Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Central Function - Submarines

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Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Central Function - Submarines

Days; on site

Derby

Why Rolls-Royce?

An exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager role in the Central Function has arisen within Nuclear (Submarines).

We’re a leader in propulsion system design and development for the Royal Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet and the sole provider and technical authority.

Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

With a background in Manufacturing Engineering and knowledge and experience in production introduction, continuous improvement, and technology development, you’ll be responsible for identifying areas for removing waste and driving through simplification of both functional processes and Methods of Manufacture.  Accountable for driving in solutions and demonstrating the benefits for enabling improved operational excellence.

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

What you will be doing:

You will be working across the Manufacturing Engineering community e.g., MEMs, Special Process Owners, Producibility Engineers, Production Support etc and where applicable with the suppliers, drive improvements to manufacturing processes and working toward consistent best practice across the business.

• Support the development of the Manufacturing Engineering community by coaching best practice for the industrialisation of technical packages for the submarines industry.
• Continually improve the technical package standards and ways of working for achieving the product Quality, Cost and Delivery commitments for the future.
• Manages the mechanism that delivers the right improvement priorities in collaboration with the Delivery Business Units (DBUs)
• As an MEM operating functionally across the entire business, you’ll be responsible for providing support across the different DBUs and the Submarines Enterprise and helping drive and embed the functional improvement plan.

Who we’re looking for:

At Rolls-Royce 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.

To be successful in this role you will need to meet the following criteria:

• Professionally qualified Engineer (UK minimum BEng degree or other national equivalent).
• UK CEng (Chartered Engineer) or other national equivalent.
• Recognised national or international engineering accreditation (e.g. IEng or CEng), or aspiring to become accredited.
• Highly motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and the drive to deliver within a challenging mixed volume, production environment.
• Good understanding of manufacturing processes relevant to their business .                                            
• General awareness of Manufacturing Systems (CAD, CAM, CAPP, Manufacturing Execution System, Manufacturing Intelligence, SAP, Technical Publications, etc.) relevant to the business.
• Has led significant projects/activities across a range of Manufacturing Engineering processes.
• Has experienced manufacturing change in a suitable combination of ways, such as facility re-design, facility move, technology insertion, new product introduction, process revalidation, quality improvement.
• Has provided technical and professional leadership to a team of Engineers.   

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.

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

To work for Rolls-Royce Submarines you need to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets, you must hold a UK nationality. Any dual nationals will require additional scrutiny and background checks prior to commencing work with RRSL.

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