Programme Manager - Lifecycle Engineering

Job Description

Programme Manager - Lifecycle Engineering

Full Time

Derby

What you will be doing

The Service Analysis and Life Cycle Engineering department comprised teams of holistic engineers managing the safety, reliability, maturity and lifecycle cost of our growing product portfolio. It is envisaged that you will drive efficiency improvements through our product and flow lines which are business critical parts of the organisation.

You will manage Integration/Improvement projects across multidisciplinary Delivery- / Capability- and Project- teams throughout initial identification until full implementation to strengthen our business delivery targets.

• You will lead and manage holistic value streams to ensure that appropriate reviews take, and priority conflict are balanced according to the business needs and to reduce TRT.
• Responsibilities
• Act as a prime project interface to plan, align and improve the entire workflows between internal (Lifecycle-, Methods-, MRO-, Repair- and Tec Response Engineering as well as Mod Flow Line) within the Delivery Organisation
• Develop, establish and maintain a strong Cross functional Operational Model to ensure that all activities are fully compliant with the company quality system
• Develop and communicate plans for delivering the work on time and manage all costs and resources to ensure delivery
• Implement effective Risk Management and a KPI’s system to ensure appropriate Programme Gated Reviews take place
• Ensure appropriate resources are deployed, directed and co-ordinated

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

We offer excellent development, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

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, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we’re looking for

• Qualified to at least degree level.
• Domain knowledge commensurate with focus and size of project.
• Project Management experience in planning, controlling budgets and driving to schedules.
• Engineering and technical competence, sufficient to enable decision making commensurate with size of project.
• Experience in leading an Engineering team.

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. 

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.

Learn more about our global Inclusion Strategy

Grade: Level C

• Closing Date: Thursday 16th October 2025
• For further information, please contact: Sam Cushley – Sam.Cushley@Rolls-Royce.com

Job Category

Project Management

Posting Date

02 Oct 2025; 00:10

Posting End Date

16 Oct 2025