Production Leader

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce, we’re dedicated to cutting-edge innovation, delivering power solutions, and creating the critical systems and technologies that shape the future of aviation, energy, and beyond. By joining Rolls-Royce, you’ll have the opportunity to work on world-changing projects, supported by a culture that champions inclusivity, creativity, and your professional growth.

Position summary

Lead, inspire, and drive excellence. Join us as a Production Leader at the state-of-the-art Rolls-Royce Bristol Turbine Facility. Taking charge of a large, dynamic team within a defined manufacturing cell, you’ll optimise production performance and help us achieve Zero Harm and Zero Defects while delivering world-class products to our customers.

What you will be doing:

• Leading a team of 30 – 40, fostering a Zero Harm culture by upholding the highest safety, environmental and wellbeing standards
• Driving quality and efficiency, working towards Zero Defects and compliance with engineering and safety standards
• Managing team performance and budgets, optimising productivity, headcount, and cost efficiency
• Ensure on-time delivery, using capacity planning and workflow management to meet customer commitments
• Developing and empower the team, fostering continuous improvement, lean leadership, and digital manufacturing adoption

Position Requirements:

• You have a safety-first mindset, with knowledge of health and safety standards and product integrity
• With broad experience across disciplines, you’ll have a company-wide outlook and are comfortable dealing with different challenges, cultures and ways of working.
• You can demonstrate a proven track record of improving operational performance and leading cross-functional teams
• You’ll have continuous improvement expertise, ideally with Lean/Six Sigma experience (Green Belt preferred)
• Ideally, you’ll come from an Aerospace, Automotive or similar large manufacturing environment

What we offer:

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

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.