Powerplant Engineer - Naval Gas Turbines

Job Description

Powerplant Engineer - Naval Gas Turbines

Full Time / Permanent

Location – Portsmouth Naval base with occasional travel to Bristol.

Why join Rolls-Royce?

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.

Position Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the Lifecycle Engineering strategy of Rolls-Royce Naval products as a Powerplant Engineer - Naval Gas Turbines. This role will provide world-class technical support for in-service/delivered products and influence maturity throughout the product life cycle to meet customer and business needs, ensuring Design Intent is met.

This role helps to ensure the safe, reliable and cost-effective product attributes are defined and maintained.

What you will be doing

• Manage any issues that affect the Maturity, Lifecycle Cost, Reliability and Maintainability of the fleet/s. Identify and lead reliability improvement opportunities/initiatives at a fleet wide level through joint governance with customer/s. Support the generation of the Service Operation Validation Strategy.
• Predict future safety and reliability performance based on failure rates, adopting statistical techniques to support Numerical Risk Assessment, Parametric Distribution and fly forward analysis. Set and monitor reliability targets based on all available data- work with the customer to gain additional data as needed.
• Gather in-service data from a variety of sources including but not limited to EHM, Log books, customer OPDEF reports and carry out continuous improvement by identifying Best Practice and Learning from Experience activities, feeding back into Naval Lifecycle and product design teams.
• Ensure compliance with requirements specified by regulatory authorities and to adhere to technical and business requirements of internal & external stakeholders. Where delegated, act as the Technical Authority providing assurance on build, commissioning and maintenance activities.

Position qualifications

• Engineering or Numerical degree (or equivalent with experience)
• Knowledge of components/ systems functionality and numerical methods
• Experience of working on complex tasks that are novel and ambiguous
• Familiarity of the in-service operation environment, including regulatory and compliance requirements
• Experience in troubleshooting and/or problem resolution
• Experience in support/lead cross-functional teams e.g. specialists, suppliers, customers, partners
• Have proven ability to exercise engineering judgement to identify reliability issues and trends, root cause and develop costed solutions
• Be commercially astute, demonstrating a knowledge of Naval contract constructs and opportunities for improvement

Regional Benefits

• Generous Annual Leave
• Retirement Savings
• Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce
• Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Your Shares: Matched is a simple way to own Rolls-Royce shares and invest in our future, together. Buy one share, get one free!

For this role 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.

This Role is based at Portsmouth Naval base with occasional travel to Bristol.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Closing date: 15th October 2026

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.

Job Category

Engineering for Services

Posting Date

01 Oct 2026; 00:10

Posting End Date

15 Oct 2026