Project Assistant - Submarines
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 4, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026.
Job Description
Project Assistant - Submarines
Full time
Derby - Atlantic House
The Nuclear Support Equipment Design and Delivery (NSEDD) team provides bespoke solutions direct to the customer through the effective deployment of our engineering capabilities.
We are looking for a Project Assistant who will work with the engineers, projects and procurement teams, to assist in delivering our products and services against increasingly stringent time, cost and quality constraints. This is an excellent opportunity to make an impact within an interesting and challenging business area.
Why join Rolls-Royce?
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.
What you will be doing
- Facilitate and work with Engineering and Procurement to co-ordinate the Engineering to Procurement transition. This will include management/production of the Requisitions, Demand Change Requests, Material Masters and the collation of drawings and supporting documentation to support quote requests.
- Raising and management of Coupa orders. Tracking the status of all parts and keeping the engineers up-to-date to ultimately ensure timely and complete delivery.
- Support to the CAM Team with the production of management reports. This will be for both internal and external reviews, and cover all aspects of control account progress against plan, resource, risk and deliverables.
- Provide support to Group Leaders with key SAP activities including the monitoring and reporting of hours remaining to complete activities and where instructed the commitment of resource to undertake activities.
- Maintain and monitor the status of Technical Queries, concessions, design changes and other actions, then facilitating closeout.
- Develop and maintain key business metrics on behalf of the individual teams including supporting the production of progress reports as required.
- Organise and coordinate ancillary activities and resources to support the engineering teams in efficient delivery (e.g. review meetings, hardware shipments between Rolls-Royce sites and externally).
- Provide general support across the team to the process steps within our engineering value stream.
- Develop and maintain key business metrics on behalf of the individual teams including supporting the production of progress reports as required.
Position Qualifications
- An appropriate appreciation of engineering processes, practices and terminology.
- Good knowledge of Standard IT packages: Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
- Previous knowledge of Teamcenter, SAP, Coupa would be advantageous.
- Proven organisational skills for self and others.
- Good attention to detail.
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels within the business.
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.
As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.