Manufacturing Engineer; Rotatives & Transmissions External Supply Chain

Job Description Manufacturing Engineer
- Aerospace Procurement Full-time Derby
- Hybrid SNBG 7 - 10

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 for a Manufacturing Engineer to join the team in Derby as part of our Aerospace Procurement Business at Rolls-Royce. You will be working as part of the Transmissions SMT managing our Supplier’s/Partners GE Avio and Safran. You will also work closely with the associated Joint venture Aero Gearbox International (AGI) Your role would be wide ranging, working with these partners and supply chain located throughout Europe, applying deep Manufacturing Engineering expertise to supplier industrialisation, technical problem solving and cost reduction.

The ability to work independently and manage complex problems is essential. 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.

• Industrialisation:
  Managing supplier 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.
• Providing Manufacturing Engineering expertise to assess supplier capability, manufacturing readiness and industrialisation risk.
• Collaboration:
  
  Proactively accessing internal and external networks of technical communities and functional teams including Procurement, Quality, Design, Project Engineering and suppliers, 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 programmes 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.

• 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…