Job Description
Head of Nuclear Internal Regulation - Submarines
Full Time
Derby
An excellent opportunity to lead the Nuclear Internal Regulation Department at Rolls-Royce Submarines Limited at our Raynesway site in Derby. This is a key role in providing independent oversight, specialist advice and internal challenge to the Site Licensee and the Board with specific consideration of the Nuclear Licensed and Environmental Permitted sites, the nuclear facility safety cases, security, maintenance, implementation, operation and compliance, together with the broader legislative requirements and Rolls-Royce Health, Safety, Security & Environment (HSSE) Management System.
Why Rolls-Royce?
Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.
We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.
The Rolls-Royce Submarines business provides the nuclear power for the Royal Navy to continue to support global security.
We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.
As the Head of Nuclear Internal Regulation you will have an opportunity to influence and challenge the organisation at all levels to deliver safe, secure and sustainable operations at an exciting time for growth for the business across existing and new long-term programmes.
What we offer:
We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and 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 opportunity you will be directly accountable to the Director Safety, Security and Licensee Authority and independent of the Licensees' operational organisation, leading a team responsible for independent oversight of site activities in accordance with the authority specified within the internal Regulation Mandate to provide independent challenge and assurance. You will be expected to:
- Lead the Internal Regulation team, to provide sufficient capable and competent resources to discharge a risk proportionate level of oversight activities and drive continuous improvement.
- Develop and deliver a resource loaded Internal Regulation Plan of independent oversight of all areas and activities falling within the Internal Regulation Mandate, taking account of other assurance and regulatory interventions.
- Engage key stakeholders including the board to identify and influence the management of significant risks and provide concurrence to significant safety related changes.
- Liaise with external regulators, Rolls-Royce corporate functions, industry working groups and benchmarking organisations to maintain relevant good practice for Health, Safety, Security and Environment matters and independent oversight.
Who we’re looking for:
At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
To be successful in this role you will need to be:
- Experienced in the design or operation of nuclear, conventional and/or high-hazard facilities and their regulation within the UK (including nuclear, radiological and environmental safety, security & safeguards) with good working knowledge of modern standard safety case methodologies, implementation and techniques.
- Experienced in a safety or security assurance/auditing role within nuclear, defence or other high-hazard sites - COMAH Tier 1, Chemical, Oil and Gas, Petrochem
- An experienced leader who has had direct responsibility for technical/specialist resources with good technical and management skills including problem solving, decision-making, presentation skills and ability to adapt the communication method to suit different audiences and levels
- An excellent communicator, who is persuasive and capable of influencing internal/external stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong minded and resilient in difficult situations, maintains a questioning attitude and robust approach in providing independent challenge and advice. Someone who can give and receive challenge in a positive and constructive manner
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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving.
We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, 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 the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place.
Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.
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Job Category
Risk
Posting Date
14 Nov 2024; 00:11
Posting End Date
22 Nov 2024
