2 minute read - 25th November 2024
Rolls-Royce opens Glasgow office creating 120 new jobs
Rolls-Royce Submarines has opened a new office in Glasgow, creating over 100 new jobs in the region. Opened by defence minister Maria Eagle MP, the new office at the Airport Business Park in Glasgow has created 120 specialist roles in electrical controls, instrumentation, and cyber security.
Funded by the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), new starters at the Glasgow office will support the Dreadnought programme and a number of ongoing UK submarine projects, including work in support of the AUKUS partnership.
The new office will allow the company to benefit from the region’s strong pedigree in electrical engineering. It comes due to an increase in demand for technical specialists and the need to attract the best engineers to work on a growing portfolio of defence nuclear projects.
Rolls-Royce Submarines employs more than 5,000 people to design, manufacture and provide in-service support to the pressurised water reactors that power every boat in the Royal Navy’s submarine fleet. In March 2023, it was confirmed that Rolls-Royce Submarines would provide all the nuclear reactor plants that will power new attack submarines as part of the tri-lateral agreement between Australia, the UK and the US.
Rolls-Royce Submarines has opened a new office in Glasgow, creating over 100 new jobs in the region / Picture: BAE Systems/Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is currently supporting the existing Astute and Dreadnought boat build programmes through the delivery of reactor plant and associated components. Additionally, it provides frontline support across the world for reactor plant equipment from its operations centre in Derby and supports the submarines when in the Barrow-in-Furness shipyard and the naval bases at Devonport and Faslane.
Steve Carlier, president of Rolls-Royce Submarines, said: “The work we do for the Royal Navy is of critical strategic importance and, to deliver it, we need to harness talent from across the UK, not just from our base in Derby. The opening of our Glasgow office allows us to benefit from the region’s strong pedigree in electrical engineering and add to our own existing pool of nuclear experts. Powering and supporting the Royal Navy’s fleet of nuclear submarines is a national endeavour, so we’re really excited to open our office and secure new jobs in Glasgow, showing the far-reaching, positive impact of the whole submarines programme.”
Maria Eagle MP, minister for defence procurement and industry, added: “The opening of the new Rolls-Royce office in Glasgow is a clear demonstration of the government’s commitment to the UK’s nuclear deterrent. This investment is delivered alongside an important industry partnership and will support high-skilled jobs and economic growth that will benefit our prosperity and security for decades to come.”
