Technical Assistant - President & Transformation - 12 Months Secondment - Submarines

Job Description

Job Title - Technical Assistant - President & Transformation - 12 Months Secondment - Submarines

Location: Derby

Working Pattern: Full Time

 

Position Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Technical Assistant - President & Transformation - 12 Months Secondment – Submarines.

This is an excellent career development opportunity to allow an individual to experience a much broader view of the work conducted and strategic decisions taken by Rolls-Royce Submarines and the wider Rolls-Royce organisation. The position is an opportunity for those identified as, or aspiring to be identified as, Future Leader High Potential candidates.

 Individuals will require Business Management/Project Management background or experience.

What you will be doing

• Coordination of Transformation senior governance.
• Drive the co-ordination and delivery integration of workstreams within Transformation with the workstream leads and workstream sponsoring director’s
• Support in embedding processes and culture on benefits management within the workstreams and the wider business
• Technical support to the Chief of Staff/Director – Transformation
• Manage and administer the RRSL board and the executive standard diary
• Maintaining management information, project management and delivery data from staff to an executive level
• Management of Exec cost centre & Transformation operating costs
• Completing Executive sponsored projects
• Generate strong working relationships with Executive Assistants

 

Position Qualifications:

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 and for this role we are looking for someone with:

• This role reports primarily to the Chief of Staff and also to the Director - Transformation, however there is an expectation to support other members of the Submarines Executive as and when required for driving the Transformation Programme forwards.
• The successful applicant will be responsible for a wide and varied workload and therefore requires excellent organisational and planning skills.
• The ability to work with minimum instruction is essential. The applicant must have strong verbal and written communication skills as documents produced will be circulated at the highest level within Rolls-Royce and externally.
• Due to the sensitive nature of the information which will be handled throughout the tenure of the role, a trustworthy individual with high personal integrity is required.
• The successful applicant may be required to work outside of core working hours to meet the needs of the business.
• The candidate will need to have demonstrated high achievement in their roles to date in the company and have sound technical project management knowledge, with a desired minimum of 3 years tenure in the business.

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. 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.

 

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business an individual has to hold a minimum of an 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.

 

Closing Date: 26th November 2026

People Leader – Benjamin Latham

Grade: NGS 7-10

For further information, please contact: Gauri Sood

 

Job Category

Project Management

Posting Date

11 Nov 2026; 00:11

Posting End Date

25 Nov 2026