Manufacturing Engineer - External Supply Chain page is loaded

Manufacturing Engineer - External Supply Chain

Job Description

Manufacturing Engineering – Aerospace Procurement

Full-time

Derby/Hybrid

An exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing Engineer to join the team in Derby as part of our Aerospace Procurement Business at Rolls Royce.

Our Procurement Manufacturing Engineering teams support everything the business does in the global supplier enterprise covering the Civil, Business Aviation and Defence sectors. There has never been a more exciting time to be part of Procurement within Rolls-Royce as our recent transformation programme has positioned the function as a critical Business Capability, trusted to deliver against our ambitious performance and financial targets. Rolls-

Royce is also embracing the future of procurement by developing a digitally enabled and literate organisation, alongside a focus on embedding sustainability into the way we operate both internally and across our 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 and 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.

The Aerospace Procurement organisation is truly global with teams located across the UK and in key overseas regions.

Working as part of a fast paced and challenging business, in this role you will be aligned centrally to the Manufacturing Engineering Industrialisation and Cost team. The procurement Central Manufacturing Engineering function is accountable for the delivery of Manufacturing Engineering activities across a range of suppliers and commodities and driving business critical activities.

Covering all elements of the manufacturing product life cycle, from new product introduction through to mature component cost reduction and improvement programmes, you will have the opportunity to work with and influence world class external suppliers and teams.

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. 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

In this exciting role, you will be:

• Industrialisation: Managing industrialisation plans and cross-category oversight in accordance with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) including development of the enterprise knowledge, skills, use of toolset (Net Inspect and Power BI) and compliance reporting.
• Collaboration: Proactively accessing internal and external networks of technical communities and functional teams including quality, design and project engineering, to ensure fulfilment and realisation of industrialisation and cost programmes.
• Product Cost: Proactively supporting and driving technical product cost reduction activities to ensure Category and Aerospace Procurement aligned targets are met, including the engagement of key communities to support idea generation, programme execution, resourcing, funding and reporting.
• Technology: Provide support to ensure the success of existing and future technology programs within Procurement. Act as a key point of contact for internal category teams, assisting with troubleshooting and resolving technical challenges as they arise.
• Technical: Ensuring technical barriers to industrialisation are identified, clearly communicated and supporting the direct resolution of issues through technical interventions.
• Strategy: Supporting, identifying and developing opportunities to deliver key business targets through existing strategies, e.g. Zero Defects quality programme, and support / development of new opportunities.

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 and for this role we are looking for someone with:

• An engineering or other relevant discipline degree/HND/HNC and previous experience working in a manufacturing engineering role.
• Supply chain experience is preferable ideally with experience of industrialisation and cost reduction programmes.
• Strong analytical skills and a proven record of using tools and techniques associated with industrialisation and cost reduction.
• Excellent organisational, communication and presentation skills and feel comfortable presenting to varied audiences.
• You will be an enthusiastic candidate with a flexible attitude to work and a keen interest in learning and sharing knowledge.
• Good team working skills and ability to influence are essential.

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

Closing Date: 25th July 2025

Job Category

Posting Date

Posting End Date

Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.