Capability Lead - Bristol Rig Test Facility

Rolls-Royce; West of England; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is seeking a Capability Lead for the Bristol Rig Test Facility in Bristol. The role focuses on safety, quality, and delivery of test services to meet customer commitments.

You will lead a flexible team, promote lean leadership, and drive continuous improvement across the facility. The successful candidate will have a degree or equivalent, strong leadership, and experience in process improvement, with an ability to optimise test assets and budget management.

Qualifications

• Requires degree level or equivalent.
• Demonstrates engineering judgement and knowledge of sector customers and programmes.
• Proven leadership and engineering skills.
• Able to build high-performing teams and drive positive attitude changes.
• Understanding of company quality policies within the resource group.
• Experience applying process improvement techniques.

Responsibilities

• Drive safety to Zero Harm and ensure teams are trained and compliant with safety standards.
• Ensure conformance to engineering specifications and promote a product safety culture.

Skills

Degree & equivalent

Engineering judgement

Leadership

Team building

Quality policies

Process improvement

Education

Degree level or equivalent

Job description

Job Description

Job Title - Capability Lead - Bristol Rig Test Facility

Working Pattern - Full-time / Permanent

Location – Bristol

Position Summary

An exciting opportunity for a Capability Lead - Bristol Rig Test Facility to join the team in Bristol

What you will be doing

• HSE - Drive towards a performance and culture of Zero Harm. Ensuring our teams are trained and compliant to safety standards, driving environmental targets and promoting wellbeing.
• PEOPLE, PRODUCT & PROCESS 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 to Zero Defects. Focus on delivering high quality test data. Ensure compliance to all relevant company legislative and technical policies and standards.
• COST - Develop and manage agreed people budget (headcount, productivity, absenteeism). Understand and manage the facility cost centre budget and work with the team to drive productivity and reduce consumable cost.
• DELIVERY - Deliver our test services to customer commitments on time. Plan using load and capacity tools and manage bottlenecks and constraints to achieve flow through the facility.
• PEOPLE - Optimise the capability and capacity of the facility by developing a flexible team. Develop and motivate team members (staff & Works) ensuring they are trained, capable and effective.
• LEAN - Ensure that all relevant Production System minimum standards are fully deployed and sustained within the business in support of performance objectives and coaching the team to fully participate in continuous improvement.
• LEAD - Inspire the test 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.
• ASSETS - Optimise the performance of test assets to maximise facility productivity and meet current and future customer demand. Understand current constraints and develop a future state.
• DIGITAL - Understand the IT systems we use to drive our management and leadership activity. Be competent in the use of the tools to manage facility and people performance. Communicate to the team using digital tools, and be able to communicate digital strategy

Position Qualifications :

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:

• Qualified to degree level or equivalent.
• Demonstrates sound engineering judgement and knowledge of the Sector Customers and Programmes.
• Demonstrates effective leadership & engineering skill
• Capable of building high performing teams and effecting a positive shift in attitudes and behaviours
• Understanding of Company Quality policies and processes deployed within the resource group.
• Experienced in applying process improvement techniques and driving business improvements

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.

Rolls‑Royce is committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non‑discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Please be aware that priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

Closing Date: 1st October 2026

People Leader – Mark Collett

Grade: Level C

For further information, please contact: Gauri Sood

Job Category

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