Head of Resilience and Security - Submarines

Derby, England, United Kingdom

4/10/2025

Job Description

Head of Resilience and Security - Submarines

Full time

Derby (with need for travel)

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce Submarines is part of an enterprise involved with delivering a range of strategically important programmes for the nation. An opportunity now exists to join us as Head of Resilience and Security. You will be joining a growing business leading all aspects of resilience and security for Rolls Royce Submarines that provides the power to the country’s submarine flotilla and an emerging civil market. This role offers the opportunity to provide wider security leadership for Rolls-Royce Group across the UK, Middle East and Africa.

As the Head of Resilience and Security you will be supported by a range of expert managers and a dedicated team covering Resilience and Business Continuity, Physical Security, Information Security, Supply Chain Security, Cyber Security, Personnel Security, GDPR and Projects Security that includes the Nuclear Licenced Sites and a range of outstations.

As the Head of Resilience and Security you will work very closely with the Ministry of Defence Submarine Delivery Agency, Defence Nuclear Organisation, offsite Emergency Services and Emergency Planning Regulators, the RRSL Executive and the full range of Senior Managers and the Ministry of Defence Police based at the site. In addition you will be required to work closely with the Rolls-Royce Group Security and Resilience Team to support our operations across the UK, Middle East and Africa.

Collaborative working across the submarine enterprise, civil nuclear community and wider Rolls-Royce is vital and provides shared learning, cooperation and support that makes the sectors stronger.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

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.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include long and short-term bonuses, employee support assistance and a range of employee discounts.

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.

What You Will Be Doing

With this exciting opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Be a highly influential member of the senior management community, committees and review bodies with regular Executive engagement.
• Lead a team of c120 highly motivated and capable resilience and security professionals in the vital roles they undertake.
• Be a key member of the Director of Safety, Security and Licensee Authority first line, shaping strategy and policies for the future of RRSL.
• Secondary reporting into the Director Group Security and Resilience, shaping strategy and policies for the future of Rolls-Royce and supporting across the UK, Middle East and Africa.
• Influence the Submarine Enterprise wider resilience and security policies.
  
  

Who We’re Looking For

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference 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.

• Be a highly influential leader in a fast-paced expanding business.
• Exploit technology and be innovative in approach to support the business.
• Be capable of rapidly and accurately assessing and articulately presenting and managing resilience and security risks.
• Have high levels of personal resilience, be pragmatic and challenging.
• Have a strong understanding of all aspects of resilience including emergency planning and response and business continuity.
• Have a strong understanding of all aspects of security and particularly cyber security.
• Have significant, senior and demonstrable experience of resilience and security in the nuclear sector.
• Have demonstrable senior experience of resilience and security operations across the UK, Middle East and Africa.
• Hold an appropriate qualification in Nuclear Security and/or Resilience.
• Have a comprehensive understanding of nuclear regulation.
  
  

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. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Job Category

Security and Resilience

Posting Date

10 Apr 2025; 00:04

Posting End Date

24 Apr 2025