Programme Lead - Naval

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.

We have an exciting opportunity to support the Naval Programme as a Programme Lead within the Defence sector.

The MT30 is a market-leading Naval gas turbine which is trusted to deliver power to some of the world’s leading Naval fleets.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to progress their Project Management career.

In this role you will be part of a unique, autonomous, and strongly customer-focussed team with responsibility for managing Naval programmes throughout all stages of the project life cycle.

What you will be doing:

• Act as a prime interface for customers from the point of quotation to contract close-out.
• Own the creation, commitment, communication, and daily management of an integrated programme plan that delivers to contracted customer requirements.
• Work with engineering, supporting functions and the wider programme team to prioritise, resource, and govern packages of work in support of Original Equipment programme delivery.
• Own and manage programme risk, finances, and scheduling.
• Review programme progress against committed plans, identify where corrective action is required and drive resolution including effective escalation.
• Deliver new work proposal submissions, integrating with purchasing, commercial and other supporting functions as required.

Position qualifications:

• Experience of managing projects with multiple key stakeholders and customers
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Good practical, demonstrated, understanding of PM tools & approaches.

Preferred requirements:

• APM or Prince2 qualification (already obtained, working towards, or willing to work towards)
• Working knowledge and experience with Microsoft Office tools, risk management tools, Business Map, P6/Microsoft Project and SAP