Production Leader

Job Description Production Leader Bristol (site-based role) Full time An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Production Leader to join our team in Bristol. You will be joining the Turbines facility, manufacturing high quality turbine casting components for use in civil and defence engine applications. It’s an important leadership role that requires a wide range of skills to ensure delivery to our customers and drive lean improvement through great engagement with our talented people. You will work collaboratively across a wide range of functions and will be responsible for integrating their activities to deliver on time every time and to the right quality and cost. We will support your personal and professional growth through a wide range of development frameworks to enable you to continue your leadership development journey. To be successful in this role you need to have good people skills to inspire your team to deliver, demonstrate a passion for manufacturing and have knowledge of best practice to drive the Business forward. We deliver the best jet engines in the world. We’re a leading global player in the defence aero engine market. We pioneer cutting-edge technologies that deliver clean, safe and competitive solutions to meet our planet’s vital power needs. Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience. This is an interesting opportunity to work in a busy, world-class manufacturing and engineering environment. We offer excellent development, 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: Leading a team of talented individuals, you will:

• Recruit, Lead and Inspire the team to deliver excellence through brilliant 2-way communication, coaching and performance management. You will ensure that the team can achieve their full potential.
• Deliver to the customer requirements through robust production load and capacity planning to meet budget and ensure availability of resources to meet customer schedules now and in the future.
• Quality is at the heart of the way we operate, casting the leadership shadow that embodies the importance of compliance.
• Ensuring our people go home safely every day by driving compliance to our health and safety standards as well as assessing and proactively managing risk.
• Embracing Lean leadership behaviours to drive day-to day improvement activity like 5S and longer-term lean projects to enable continuous improvement in performance and the way we operate.

What we’re looking for: At Rolls-Royce 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.

• Previous experience in leading teams in a manufacturing environment.
• You have experience of leading transformation projects and are familiar with continuous improvement methodologies such as six sigma and lean (Green/Black belt accreditation would be beneficial).
• Proven experience delivering improved manufacturing performance in both favourable and unfavourable conditions, utilizing cross-functional teams.
• Experience of leading people change within a manufacturing environment, demonstrating ability to respond at pace, to changing demands through robust planning and control methodology.

Join us & Power our future 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 at careers.rolls-royce.com Closing Date: 6th April 2023 Job Category Manufacturing Posting Date 23 Mar 2023; 00:03