Description

Manufacturing Engineer – Welding - Submarines

Full Time

Derby

 Why Rolls-Royce?

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

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.

Welding Engineering involves a mixture of Manual and Computerised welding processes. As a Rolls-Royce welding engineer, you will be responsible for providing practical support to welding development projects and supporting the shop floor to ensure uninterrupted production. You will also perform welding engineering activities to support welder and weld qualifications. 

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:

Within this exciting opportunity you will get a chance to develop, implement, maintain and continuously improve manufacturing processes and/or methods of manufacture.

The product and materials are somewhat novel when compared to other vessel fabrications, pumps, valves and assemblies for a Pressurised circuit. The optimal candidate would have:

Exposure to exotic material groups plus a fundamental understanding of the associated tolerances / specific manufacturing challenges Fundamental knowledge of DFMEA / Expert Elicitation / PFMEA to influence Product definition / final form manufacture Specific Product knowledge of Core technologies Responsible for understanding the relationship between Process Inputs to Process Outputs

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.

Experience of fabrication of critical classified components Knowledge of power beam welding processes is desirable You will have a degree, or equivalent, in an engineering or related technical discipline with previous experience in a manufacturing engineering and/or process engineering background You will have strong analytical skills and a proven record of technical problem-solving skills along with knowledge of six sigma / lean techniques You will be a good communicator and able to liaise with all levels of staff You will possess excellent organisational and presentation skills and feel comfortable presenting at all levels

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

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

28 May 2024; 00:05

Posting End Date

11 Jun 2024