Join Rolls-Royce as a Manufacturing Engineer - Industrialisation (MRO) in Derby. This is a full-time, onsite role where you will act as the bridge between R&D and operational facilities to deploy innovative technical solutions.
Requirements
Bachelors, masters, or PhD in Engineering, or equivalent technical capability based on practical knowledge and experience.
Experience of delivery in a manufacturing environment or research and development environment.
Preferred: Passion for delivering new technology, company-wide outlook, understanding of multiple disciplines, and self-motivation with strong accountability.
Skills & Responsibilities
Project Management: Plan and manage project schedules, resources, and costs to ensure successful end-to-end technical solution delivery.
Technical Innovation: Identify and develop innovative technologies and solutions to meet cost, quality, and delivery objectives.
Validation and Verification: Perform trials and rate-proving to integrate solutions into manufacturing facilities.
Cross-functional Collaboration: Work with internal operational teams and supply chains to provide technical knowledge and resolve risks.
Potential transition routes: People from research and development or general manufacturing engineering roles may bring strong technical delivery skills, alongside meeting the core engineering qualification requirements.
Job description
Job Description
Manufacturing Engineer – Industrialisation (MRO)
Derby
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.
Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) is an exciting and growing part of Rolls-Royce and excellence in MRO will underpin our future product offerings as we look to grow into new markets. This position represents an exciting opportunity to influence that growth through the adoption and development of innovative technical solutions in our Repair and Overhaul businesses, and transforming the way we work through the development of Quick-turn and Near-wing maintenance capability. Previous MRO experience is not essential, and we welcome candidates with a passion for tackling complex problems and a drive to find solutions.
In this role you will be acting as the bridge between research and development and our operational manufacturing facilities to deliver solutions which meet the business delivery and financial performance targets. You will be leading assigned projects to deploy new technology and methods into overhaul shops, repair vendors, and maintenance providers. You will work across functions and provide the technical knowledge to ensure all elements of the projects are delivered to plan.
What you will be doing:
Innovation – Identify and develop innovative technologies and solutions in a dynamic environment, and manage complex method change in the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul business to meet cost, quality, and delivery objectives
Industrialisation – Work with the operational teams both internally and in the supply chain to ensure the solutions are deployed and integrated into the manufacturing facility, demonstrating the required production rate or operational targets are met before handing over to operational teams both internally and externally to Rolls-Royce
Delivery – Be responsible for the delivery of the assigned technical solution end-to-end, picking it up from the research and development team, performing validation and verification trials, deployment in the operational facility, and finally ‘rate-proving’. Ensure risks are resolved to meet project timescales
Cost – Ensure the engineering solution meets the cost and quality targets required to deliver the business case
Strategy – Understand the business needs and act as a customer to the research and development teams to provide requirements for future technology development activities
Planning - Plan and manage activities including schedule, resources and costs, gaining buy-off and communicating current status to relevant stakeholders. Ensure issues and risks are resolved to meet project timescales.
Position qualifications:
Bachelors or masters or PhD in Engineering or equivalent technical capability based on practical knowledge and experience
Experience of delivery in manufacturing environment, or research and development environment
Preferred requirements:
A passion for delivering new technology and/or new engineering solutions and seeing them through to production
Has a company-wide outlook and exposure to different challenges, cultures and ways of working
Understanding or knowledge of multiple disciplines and working with other functions outside engineering (e.g. procurement, project management, finance)
Self-motivated, with a strong sense of accountability, and able to lead work packages and influence outside immediate team
Regional Benefits:
Work in a safety-first environment were doing the right thing and keeping it simple are core principles.
Join a culture that values making a real difference through your work.
Develop your career as a mid-career professional blending technical expertise with strong personal qualities.
Thrive in a role that encourages integrity, accountability, resilience, and curiosity.
Collaborate and build relationships in a team-focused environment while also working independently.
Take initiative, lead, and make smart decisions with confidence and support.
Grow through continuous learning, openness to improvement, and exposure to challenging opportunities.
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.
As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.
