Manufacturing Engineering Manager - Supply Chain - Submarines

Job Description Job Title: Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Supply Chain - Submarines Working Pattern: 37 hours/ days Working location: Derby Raynesway An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Supply Chain in our Submarines business. The Submarines business is going through a period of unprecedented growth, with a need to triple our output over the next few years. With a significant volume of parts manufactured in our External Supply Chain, this is a critical role to ensure the highest of engineering & quality standards are adhered to across our supplier base. You will join a team that is leading a transformation of supply chain management within the business, as well as securing the nuclear supply chain that is critical to the Defence Nuclear Enterprise and is a truly national endeavour. We need to make fundamental changes to how we operate, implement those changes, whilst maintaining the highest nuclear quality standards demanded by these complex & challenging products. We manufacture in our supply chain a highly diverse product range, from large vessels to precision machined components, exotic raw materials to new plant & manufacturing equipment. We apply advanced technologies in the manufacture of safety critical components, requiring a high level of control. You will act as Technical Authority, assuring the initial and continuing capability of the method of production to produce product conforming to design definition. You’ll ensure the resolution of technical issues, problems & arisings, to meet business and customer requirements for safety, quality, cost, delivery rate and lead-time, integrating all Manufacturing Engineering activities through the supply chain. 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 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 HS&E – Responsible for ensuring that all manufacturing processes and methods of manufacture deployed are in full compliance to Health Safety and Environmental standards. Product Safety – Champion product safety and promote a product safety culture in the supply chain, ensuring learning related to product safety is embedded. Responsible for ensuring that product safety risks are understood and mitigated to meet the required safety levels and reduce in process safety risks so far as reasonably practicable. Quality – Promote a culture of zero defects across our supply chain. Provide technical governance and assurance in all aspects of manufacturing nuclear products, ensuring product integrity and process safety through compliance with the relevant policies and standards. Technical Authority – Specify Manufacturing Engineering and process requirements and make technical decisions in relation to the area of accountability. Chair the Control Authority governing change for area of accountability, subject to appropriate delegation. Develop Talent – Act as a professional leader of the manufacturing engineering community, ensure the required competences are in place and promote the development and growth of the team. Resource Planning – ensure work is aligned to the Do / Buy assessment and that appropriate work is outsourced by the Strategic Labour Partners, enabling the high-value & complex activities to be done by the internal team. Relationships - Manage, develop and maintain effective relationships with the external supply chain, ensure the requirements are understood and maximised, coach when required to deliver successful outcomes in line with the requirements. Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing - Operate as an active member of the global Manufacturing Engineering leadership team, proactively supporting cross-Business collaboration, knowledge sharing, skills and process development to best utilise the available resources to deliver business needs and priorities. Who we’re looking for: At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the 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 another national equivalent). Chartered status (CEng) desired. Forward thinking and innovative, with the ability to lead and inspire teams to drive positive change. Experience of working in a high complexity manufacturing environment, nuclear experience desired but not essential Ability to effectively communicate at all levels of the organisation, operating across functions manage a wide range of stakeholders. 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 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 Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if the individual does not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non ITAR country. This is an exciting role at an exciting time, in a business that is growing at an unprecedented rate in its history. If you are interested in applying, please contact Chris Walker, Supply Chain Director, Submarines for more information & a discussion. NGS Level C Closing date: 21.2.25 Job Category Manufacturing Engineering Posting Date 07 Feb 2025; 00:02 Posting End Date 21 Feb 2025 Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet vital power needs.