Aerospace Production Leader: Lead Teams & Improve Quality

Rolls-Royce plc; England; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Employee discounts

Free parking

On-site facilities

Job summary

Rolls-Royce plc is seeking a Production Leader at Ansty to manage and develop a large production team within our Civil Aerospace operations. You will champion safety, quality, and cost/efficiency improvements while guiding a skilled workforce through ongoing transformation programs.

In this role, you’ll lead diverse tasks across day and shift roles, ensuring adherence to procedures and supporting continuous improvement initiatives that drive operational excellence and world-class performance.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading teams in a high-end production, manufacturing, or logistics setting.
• Strong safety and quality focus with adherence to procedures and standards.
• Able to motivate and develop teams to improve performance.
• Comfortable managing diverse tasks, priorities, and IT systems daily.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a large production team to deliver skilled, efficient output.
• Drive safety-first culture and ensure compliance with procedures and standards.
• Identify opportunities to reduce defects, streamline processes and enhance skills.
• Optimize cost, delivery and quality to boost production performance.
• Champion continuous improvement and drive operating excellence across shift teams.
• Support and adapt to day or shift roles to fit business needs.

Skills

Team leadership

Safety compliance

Process improvement

Stakeholder collaboration

Job description

Rolls-Royce plc is seeking a Production Leader at Ansty to manage and develop a large production team within our Civil Aerospace operations. You will champion safety, quality, and cost/efficiency improvements while guiding a skilled workforce through ongoing transformation programs.

In this role, you’ll lead diverse tasks across day and shift roles, ensuring adherence to procedures and supporting continuous improvement initiatives that drive operational excellence and world-class performance.