Manufacturing Manager

Job Description Manufacturing Manager Full Time Inchinnan

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.

Key Accountabilities

• HSE – Accountable for achieving the Zero Harm plan for the plant; ensuring full compliance to health, safety and environmental standards; responsible for the delivery of the HSE strategic plan; actively involves all the plant in well‑being activities.
• PRODUCT SAFETY – Accountable for ensuring that all work is carried out in compliance with the required standard to ensure conformance to the engineering specification, and for promoting a product safety culture in the organisation.
• QUALITY – Drive and deploy the strategic plan for Zero Defects for the plant; ensure cross‑functional teams integrate to reduce risk and drive right first time; ensure compliance to all relevant company legislative and technical policies and standards.
• COST – Develop agreed operational and financial budgets for the facility and monitor and control performance to ensure the budget is met.
• DELIVERY – Develop and execute an effective load and capacity planning regime, balancing near and long‑term planning horizons in line with strategy; manage plant bottlenecks and constraints to achieve flow through the plant; drive plant inventory targets and eliminate slow‑moving WIP.
• PEOPLE – Ensure that plant leadership cross‑functional team members receive training, coaching and development in order to carry out their roles effectively; ensure robust people plans (succession, recruitment pipeline) are in place for key roles in the business; drive plant flexibility by optimising training plans across the plant.
• LEAN – Ensure that relevant Production System minimum standards are fully deployed and sustained within the business in support of performance objectives; coach the cross‑functional team to continuously improve; ensure the seeking and sharing of best practice internally and externally.
• LEAD – Inspire the manufacturing team to consistently deliver high levels of performance through facilitation, coaching and the demonstration of lean leadership behaviours; motivate, delegate and empower team members to act and make their own decisions.
• RISK & BUSINESS CONTINUITY – Ensure that potential threats to the objectives of the plant are regularly and clearly identified, assessed and managed to acceptable levels; ensure robust Business Continuity Plans are in place for all key resources and are refreshed and tested regularly.
• MANUFACTURING SERVICES – Optimise the performance of manufacturing assets to maximise facility productivity and meet current and future customer demand.
• DIGITAL MANUFACTURING – Understand and lead the deployment and use of digital systems and processes to improve product cost, quality and performance; be competent in the use of the tools to manage area and people performance and lead compliance to digital standards and processes; ensure business strategy aligns to Rolls‑Royce digital manufacturing standards and strategy; communicate digital strategy and use of innovative technology to the plant leadership team.
• MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING – Facilitate the development and operation of the manufacturing engineering processes (Capability Acquisition, Product Introduction & Continuous Improvement) within the facility.

Key Experiences and Qualifications

• Company‑wide outlook and exposure to different challenges, cultures and ways of working.
• Held significant manufacturing roles across a range of relevant functional areas, demonstrating breadth of experience and implementation of change at pace.
• Proven track record delivering improved operational performance in both favourable and unfavourable conditions, utilising cross‑functional teams.
• Leadership of major transformation projects and an exponent of continuous improvement methodologies such as Six Sigma and Lean (Black Belt accreditation and/or Lean Coach desirable but not essential).
• Broad management experience in a high‑technology engineering industry is desirable but not essential.
• Higher education and leadership development programmes for senior or high‑potential leaders.

Benefits

• Generous Annual Leave.
• Retirement Savings through the Rolls‑Royce Retirement Savings Trust.
• Group Life Assurance providing a lump‑sum benefit for employees.
• Income Protection providing income in the event of illness or injury.
• Shares: Matched shares program – buy one share, get one free.

EEO Statement

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.