Senior Chemical Process Engineer - Submarines

• Ensure that chemical engineering within the project is carried out in accordance with required engineering and project processes.
• Provide technical authority, mentorship and review input for junior engineers and cross-functional design teams.
• Review and acceptance of chemical engineering documentation and drawings produced by the external supply chain.
• Production of applicable aspects of safety and environmental documentation.
• Ensure that principles of inherent safety, hierarchy of controls and simplification are embedded into the design.
• Lead the development of requirements and design options for chemical engineering packages.
• Provide assurance that requirements have been appropriately incorporated into design and construction.
• Provide input to the production of engineering processes, plans and strategies.
• Act as ‘Intelligent Customer’ for chemical engineering aspects of design and construction. These aspects include process design; P&IDs; mass & energy balances; hazard studies; sizing, pressure and flow calculations.
• Ensuring that chemical process systems are adequately commissioned and decommissioned.
• Implement engineering controls on chemical process engineering work carried out internally and in the external supply chain.
• To support the Engineering Manager in ensuring that Suitably Qualified and Experienced Persons (SQEP) both internally and in the external supply chain are performing chemical engineering work.

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

This is an opportunity use your deep experience in chemical engineering to play a part in the Regeneration of the Raynesway Nuclear Licenced Site. This once in a lifetime major infrastructure programme is replacing the current facilities with modern state of the art manufacturing capability.

We are looking for capable, experienced and proactive individuals to join our growing team and be responsible for leading chemical process engineering packages. These are high-impact roles, ideal for experienced engineers who thrive on technical complexity, process rigour and innovation with purpose.

Although experience of working with nuclear facilities is certainly advantageous, we invite applications from those that are interested in redeploying their existing capabilities in a new area. What is most important is having the right approach; you need to be someone who can work with and influence engineers from other disciplines so that chemical engineering is an integral part of the overall engineering solution.

• Experienced in the design, construction and operation of nuclear and/or conventional facilities and infrastructure within the UK ideally including experience of undertaking and assessing design of facilities.
• Knowledge of Process Safety tools and techniques
• Familiarity with Nuclear Site Licensing Conditions, Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs) and Technical Assessment Guides (TAGs) is advantageous.
• Experience and knowledge of nuclear safety case production.
• You will also be a Chartered Engineer or hold an affiliate/associate membership of a relevant professional body and be working towards Chartered/Incorporated status.
• Understanding of modern control principles relating to chemical processes
• Familiarity with applicable regulations, codes and standards.
• Experience of working on COMAH or similar high hazard sites.
• Chemical/Process Engineering degree or similar relevant discipline, although experience and capability will be taken into consideration.

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

You will be working across multiple projects and lifecycle stages in order to ensure that the areas under your responsibility meet both our engineering and project requirements. You will be able to interact with various stakeholders both internal and external to the business in order to be successful. You will be supported by a community of around 3,000 engineers in the Submarines business with training and development to allow you to build your skills and thrive in-role. The role will be based in Derby but with opportunities for hybrid working.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

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.