Manufacturing Services Leader (Maintenance) bei Rolls-Royce

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Manufacturing Services Leader

Full Time

Inchinnan

What you will be doing:

We have an exciting opportunity for a Manufacturing Services Leader (Maintenance) to provide Manufacturing Services support within the maintenance team in our operations facility in Inchinnan.

You will be accountable for the performance and results of your team, providing leadership and identifying team development opportunities through coaching and training.

As an experienced manager with a strong operational background, you will be able to operate within defined manufacturing services and other standards and policies. You will be confident in making decisions and problem solving, guided by policies, procedures and plans for your area. Whilst also addressing resource and operational challenges adapting plans and priorities to set the direction for their team and fulfil the requirements of the role.

Responsibilities:

In this exciting role, you will operate autonomously receiving guidance from management when the impact is broader, outside your team or the subject is more complex. You will ensure that all equipment, fixturing, tooling and services needed to support the Manufacturing process are available when required to the requisite standard, as well as:

• Set the direction of your team by operationalising the plans and priorities developed by the leaders of Manufacturing Services and their Area.
• Ensure that agreed performance targets for all manufacturing services accountable items are monitored using standard tools and KPIs, and ensure appropriate actions are taken where targets are not achieved.
• Communicate clearly and concisely to guide and influence others either internally or externally to adopt a different point of view.
• Coach own team and related teams on technical aspects of Manufacturing Services, contributing to business improvement in their technical area.
• Coaching to facility Manufacturing Service Engineers (MSEs) to ensure that all MSE responsible items are delivered to the required standard at the required time.
• Ensure that Manufacturing Services is supporting the business by fully supporting the deployment of the latest Rolls-Royce Production System standards.

• Use conceptual and practical knowledge across Manufacturing Services activities to ensure that all Manufacturing Services accountabilities for the facility are enacted to the required level and within the set timescales utilising company processes, procedures and standards.
• Input into the development of, and will take ownership of their budget, applying business acumen to achieve financial objectives.
• ​Apply understanding of Rolls-Royce and how their own Manufacturing Services team integrates with others to achieve objectives of the Area (and function) they sit within. Liaise with the Manufacturing Manager(s) and is fully integrated within the area manufacturing team.
• Interface effectively with Group Property and their service providers partners to ensure all services are enacted to the business requirement.
• Understands the IT systems we use to drive our management and leadership activity. Competent in the use of the tools to manage manufacturing services performance. Communicates to the team using Digital tools, and able to communicate digital strategy and use of innovative technology.
• Implement the Company Health, Safety and Environment policy in all aspects of Manufacturing Services, understand and deploy all legislative requirements and control standards through effective communication, processes and actions that support safe and compliant workplaces and equipment.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

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

Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location.  It’s 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. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we’re looking for:

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll 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.

• Proven track record of Manufacturing Leadership experience whilst embracing behaviours that inspire team working and simplicity.
• Maintenance experience would be desirable.
• Conceptual and practical knowledge of manufacturing services.
• Has had experience in functional support groups.
• Has a proven track record delivering business results.
• Takes responsibility for their own development with particular focus on their leadership skills, has attended leadership development programmes.
• Has led transformation projects and is familiar with continuous improvement methodologies such as six sigma and lean (Green and/or Black belt desirable but not mandatory).
• Experience of working with trade unions.
• Delivered manufacturing facility wide projects.

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

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

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 Level C.

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role.

We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

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

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 here.

Grade: Level C

Closing Date: Midnight 14th September 2025

For further information please contact: George Addison

Recruiter: Andy Walsh – [email protected]

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