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SalarySafety Engineer - Submarines
Full Time or Part Time
Derby, Hybrid
Why Rolls-Royce?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Safety Engineerto join Rolls-Royce Submarines Nuclear Facilities Safety Team in Derby.
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 Nuclear Facilities Safety Team supports delivery of Nuclear Manufacturing across multiple complex facilities driving improved safety and operational performance through robust safety analysis and substantiation. Major programmes of work include the implementation of new manufacturing facilities, conduct of Periodic Review of Safety and Interim Reviews of Safety and Plant Life Extension (PLEX) of existing facilities, coupled with support to engineering projects (from inception to implementation on plant).
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 involved in producing and maintaining Nuclear Safety Cases for existing and new Nuclear Manufacturing Facilities.
- Developing modern standard safety cases.
- Undertaking hazard identification and safety analysis.
- Conduct of categorisation and classification of engineering and operator safety measures.
- Working closely with cross functional resource to produce and present robust substantiation (and implementation of engineering change).
- Completing analysis to support criticality safety assessments.
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.
- Degree in Engineering, Maths, Physics or equivalent.
- Demonstrable evidence of proactivity, determination and delivery focus;
- The ability to provide clear, concise and accurate technical reports.
- Experience or knowledge of hazard identification techniques such as FMEAs, HAZOPs, Fault & Event Tree Analysis, and reliability evaluation methods.
- Experience or knowledge of hazard assessment processes, including design basis assessment techniques (e.g. production of fault schedules, the derivation of safety functional requirements)
We're 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.
Closing date : 19th December 2023
Job CategoryEngineering for ServicesPosting Date12 Dec 2023; 00:12
