• Job Description

  Req#: JR6131782

  Job Description

  Manufacturing Engineer

  Derby

  Full time

  Why Rolls-Royce?

  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 out 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:

  At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These values form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

  • 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.

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

  Job Category

  Manufacturing Engineering

  Posting Date

  03 Apr 2025; 00:04

  Posting End Date

  24 Apr 2025

• About the company

  Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational engineering company incorporated in February 2011 that owns Rolls-Royce, a business established in 1904 which today designs, manufactures and distributes power systems for aviation and other industries.

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