Manager - Tanks

Role Title: Manager - Tanks

Location: Hybrid - Warrington, Derby or Manchester

We are Rolls-Royce SMR and we're doing something that's never been done before. We're revolutionising an industry. That's a once-in-a-career opportunity for those excited by such a challenge. This is more than just a job; this is a legacy.

Are you a proven engineering leader with a passion for product development and team growth? We're looking for an exceptional Engineering Manager - Tanks to lead the development and delivery of our fully integrated Tanks product range. This is a pivotal role embedded within our Plant Equipment team, offering the opportunity to shape the future of our engineering capability on a global scale.

• Driving the technical maturity of the Tanks product range.
• Leading and developing a high-performing, inclusive engineering team.
• Creating and implementing strategies and delivery models to meet programme milestones.
• Ensuring governance, quality, and assurance across all team outputs.
• Managing programme budgets and supporting business growth.
• Acting as a key interface with suppliers, customers, and stakeholders across multiple sites.

Technical Expertise:

• Strong background in product development across the full lifecycle: requirements, design, analysis, manufacture, installation, and maintenance.
• Experience working with industry standards such as ASME III/VIII, EN13445, PED/PSSR.
• Proven ability to lead product development within the supply chain, including supplier engagement and intelligent customer support.
• Ideally, experience with Tanks product development, standardisation, verification, and safety cases.

Leadership and programme delivery:

• Demonstrated success in leading engineering teams through complex product development programmes.
• Ability to balance technical, programme, and people leadership responsibilities.
• Experience building and scaling teams, fostering innovation, and maintaining a SQEP (Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel) resource base.

Communication and stakeholder engagement:

• Skilled in engaging with internal and external stakeholders, including senior leadership, regulators, and suppliers.
• Capable of presenting complex technical and safety case arguments and facilitating cross-functional discussions.

Programme management to deliver complex programmes to demanding timescales in complex business environments:

• Ability to demonstrate project management skills in an engineering context, this includes handling projects that have a high level of ambiguity, with the ability to control and provide direction to resolve this ambiguity.
• Development and management of complex integrated product delivery programmes, including being responsible for managing the assigned budget (both labour and non-labour costs) and managing progress of activities. This will also include being responsible for managing unit production costs.