Submarines Pressurised Water Reactor system. Ensuring the selection of appropriate welding techniques, processes and procedures. With quality, simplification and delivery at the forefront of their minds, they will drive continuous improvement projects from initial concepts to final completion and implementation. From process improvements to factory performance and flow, they will play a key role in ensuring an uninterrupted manufacturing plant. Liaising with the wider Manufacturing and Engineering teams to provide expertise and knowledge is vital within this role.

What we offer:

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

You will support a mixture of emergent shop floor issues, from product non-conformance, root cause investigations and cell performance, to supporting welders and managing Welder Qualifications in line with industry and internal standards. Additionally, this person will be expected to support manufacturing meetings and reviews with the goal of ensuring SQCDP metrics are on target and in line with business requirements.

What you will be doing:

You will be responsible for the design, development, justification, and application of high integrity welding techniques, successful implementation of new welding procedures and technologies. They will achieve this through effective integration with Engineering, Manufacturing, suppliers and the wider Submarines enterprise.

Who we're 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.
Competent in identifying, developing, qualifying and justifying welding techniques in accordance with the relevant design code, ideally within a relevant industry.Knowledge and demonstrated experience of working to the requirements of boiler and pressure vessel design and manufacturing standards.Demonstrates that product and process safety is of paramount importance assuring products meet all regulatory, code, design and manufacturing and Quality Assurance requirements and complying with all applicable legislation and codes of professional conduct.Proven ability to define, plan, monitor and control projects, programmes and work packages, ensuring the work is delivered to cost, quality and schedule. As well as communicating complex technical information in a simple and effective way, whilst creating methods of manufacture ensuring delivery of manufacturing capability and business requirements and meeting design intent.Ability to integrate well within a large organisation that operates in a high-pressure environment. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills are desirable.
The below qualifications are desirable but not essential. In lieu of the qualifications listed above a candidate with demonstrable, substantial and relevant industrial welding engineering experience will be considered:
Professional welding qualifications are highly beneficial (e.g. International Institute of Welding (IIW) / European Welding Federation (EWF) Welding Engineer or Technologist status, IEng or CEng status, MSc Welding Engineering)Professionally Qualified Engineer (e.g. UK minimum HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent) in an engineering discipline.
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-Royce

To 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 Category

Manufacturing Engineering

Posting Date

06 May 2025; 00:05

Posting End Date

30 May 2025PandoLogic. Keywords: Welding Engineer, Location: Derby, ENG - DE23 8NX

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