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Job Description

Job Title: HSE Machinery and Functional Safety Engineer

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN, Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a HSE engineer in Machinery & Functional Safety to join Rolls Royce HSE SME Team.

As a member of the SME team, you will be a recognized as having knowledge in machinery safety especially regarding functional safety. You will contribute to Group and Functional strategies. You will be aware of regulatory changes and their impact upon the function and wider business, support the business teams including Maintenance, Operations, Capability Acquisition, Manufacturing Engineering teams and our service partners on HSE issues, provide HSE advice and support for the development and improvement of machinery safety specifically related to functional safety.

Your role will be to support our businesses on their Journey to Zero Harm through a range of services enabling you to deep dive into Risk, Assurance, and Compliance. In addition, you will support the machinery safety subject matter expert.

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.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

What you will be doing

With this attractive opportunity you will get a chance to:

• Ensure HS&E critical controls and risks are identified and communicated in the installation and maintenance of equipment. Seek out significant business changes and support the sites/businesses in ensuring effective management of change is applied
• Support the business to develop an Asset Management Policy to reflect the lifecycle requirements of systems & assets.
• Support the audit program to ensure all Assets are managed & maintained in accordance with Legislation and Company standards
• To provide HSE Machinery Safety advice and support across the business
• Support all SME Team activity as required.
• Take lead on delivery of elements of the Machinery Safety Improvements
• Support incident investigations as required. Ensure learning is shared across the sites/businesses/group and learnings from elsewhere are considered to develop robust improvement plans. Facilitate and lead communication forums (Communities of Practice) relating to your high consequence hazardous discipline
• Update, maintain and communicate HSE Standards and legal compliance requirements and support site and business assurance programs.
• Identify, prioritize and engage with HS&E stakeholders relevant to your topic.
• Use good communications practices to support improvement, influence and change both internally and externally.
• Provide HSE advice and support for projects across all the Rolls-Royce businesses guiding them on best practice and legal compliance. Support Capability Acquisition to ensure robust processes are developed and followed to ensure machinery projects are delivered in compliance with legislation and company standards.
• Global travel is required

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.

Basic Requirements:

• Associate's degree and 4 years' experience in machinery and functional safety, or
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering and 2 years' of experience in machinery and functional safety, or
• Master's degree in Engineering, or
• PhD in Engineering, or
• In order to be considered for this opportunity, you must be a US Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Relevant experience in an asset maintenance or management.
• Understanding of global legislation, standards and developing best practice. (ANSI B11, ANSI/RIA R15.06, EN ISO 62061, EN ISO 13849, ISO/TR 14121, IEC 61508, IEC 61511, EN ISO 12100, EN ISO 13851, EN60204, EN 61496 etc.
• Proven track record working with Production plant maintenance through to asset life cycle, including specifications for new capabilities.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence and gain agreement for complex or impacting programs of work.
• Knowledge of the business specific risks and industry approaches advantageous.
• Commitment to drive continuous improvement.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, 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.

For fully remote roles, employees can live in any state except Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Vermont, and Wyoming.

Relocation assistance is available for this position.

Closing date: April 15, 2026

Job Category

HS & E

Job Posting Date

01 Apr 2026; 00:04

Pay Range

$81,520 - $132,470-Annually

Location:

Indianapolis, IN

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.