Project Planning Professional - Submarines reference: JR6147792

Job Description Project Planning Professional - Submarines Full Time Derby An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Project Planning Professional to join Rolls-Royce Submarines. As the Project Planning Professional you will be working in the Core Production Site Capability team leading the planning activities on a number of projects. This will include working with the wider Rolls-Royce engineering teams and external customer stakeholders at all levels. We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy 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. What we offer We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It 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, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working. What you will be doing As a Project Planning Professional you will be supporting the Programme Delivery Leads and Project Controls team to deliver the project/portfolio requirements ensuring that the overall project outputs meet these requirements - our projects are varied in their nature, supporting the Core Production Delivery Business Units to acheive inital capability, rate capacity and resilience through product life cycle; Supporting the development and maintenance of control account schedules to support the delivery of Projects or Programmes across the site Consolidating P6 planning data, providing management information, analysis and reporting to the management team as required. Developing and supporting the ongoing maintenance of internal and external deliverables to the Submarines business. Ensure that best practice planning principles are used to create and maintain schedules to a high standard to ensure quality and credibility. Who we’re looking for: Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know 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. Project Planning experience within an Integrated Project Team environment. Primavera P6 experience including resource management and analysis, activity coding, global changes, and baselining. Strong Project Management experience, with an understanding of the project lifecycle, resource and cost management, planning and programming. Strong Stakeholder Management experience capable influencing and negotiating within a complex organisation. For more than 60 years Rolls-Royce Submarines has designed, supplied and supported the nuclear propulsion plant, providing power for all UK Royal Navy nuclear submarines. To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines an individual must hold a Security Check clearance. We will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t already have it. Due to the nature of work we conduct, we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national. Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too. Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive. NGS 6-10 Job Category Project Management Posting Date 22 Jan 2026; 00:01 Posting End Date 13 Feb 2026 Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet vital power needs.