Production Controller

Job Description

Job Title: Production Controller - Submarines

Working Pattern: 37 hours

Working location: Raynesway/ Derby

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Production Controller within the Submarines business to be the single point of contact for planning capacity across an identified group of work centres and to operate effective relationships with other roles that participate in planning and execution activity across the internal supply chain. The successful candidate will ensure that the agreed production plan meets customer requirements, balancing load and capacity and business priorities, so that the executive planning system can reflect a committed plan, which can be used to measure performance against. Also ensuring corrective actions are identified to mitigate risks.

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.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

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.

What You Will Be Doing

• To work with Production Planners to ensure production plans meet material requirement dates and to validate those plans with production.
• Highlighting system data integrity errors (e.g. incorrect bookings/hours) to accountable roles.
• Work with PL’s to ensure production is in accordance with the plan and work to resolve issues to ensure best overall outcome for the business.
• Ensure key planning parameters and performance factors are being measured in real time to inform decision making.
• Ensures that the ERP system reflects status of WIP via ensuring correct booking discipline is adhered to.
• Responsible for ensuring all paperwork and documentation is complete prior to WIP leaving cell.
• To work with logistics to ensure all tooling is available and ready in cell.
• To commit the production plans for short term manufacturing execution including resource, capacity and machine availability.
• To operate to the relevant policies and procedures as defined and comply with RRMS.

Who We’re Looking For

• Educated to degree level or relevant professional qualification.
• Experience of production planning & control is essential.
• Has Manufacturing or P&C experience.
• Experience of Load and Capacity is desirable.
• Able to manage and make decisions under challenging circumstances.
• Able to take responsibility for their own development.
• Working knowledge of Manufacturing execution system is desirable.
• Has the ability to influence others.

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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce.

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.

Closing date: 15.4.25

Job Category: Supply Chain Planning & Control

Posting Date: 01 Apr 2025; 00:04

Posting End Date: 14 Apr 2025