Manufacturing Engineering Team Lead

Job Description Manufacturing Engineering Team Lead Bristol Onsite SNBG 7 - 10 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, you'll 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 for a Manufacturing Engineering Team Lead to join Rolls Royce Aerospace business in Bristol. Reporting directly to the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, you will be part of a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) value stream team, supporting both Engine and Module overhaul activities. As a Manufacturing Engineering Team Lead you will lead a team of Manufacturing Engineers whose responsibility it is to support the assembly and manufacturing operations, ensuring that key project and delivery commitments are met. The challenge within each team is to deliver effective maintenance data and methods to the operations team and resolve emergent technical issues inevitable from service run products. What you will be doing: Safety - Ensure that manufacturing processes are in full compliance to HS&E standards and are capable of delivering a product that achieves and sustains the design intent. Rigorously raise, investigate and resolve HS&E and Product Safety related issues. Quality - Drive a culture of zero defects within the organisation. Works with all functions to reduce risk and drive product Right First Time. Ensure compliance to all relevant company, legislative and technical policies and standards. Delivery – Delivery focused mindset. Work with cross-functional teams to ensure the manufacturing processes and digital systems are effective and support the operational requirements of the facility. Plan and manage activities including your team schedule, resources and costs, gaining buy-off and communicating current status to relevant stakeholders. Ensure issues and risks are resolved to meet project timescales. Capability - Develop, implement, validate, maintain and continuously improve manufacturing processes and digital systems. Capture, analyse and use data to demonstrate and improve the current and future capability of manufacturing processes. Identify, document and share best practice, including participation in relevant Communities of Practice. Develop Talent - Provides coaching and technical support to their team including conducting performance reviews. Responsible for self-development to meet the required competencies for the role. Continuously seek to expand knowledge and experience to increase effectiveness in undertaking existing and new activities. Position qualifications: Professionally Qualified Engineer (e.g. UK minimum HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent) Preferred requirements: Recognised national or international engineering accreditation (e.g. UK IEng or CEng) where available General understanding of manufacturing processes relevant to their business General awareness of Manufacturing Systems and enabling software tools relevant to the business Understanding of Manufacturing Engineering processes relevant to their role 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. The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be Staff Grade SNBG 7 - 10 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: SNBG 7 - 10 For further information please contact: Lizzie Moore - [email protected] Job Category Manufacturing Engineering Posting Date 19 Jan 2026; 00:01 Posting End Date 25 Jan 2026 Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet vital power needs.