Process Chemist

Description

Process Chemist - Submarines

Full Time

Derby

  Why Rolls-Royce?

An exciting opportunity for a Process Chemist role has arisen within Nuclear (Submarines).

We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

You will be responsible to advance the Chemistry and underpinning science for the development of next generation of nuclear fuel as part of the UK nuclear fuel cycle (Civil Nuclear: Roadmap to 2050). Contribute to research and innovation in new and advanced nuclear fuels to improve fuel safety, efficiency and quality.

Your main responsibilities involve, providing technical advice to the Nuclear and Chemical Process engineering functions for the design requirements and process chemistries. The role will support the definition of equipment specifications, laboratory trials, analysis techniques and product quality requirements.

The role involves the identification and evaluation of new technologies, primarily focusing on developing safe and effective process chemistries in order to meet the required product specifications and plant throughput.

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

Your needs are as unique as you are. 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, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

With this exciting opportunity you will get a chance to be involved with the following:

You will research and development into advanced nuclear fuel fabrication processes. You will be defining product specifications and requirements. You will be defining the safe operating envelope and normal operating range for fuel manufacture process, eliminating hazards and incorporating inherent safety through process chemistry design. You will be defining safe and effective process chemistries in order to meet the required product specifications and plant throughput. You will be facilitating laboratory trials and R&D to provide quantitative data of underpinning science to support fuel design, Safety Case substantiation, hazard analysis and fault analysis. You will be defining the analysis requirements, techniques, sampling plans and control charts for plant production and quality. You will be involved in all design stages from identification of stakeholder requirements, generating and assessing options, Concept, Scheme, Front End, and Detailed Design, design substantiation and verification and validation, and installation, commissioning and operating documents. Chemical expertise input into reviews including design, quality, safety and environmental assessments and critical review, checking, verification and approval of in-house and third-party designs.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

Degree in Chemistry or a related discipline or equivalent, Post-graduate qualifications, Experience in nuclear fuel processing and fabrication.

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.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

Closing date: 6th May 2024

Job Category

Engineering Materials

Posting Date

22 Apr 2024; 00:04

---