Project Delivery Professional - Submarines reference: JR6145324

Unlocking Your Project Management Potential at Rolls-Royce

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and skilled Project Delivery Professional to join the esteemed Control Account Team within the New Build & Components Business Unit at Rolls-Royce. If you're passionate about managing critical projects and contributing to world-class solutions, this role offers a compelling platform for growth and impact.

Why Consider This Opportunity?

• Impactful Work: You'll be at the heart of managing key projects, directly contributing to the successful delivery of large vessels. This role offers the chance to work on significant, high-profile initiatives that shape industries.
• Career Development: Rolls-Royce is committed to your professional growth. Expect excellent development opportunities, ongoing learning, and the chance to hone your project management skills within a leading global company.
• Collaborative Culture: Be part of a culture that values individuality and diverse perspectives. You'll work alongside talented professionals who believe that a variety of backgrounds fuels innovation and high performance.
• Competitive Rewards: Beyond a competitive salary, Rolls-Royce offers a comprehensive benefits package, including bonuses, employee support assistance, and discounts, demonstrating a commitment to employee well-being.
• Flexible Working: The role embraces hybrid working, allowing for a healthy balance between office-based collaboration and remote flexibility. This arrangement is managed locally to support individual needs.

Key Responsibilities & What You'll Be Doing:

As a Project Delivery Professional, your core focus will be on ensuring the successful delivery of defined work packages. This includes:

• Managing projects to meet cost, specification, and time objectives.
• Organizing and chairing schedule review meetings, proactively identifying and reporting areas requiring executive decision-making.
• Creating and maintaining robust project and critical component delivery schedules, with proficiency in Primavera P6 planning software.
• Proactively managing risks, identifying treatment options, and providing essential information for informed management decisions.
• Contributing significantly to performance reviews by understanding key performance metrics and implementing proactive recovery plans.
• Ensuring the accurate maintenance of the ERP system, working collaboratively with MRP to provide precise program forecasts.

Who Rolls-Royce is Looking For:

Rolls-Royce seeks individuals who embody their core principles: safety first, doing the right thing, keeping it simple, and making a difference. These guiding behaviors are integral to their assessment process. Specifically, they are looking for:

• Strong Interpersonal Skills: A natural team player with excellent people skills, capable of fostering positive working relationships.
• Project Management Experience: Proven experience in an Integrated Project Team environment, ideally within the engineering or manufacturing sector.
• Relationship Building: The ability to effectively build and manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Proactive and Adaptable Mindset: A positive, "can-do" attitude is essential. You should be adept at delivering on commitments, adapting to change, managing competing demands, and juggling multiple tasks efficiently.
• Formal PM Qualifications: Candidates should possess an APM Project Management Qualification or equivalent, or demonstrate equivalent PM knowledge. A willingness to pursue or attain APM membership (AMAPM or MAPM) is highly valued.
• Technical Proficiency: Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office is required. Experience with SAP and Primavera P6 is a significant advantage.

Important Considerations:

• Security Clearance: Due to the sensitive nature of the work, successful candidates will need to hold or be eligible for Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application process.
• Nationality Requirements: For this specific role, applications can only be progressed from individuals who are UK nationals or, in approved MoD cases, dual nationals. This is a mandatory requirement for security purposes.
• Location: The role is based at Derby Raynesway.

Your Future with Rolls-Royce:

This role is more than just a job; it's an invitation to be part of a company with a rich history of innovation and a clear vision for the future. Rolls-Royce is undergoing a significant transformation, aiming to be a high-performing, competitive, and growing organization. By joining, you'll contribute to this vision and shape your own future within a dynamic and forward-thinking enterprise.