Manufacturing Engineer

Rolls-Royce plc; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Manufacturing Engineer to join Rolls-Royce in our Derby, Rotherham and West Midlands businesses, supporting the Aerospace Business.

Our Manufacturing Engineers work across our internal plants and external supply chain, ensuring we have the capability we need to produce and maintain current and future products, with a key focus on safety, quality, cost and delivery. You’ll be improving products and processes, working with APQP to introduce new products into our Manufacturing Business Units, and helping us to develop new manufacturing and digital technologies.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

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

Your needs are as unique as you are. So we encourage flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working wherever possible, so you can always be at your best - wherever and whenever you work.

What you will be doing:

• Develop, implement, validate and continuously improve the methods of manufacture which are capable of meeting requirements for safety, quality, cost and lead time. Working with interfacing teams, local experts, partners, research institutes, and suppliers to ensure technical aspects of manufacturing processes are understood and accounted for as required.
• Develop manufacturing technology capability through manufacturing capability acquisition, internally and externally within the Rolls-Royce supply chain. Capture, evaluate and use data to demonstrate and improve the capability of manufacturing methods.
• Work with the project and design teams to support the introduction of new products across our business. An expert in APQP, you’ll be the voice of Manufacturing Engineering, driving design for manufacture, assembly and repair, whilst making sure that our products can be delivered on cost, and with a “Zero Defect” mindset for quality and sustainability.
• Identify, develop and implement innovative ways of working, including digital manufacturing solutions which enable the creation of a “digital thread” throughout the product lifecycle, connecting design, manufacturing and operational activities.

Who we’re looking for:

• Professionally Qualified Engineer (for example UK minimum HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent).
• Manufacturing engineering experience in one of our core manufacturing processes – Casting, Grinding, EDM, Mill / Turn, Assembly of complex parts, coating or joining.
• Excellent knowledge in:
  • Problem solving, process improvement and control, and the use of APQP & PPAP tools to manage change.
  • Lean Process Improvement and Industrial Engineering techniques to remove waste and optimise productivity.
• Demonstrable experience working in a manufacturing environment, with engineering and Supply Chain teams. Development of suppliers.
• Demonstrable experience in product development and developing manufacturing capability and processes.

This job advertisement is intended to fill several open positions in various departments:

• Turbines
• Procurement
• Assembly and Test
• Compression Systems
• Engineering for Services and Design

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.

Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.