Job Description
P3M Specialist - Planning – Functions - Submarines
Full Time
Derby
Why Rolls-Royce?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a P3M Specialist – Planning to join Rolls-Royce Submarines in Derby.
Submarines business is responsible for the design, manufacture, supply and through-life support of nuclear propulsion-related products and systems in support of the Royal Navy's submarine fleet. You can find out more about the amazing projects that we are working on here:- https://youtu.be/x19YSPecrf8
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.
P3M Specialist - Planning – Functions will play a pivotal role in supporting business functions across the organisation to design and mobilise effective improvement and transformation initiatives. Working closely with stakeholders at all levels, the post holder will help shape problem statements, identify opportunities, and develop clear, actionable schedules to enable successful delivery. This is a hands-on planning role with a strong focus on collaboration, structure, and enabling change.
We offer excellent development, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.
Your needs are as unique as you are. We encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible, so you can always be at your best - wherever and whenever you work.
What you will be doing :
Work with business units to understand current performance, operational challenges, and strategic drivers.
Support stakeholders to articulate improvement opportunities, define scope, and structure work into deliverable phases.
Facilitate the planning of transformation or improvement projects, including developing timelines, resource estimates, dependencies, and risk considerations.
Collaborate with delivery teams and subject matter experts to ensure alignment between plans and operational capability.
Maintain a consistent planning approach and quality standard across initiatives, supporting adoption of business tools and processes..
Identify interdependencies between projects and advise on sequencing to maximise impact and minimise disruption.
Act as a critical friend, challenging assumptions and helping teams test the feasibility and robustness of their improvement plans.
Who we are looking for :
At Rolls-Royce 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 and Controls (PPC), or the APM Project Management Qualification (PMQ) desirable
- Demonstrable experience within a similar position/entry level qualification (HNC or Foundation Degree) desirable.
- Experience of developing schedules within a complex environment
- A willingness to become an associate or full member of the APM
- Strong knowledge and skills of scheduling software (ideally Primavera P6) and subsequent functionality.
We’re 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.
We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.
You can learn more about our global inclusion strategy at careers.rolls-royce.com
To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business an individual has to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if the individual does not currently already have this in place.
Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non ITAR country.
Job Category
Project Management