Component Repair Lead/ Compliance Verification Engineer – Repair Design

Rolls-Royce plc; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus scheme

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Flexible working arrangements

Career development opportunities

Job summary

Rolls-Royce plc in Derby seeks a Component Repair Lead / Compliance Verification Engineer to provide technical leadership in repair design for service-run components across the Civil Aerospace engine portfolio. You will assess damage, define robust repair solutions, and guide cross-functional teams to ensure airworthiness and safe return-to-service.

This senior role emphasizes technical excellence over people management and offers opportunities toward CVE accreditation through collaboration with

Qualifications

• Degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering.
• Experience in aero-engine repair design.
• Knowledge of airworthiness requirements.
• Experience towards CVE accreditation is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Develop and substantiate repair definitions for service-run components and assess damage and non-conformance.
• Provide technical leadership for repair design solutions across engineering disciplines.
• Define validation and verification requirements for repair methods and demonstrate equivalence when methods change.
• Review and approve technical documentation including variances and repair revisions.
• Collaborate across Civil Aerospace and global MRO networks to identify opportunities and deliver revisions and tooling changes.

Skills

Technical leadership

Communication

Organisational skills

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Aerospace or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Job Title: Component Repair Lead / Compliance Verification Engineer - Repair Design

Location: Derby

Working Pattern: Full Time

Grade: SNBG 07-10

As a Component Repair Lead / Compliance Verification Engineer (CVE) - Repair Design, you will provide technical leadership in the development, verification and approval of repair solutions for service-run components across the Rolls-Royce Civil Aerospace engine portfolio. Working within our MRO Component Repair organisation, you will be part of an experienced engineering team supporting repair activity across our global network. You will assess component damage and non-conformance, determine whether components can be safely returned to service, and define technically robust repair solutions that meet engineering and airworthiness requirements. This is a senior technical role rather than a people-management position. You will use your repair design and aero-engine experience to make engineering decisions, lead technical solutions and provide guidance on complex component repair challenges. You will work closely with Design Engineers, Product Definers, Materials and Repair Technology specialists, MRO teams and repair suppliers to ensure solutions maintain the required form, fit, function and integrity of the product. You will also operate as, or work towards accreditation as, a Compliance Verification Engineer, providing independent verification of repair definitions, Technical Variances and associated technical documentation.

Why Rolls-Royce? Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world, leading innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount. As a force for progress, we power, protect and connect people everywhere. We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that have shaped our history continue into our future. We need people like you to join us on this journey. We provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself, alongside an inclusive and innovative culture that invests in you and gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

What We Offer

• Bonus scheme.
• Employee support assistance.
• Employee discounts.
• Flexible working arrangements where appropriate to the role.
• Career development opportunities, including development towards CVE accreditation where applicable.

What You Will Be Doing

• Developing and substantiating repair definitions for service-run components, assessing damage and non-conformance and determining technically feasible repair limits, including dressing geometry, allowable material removal and appropriate manufacturing or laboratory processes.
• Providing technical leadership for repair design solutions, ensuring engineering, design, material, manufacturing, certification and airworthiness requirements are understood, verified and appropriately recorded throughout the development and implementation of a repair.
• Defining validation and verification requirements for repair methods and demonstrating technical equivalence where existing repair methods, processes or sources are changed.
• Reviewing and approving technical documentation, including Technical Variances, repair manual revisions and other repair-related engineering definitions in the capacity of a Compliance Verification Engineer where authorised.
• Working across the Civil Aerospace and global MRO network, collaborating with Design Engineering, Product Definition, Repair Technology, manufacturing teams, suppliers and contractors to identify new repair opportunities, close technology gaps and consistently deliver repair revisions, manual revisions, tooling changes and urgent technical requests.

Who We’re Looking For

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or a closely related engineering discipline.
• A relevant degree is an essential requirement for this position.
• Significant experience within the aero-engine industry, ideally within Repair Design, Component Repair, Overhaul Services or a closely related discipline, with substantial knowledge of Rolls-Royce engines or experience gained within a comparable aero-engine organisation.
• Strong technical knowledge of gas turbine components and systems, including the impact that component repairs and non‑conformances can have on the wider engine system, together with a good understanding of materials, manufacturing and repair processes.
• Demonstrable experience developing or assessing repair solutions and applying relevant airworthiness, certification, regulatory, engineering and industry requirements.
• Previous CVE experience, equivalent compliance verification responsibility or experience suitable for progression towards Rolls-Royce CVE accreditation would be highly advantageous.
• Strong technical leadership, communication and organisational skills, with the ability to make sound engineering decisions, manage multiple priorities and work effectively with internal teams, global customers, suppliers and contractors.
• Experience with data analytics and tools such as Power BIto assess operational effectiveness.
• You will bring a lifecycle-cost mindset to repair engineering, balancing technical integrity, product safety, repair capability, cost and customer requirements to develop solutions that improve the competitive and commercial performance of Rolls-Royce and our customers.
• This position offers the opportunity to combine deep engineering expertise with practical exposure to component repair and MRO operations. You will regularly engage with service-run hardware and repair facilities, gaining direct insight into component condition, repair technologies and the challenges faced in returning critical engine components safely to service.

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.

Rolls-Royce pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.