Rolls-Royce today announced leading multi-disciplinary professional services consultancy WSP as its non-fissile design partner - a key milestone in the expansion of its Raynesway site.
In June last year, it was announced that Roll-Royce would be doubling the size of its Submarines site in Derby to meet the growth in demand from the
This increase in demand will see new manufacturing and office facilities being built and will create 1,170 skilled roles across a range of disciplines, including manufacturing and engineering. It will be WSP's role to design these new facilities and the infrastructure that links the site together.
Rolls-Royce Submarines Infrastructure Director
Throughout the procurement process WSP stood out when demonstrating their technical capability, capacity and culture. Importantly, they also shared our vision and commitment to delivering our commitments to the MOD and the wider AUKUS agreement.'
We are excited to bring our expertise to the team and are committed to ensuring collaborative delivery of Rolls-Royce's infrastructure programme, in support of AUKUS and as a key part of wider MOD strategic commitments.'
The next milestone in Rolls-Royce's ten-year expansion programme is to select the non-fissile construction partner, who will bring WSP's designs to life. They will be tasked with building the manufacturing and office facilities and the adjoining site infrastructure. The winning firm will be announced in the coming weeks.
WSP is one of the world's leading professional services consulting firms with 67,000 employees worldwide and over 9,000 professionals in its
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.
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