Estates Engineer

Job Description
Job Title:
Estates Engineer - Submarines

Working Pattern:
Full Time

Working location:
Thurso, Caithness

Grade:
Vulcan Grade 8

We have an exciting opportunity for an Estates Engineer to join our Thurso team. This is a key role where part of your remit will be to carry out the duties of a Contractor Supervising Officer.

The Vulcan site, at Thurso, is operated by Rolls-Royce on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD). As an authorised nuclear site, knowledge of, and adherence to, the Vulcan Safety and Environment Management system is key to the role.

This role offers a strong mix and variation of tasks involved in supporting the Vulcan Estate.

Why Rolls-Royce?
Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

This role sits within our Defence business, Vulcan and IFM Business Unit leadership at our Thurso site.

We'll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

You'll be joining a collaborative, forward-thinking multi discipline team where your insight and expertise will be valued. You'll have opportunities to shape local safety strategy, contribute to key projects, and progress your career with training and development support in one of the UK's most respected engineering businesses.

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

What You Will Be Doing
With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• For example:
• Support operation of the Vulcan Site
• Promote our safe working practices and processes
• Facilitate the delivery of the department workload using internal and sub-contract resources
• Prepare Safety, contract and maintenance documentation in a timely manner to allow work to proceed unobstructed.

Who we're looking for:
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.

To be successful in this role you will need to:

• For example:
• Hold a equivalent qualification in an Engineering discipline
• Have relevant proven experience within a nuclear industry
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of safety
• Be flexible, and a team player

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. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.
*Job Category*
Transformation & Operations

*Posting Date*
02 Dec 2025; 00:12

*Posting End Date*
16 Dec 2025