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Job Title: Chief Project Engineer
Working Pattern: Hybrid Minimum of 3 Days a week in the office
Working location: Bristol
NautIQ Solutions (UK) Chief Project Engineer (Commercial & Naval Marine Installed Products)
The Chief Project Engineer (Commercial & Naval Marine Installed Products) will be the representative for all technical issues with suppliers customers and operators for the installed product base (electrical) specifically ASTUTE DREADNOUGHT (once Boat 1 hardware has been delivered) and surface warship electrical distribution systems and equipment including the Marello DC Hybrid system. The role will contribute to business strategy driving product improvement and for providing technical direction to the programme on all engineering deliverables.
The Chief Project Engineer leads the engineering effort to ensure the delivery of all engineering work in a project on behalf of the Chief Marine Engineer and will be required to work closely with the RollsRoyce core engineering leadership as required to sustain rigorous engineering capability and will also work with NautIQ Solutions Engineering Team Leads on a daily basis to ensure engineering efficacy and delivery against schedule is sustained. The CPE should own and deliver packages of work in line with cost quality and schedule requirements. The CPE must do this for the whole programme and in doing so will provide leadership and governance for all of the engineers working on the programme. This role is the accountable to the NautIQ Solutions Chief Marine Engineer.
NautIQ Solutions is responsible for low voltage distribution equipment on various Naval applications including submarines and also the expanding range of DC Hybrid propulsion systems for the Commercial Marine market. This position will be responsible for all installed products on Naval and Commercial Marine platforms including DREADNOUGHT.
Accountabilities as a Chief Project Engineer:
Assisting the Chief Marine Engineer with assuring and managing product safety through compliant use of proven processes and lead closure strategies to timely completion.
Creating evolving and maintaining the product requirements through interfaces with the Customer and business across the entire life cycle of the programme.
Defining the technical programme of works that delivers a product that is fully compliant to all the product requirements & fully integrated with the other elements of the programme Work Breakdown Structure.
Leading the change management process within engineering to ensure that the level of change and the incorporation of it are managed.
Establishing and maintaining the overall governance structure on behalf of the Chief Marine Engineer to ensure that quality schedule and cost targets are achieved.
Implementing effective Risk Management and Project Gated Review Processes for the package including a commitment to continuous improvement.
Leading the System Engineering and systems thinking in the engineering team in the project. The programme management and delivery of the optimised technical solution that satisfies all the product requirements (technical business and schedule).
Representing the Chief Marine Engineer as required.
Process responsibilities:
Manage Requirements Evidence definition & Verification Information
Define Requirements
Manage Projects & Programmes
Key Skills and Qualifications
Behaviours:
A keen advocate and champion of High Performance Culture who lives its values Customer focused
Creative thinker and pragmatic problem solver
Strong focus on driving compliance and improvement
Comfortable with ambiguity able to define and implement plans that achieve the business intent without being given detailed instruction
Good communicator with a positive outlook when presented with challenges
Committed to through life learning for self and the team
Qualifications:
Masters or Bachelors degree in an applicable engineering subject
Chartered Engineer status in an appropriate discipline
Significant and proven domain knowledge and experience of naval or marine autonomy optimisation decision making.
Knowledge and experience of delivering systems complying with naval and marine standards specifications and safety standards
Appropriate domain design/functional domain knowledge to facilitate competent oversight of deployed engineering delivery
Proven ability to apply logical analytical and innovative thinking on a range of technical problems and to make balanced decisions in complex situations and with incomplete information
Proven extensive experience in provisioning optimised design/function solutions
Demonstrable understanding of process driven product change control
Product Introduction Lifecycle Management experience etc.
Has an excellent workinglevel knowledge & experience of all relevant technical skills and is widely recognised as such
Experience applying Systems Engineering approach or equivalent (Robust Design Black belt PELA etc.; advocate of OPS and positive change
We are an equal opportunities employer. Were 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 well 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 RollsRoyce
To apply for this role you must be able to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. RollsRoyce will support the application for Security Clearance if you dont currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets you must hold sole UK nationality.
Type of Contract
PermanentRequired Experience:
Chief
Employment Type
Full-Time
