Safety Coherency Engineer - Submarines

Job Title: Safety Coherency Engineer – Submarines, Full Time.

Location: Faslane / Glasgow.

Company Overview

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.

Benefits

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Hybrid working is a locally managed flexed informal arrangement; a minimum of three days per week are expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and specific reasons.

Responsibilities

• Define technical packages/investigations of work providing delivery against programme milestones within agreed cost, timescale and quality requirements;
• Apply safety or plant engineering experience to identify effective solutions to problems relating to our safety management systems;
• Serve as the point of contact locally for safety management and share subject‑matter knowledge across the function;
• Provide advisory services to designated customers, influence their peer group, represent senior departmental staff and act as advisor/coach on matters where technically authoritative;
• Actively promote, encourage and support the identification and implementation of continuous improvement of tools, processes and methods both within the immediate sphere of safety management and beyond, and prompt action across the wider team.

Qualifications – Basic and Preferred

• Experience of Nuclear Safety Case or Plant Operator experience (Category A or B Nuclear Watchkeeper) or relevant experience in Nuclear Plant or Site Safety Case writing background;
• Customer, Supplier or Stakeholder management experience at all organisational levels;
• Knowledge and experience of product integrity / liability and certification frameworks;
• Bachelor’s degree, Master’s or PhD in Engineering or regional equivalent qualification, or equivalent technical capability based on practical knowledge and experience.

Legal and Equal Opportunity Statement

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. By building a culture of caring and belonging we give everyone the opportunity to realise their full potential.

To work for Rolls‑Royce Submarines an individual must hold a Security Check clearance. We will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t already have it. Due to the nature of work we conduct, we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Grade: 8-10. Job Category Group: Engineering (Product Safety). Post date: 11 Jun 2026. End date: 25 Jun 2026.