Project Planning Professional - Submarines

About the Role

As a Project Planning Professional you will support the Programme Delivery Leads and Project Controls team to deliver project and portfolio requirements, ensuring overall outputs meet these requirements. You will support the Core Production Delivery Business Units to achieve initial capability, rate capacity and resilience through the product life cycle. You will develop and maintain control account schedules, consolidate P6 planning data, and provide management information, analysis and reporting to the management team. You will ensure best‑practice planning principles are used to create and maintain high‑quality, credible schedules. • Lead planning activities across multiple submarine projects. • Consolidate Primavera P6 data and produce management reports. • Develop and maintain control account schedules for project delivery. • Apply best‑practice planning principles to ensure schedule quality. • Collaborate with engineering teams and external customer stakeholders. • Provide stakeholder management and negotiation within complex organisations.

Key Responsibilities

• ▸planning lead
• ▸p6 consolidation
• ▸schedule development
• ▸management reporting
• ▸stakeholder collaboration
• ▸programme support

What You Bring

Required experience includes Project Planning within an Integrated Project Team environment and strong proficiency with Primavera P6, covering resource management, activity coding, global changes and baselining. Strong Project Management experience with understanding of the project lifecycle, resource and cost management, planning and programming is essential. Proven stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and negotiate within a complex organisation are also required. To work for Rolls‑Royce Submarines you must hold a Security Check clearance; we will support the application if needed. Applicants must be UK nationals or, in MoD‑approved cases, dual nationals. Rolls‑Royce is committed to a respectful, inclusive, non‑discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued and diverse perspectives fuel innovation. Our multi‑year transformation programme aims to make Rolls‑Royce a high‑performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment including cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing. The role is classified under Project Management and was posted on 22 Jan 2026, closing on 13 Feb 2026. • Require experience with Integrated Project Teams and Primavera P6. • Must obtain Security Check clearance and be a UK or MoD‑approved dual national.

Requirements

• ▸primavera p6
• ▸security clearance
• ▸uk national
• ▸project planning
• ▸stakeholder management
• ▸integrated teams

Benefits

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. We encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible, so you can always be at your best – wherever and whenever you work. At Rolls‑Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls‑Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world‑class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high‑performance culture. • Enjoy flexible hybrid working, competitive salary, bonuses and employee discounts.

Work Environment

Hybrid

Interview Process

-online assessment (cognitive and behavioural aptitude tests) may be required for candidates in certain locations.