Manufacturing Engineering Manager

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Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Bristol

Fulltime

Management level C

Why join Rolls-Royce

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering protecting and connecting people everywhere.

By joining Rolls-Royce youll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength and all perspectives experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Turbines for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager based in Bristol.
The BTF is a co-located casting and machining facility specialising in the manufacture of Nozzle Guide Vanes for Civil Large Engine Defence and Business Jet Engine portfolio. The Bristol Turbine Factory is also responsible for a significant amount of Product Introduction and capital expenditure for strategic growth as part of the Canaveral Programme.

As Bristol Turbines Facility Manufacturing Engineering Manager you will work closely with the Head of Manufacturing and the Planning and Control Manager to lead the facility. You will demonstrate technical expertise in Machining or Casting and/or associated manufacturing technologies including Coating and an in-depth knowledge of the Rolls Royce Quality Management System so that you can act as Technical Authority and engineering lead for the facility. You will be responsible for integrating all Manufacturing Engineering activity across the Bristol Turbines Facility value streams and integration with supplier and customer technical teams. You will lead manage and develop the Manufacturing Engineering community in the facility and be responsible for professional alignment of the team to the ME function.

What you will be doing:

• Act as Technical Authority for the Bristol Turbines Facility ensuring manufacturing processes and methods are capable of meeting and continuing to meet requirements for quality cost delivery rate and lead time by driving manufacturing processes towards identified consistent best practice optimising yield Right First Time and product cost to continuously improve products on the drive to Zero Defects.
• Maintain and govern Technical Packages (technical instructions programmes tooling etc.) for the BTF product portfolio and associated bills of material including the control of manufacturing process change and be expected to hold or gain appropriate accreditation to Product Control Authority.
• Lead the technical input into the facility and influence the commodity strategy including ensuring that Commodity and Manufacturing Process strategy implications are included in relevant capital plans.
• Integrate Capability Acquisition Product Introduction and Digital activities buying off new capabilities and methods of manufacture for new parts. Ensure new capabilities/ methods are at the required level of readiness for production application via APQP and PPAP.
• Lead and develop the team including succession planning and resource management to ensure a balanced load/capacity including flow down of Man Eng business processes and audit of compliance with those processes.

Position qualifications:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce youll know we embrace agility are bold pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles 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 degree or equivalent.
• Previous technical leadership roles within a manufacturing environment.
• Good understanding of process improvement tools and demonstrated ability to lead and manage successful improvement projects.
• Strong technical background and good knowledge of a range of manufacturing processes.
• Working knowledge of key Manufacturing Engineering business processes and tools preferably Green belt qualified or higher

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing competitive resilient and growing company. Join us and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful inclusive and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued diverse perspectives fuel innovation and everyone can thrive.

Grade:Management level C

For further information please contact:Lizzie Moore -

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