ABCF Manufacturing Engineer

Rolls-Royce; Rotherham; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company as a Manufacturing Engineer in Rotherham, where you will work in a state-of-the-art facility. Contribute to innovative projects and enjoy excellent development opportunities and competitive benefits. Embrace flexible working arrangements to achieve your best.

Benefits

Bonus

Employee Support Assistance

Employee Discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing engineering role.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to define product requirements.
• Create manufacturing process routes and technical instructions.
• Validate new products for production engines.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Technical Problem-Solving

Communication

Team Working

Education

Engineering Degree

HND

HNC

Tools

Six Sigma

Lean Techniques

Job description

Job Description

ABCF Manufacturing Engineer

Full-time

Rotherham/Hybrid

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Manufacturing Engineer to join the team in Rotherham at our world-class Automated Blade Casting Facility.

We are currently going through an exciting phase of growth as we install additional equipment, optimise our factory layout for flow, and validate new part types to increase our capacity to meet growing industry demand.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere and we want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

The Advanced Blade Casting Facility (ABCF) situated in Rotherham is a state-of-the-art modern factory focused on high volume single crystal High Pressure and Intermediate Pressure turbine blade casting manufacture for large civil aero engines, employing world class automated processes, integrated manufacturing systems and advanced measurement techniques, it’s our people who keep us at the forefront of discovery. This is your chance to be part of it.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, 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

In this exciting role, you will be:

• Working with our Design and Specialist teams to ensure robust and achievable definition of product which meets the demanding service life requirements.
• Creating and managing industrialisation plans in accordance with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and creating manufacturing process routes, methods, and technical instructions to manufacture new product in the facility.
• Collaborating with other ABCF engineers to define trial and production tooling, inspection processes using the latest metrology systems and develop automation and NC programs to produce and finish component castings.
• Using a structured approach to solve problems, finding root cause and implementing and sustaining robust fixes.
• Validating new product for use in production engines by First Article Inspection Report (FAIR) and Method Verification Approval (MVA). Attaining Production Part Approval Process (PPAP) approval, demonstrating product quality and rate.
• Owning and working within capital budgets, delivering forecast spending.

Who we’re looking for:

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 and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles and for this role we are looking for someone with:

• An engineering or other relevant discipline degree/HND/HNC and previous experience working in a manufacturing engineering role.
• Strong analytical skills and a proven record of technical problem-solving along with knowledge of six sigma / lean techniques.
• Excellent organisational, communication and presentation skills and feel comfortable presenting to varied audiences.
• You will be an enthusiastic candidate with a flexible attitude to work and a keen interest in learning.
• Good team working skills are essential.

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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Closing Date: 23rd December 2024

Job Category Manufacturing Engineering Posting Date 12 May 2025; 00:05 Posting End Date 30 May 2025