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Department: Engineering - Reactor Plant Systems
Location: Derby, Manchester, Warrington
Employment type: Full-time
Salary: £57,600 - £75,600
Closing date: 09/09/2025
Role Related
Role Title: Multiple roles available!
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We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we’re doing something that’s never been done before. We’re revolutionising an industry. That’s a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.
The Reactor Safety Systems department is growing within Rolls-Royce SMR and several vacancies have arisen for Managers to lead system design teams. Example design areas include:
- Nuclear Steam Supply Systems
- Inventory Management Systems
- Residual Heat Removal Systems
- Passive Safety Systems
- Containment Systems
- Hazard Protection Systems
- Fuel Handling Systems
Depending on the applications received, Manager positions within these areas may be tailored to suit the strengths and career goals of successful applicants.
Keys Responsibilities:
Depending on the applications received, Manager positions within these areas may be tailored to suit the strengths and career goals of successful applicants.
As Manager within the Reactor Safety Systems department, each position will have responsibility for:
- Leading a team of System Design Engineers, comprising both permanent and seconded (contracted) staff, through the design delivery of systems important to nuclear safety.
- Supporting the area Senior Manager, Head of Department and Chief Design Engineer to develop the team and grow the design capability to meet business objectives.
- Line managing permanent members of staff within the relevant design team.
The Manager positions hold significant responsibility for design delivery in a high paced, technically exciting environment. Successful applicants will have:
- A high degree of technical competence in systems design and project/programme management.
- The ability to inspire confidence in stakeholders through consistent high-quality communications, development of technical solutions and design delivery.
- The ability to lead a team through the delivery of a complex design programme, with good interpersonal and team building skills.
- The ability to work with ambiguity; making sensible assumptions, managing stakeholder expectations, bringing to bear subject matter expertise and collaborating positively across the business to find solutions to complex issues.
System design activities span a wide range of technical disciplines. To manage a system design team it is desirable, but not essential, for candidates to have experience of the following:
- Being able to elicit design requirements, study relevant good practice, develop design options, assess and down-select options and conclude a suitable design solution.
- Developing design requirements, optioneering records and design definitions under change control.
- Producing, reviewing and/or approving design documentation such as design descriptions, piping & instrumentation diagrams and requirement specifications.
- Supporting the assessment of design definitions, to evidence their compliance with relevant environmental, safety, security and safeguarding requirements.
The majority of systems within the Reactor Safety Systems department are commencing their detailed design phase, building upon their concept definitions. It’d be advantageous for applicants to have experience of detailed design and/or demonstrate the level of thinking/knowledge applicable to process systems in this design phase.
Pay And Benefits
We anticipate paying a salary of between £57,600 - £75,600 DOE plus:-
- Bonus - Performance related target opportunity 12.5%
- Benefits Allowance – £2,200 per annum, enabling you to create a bespoke package
- Pension - 12% employer and 6% employee contributions.
- Holidays - 28 days holiday (+ public holidays) and the ability to buy or sell up to 4 days.
- Private Medical Insurance - BUPA single cover health care
- Life Assurance - 6x pensionable pay
- £250 - One-off payment for new starters for home office purchases
Company Related
We are Rolls-Royce SMR
Rolls-Royce SMR is a rare employer because it blends the world-class brand of Rolls Royce with an exciting start-up that has a hugely challenging mission. We’re doing work that contributes to the survival of the planet. Because of our mission, there’s a pace and energy that is palpable, and our leaders draw you in with their passion, energy, and determination.
We’re one of a handful of employers who can genuinely say we’re a strengths-based organisation – our people are here because of what makes them great, and our job is to help them make the best contribution of their careers doing work they love.
The start-up mentality coupled with our strengths-approach to people means there are opportunities to grow in ways and jobs you probably would be barred from doing in more traditional companies.
Each Rolls-Royce SMR power station will have the capacity to generate 470MW of low carbon energy, equivalent to more than 150 onshore wind turbines and enough to power a million homes. It will provide consistent baseload generation for at least 60 years, helping to support the roll out of renewable generation and overcome intermittency issues
Our Culture
At Rolls-Royce SMR, we are committed to ensuring that our teams reflect the communities we serve and that everyone can be themselves at work. We know that diverse teams are more innovative and get better results, and that our people can thrive and be more successful in truly inclusive cultures. Join us and help shape our culture. Find out more about our inclusion pledge.
Rolls-Royce SMR is a place where everyone can grow, so whatever background you bring with you, please apply if this is a role that would make you excited to come into work every day and help shape our culture.
Our Application Process
Due to the safety regulations within the nuclear industry, applicants will be required to participate in additional screening. These are:
Obtaining Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) clearance
Satisfactory completion of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
Satisfactory completion of a basic financial probity check
