Grinding/Milling Process Owner - Manufacturing Engineer

Rolls-Royce; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Grinding/Milling Process Owner to enhance manufacturing processes at their Bristol facility. This role involves overseeing grinding and milling operations, ensuring safety and quality while driving continuous improvement initiatives. You will collaborate with shop floor personnel to optimize production and implement robust process controls. Join a team committed to innovation and excellence in manufacturing, where your contributions will directly impact the efficiency and quality of critical components for aviation and defense applications.

Benefits

Employee Support Assistance

Employee Discounts

Development Opportunities

Competitive Salary

Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing engineering within a production facility.
• Practical knowledge of lean manufacturing methods and six sigma tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and validate manufacturing processes for nozzle guide vanes.
• Implement and improve process control to maximize yield performance.

Skills

Manufacturing Engineering

CAD Modelling

CAM Programming

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma Tools

Automation Understanding

Education

HND/Foundation Degree

Professional Engineering Accreditation

Tools

5 Axis CNC Machines

Digital Systems

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Grinding/Milling Process Owner - Manufacturing Engineer

Working Pattern: Full time on-site

Working location: Bristol

Working within the Manufacturing Engineering process team in the Bristol Turbines Facility – Machining (BTF-M), you will be responsible and accountable for the grinding and milling machining processes that manufacture high pressure (HP) and intermediate pressure (IP) nozzle guide vanes across the entire Rolls-Royce product portfolio (Civil, Business Aviation and Defence). You will work across automated cells that include robots, machining centres and CMM’s whilst also supporting legacy machining platforms. These processes are critical to the yield and delivery rate performance of the facility. This role will support current production and improving current production whilst developing machining programs and processes for future new product introduction.

You will develop and validate manufacturing processes over a variety of parts which deliver the design intent and meet customer and business requirements for safety, quality, cost, delivery rate & lead-time (SQCD). Including supporting day to day production through working collaboratively with operations including shop floor personnel, you will also be accountable for the yield performance of your process and reducing cycle time and reducing consumable costs. You will continuously improve the SQCD of the manufacturing process.

For your respective process you will also be responsible for implementing and improving existing process control. This includes the generation and maintenance of key process input variables (KPIVs), communicating the requirements to the shop floor and implementing robust poke-yoke methods to maximise yield performance.

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.

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.

We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

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

• Quality - Operate a culture of zero defects within the organisation and specifically your process. Work with all functions at all levels to improve yield, drive product right first time and reduce risks. Ensure compliance to all relevant company, legislative and technical policies and standards including Rolls-Royce Management System (RRMS) and Export Control and Intellectual Property requirements.
• Develop Capability - Develop, implement, maintain and continuously improve manufacturing processes which are capable of meeting and continue to meet requirements for safety, quality, cost, delivery rate and lead time. Inclusive of future capability for new product introduction. Capture, analyse and use data to demonstrate and improve the current and future capability of manufacturing processes.
• Technical Communication – Create and maintain elements of the Technical Package (manufacturing instructions, programs, tooling) which clearly define the manufacturing process and control them which effectively communicate the manufacturing process to shop floor personnel.
• Collaboration - Work with production operations and shop floor personnel to ensure technical aspects of manufacturing processes and digital systems are understood and being complied with.
• Digital – Drive the modernisation of manufacturing process to fully utilise data and capitalise on new digital systems.

Key Experiences and any Qualifications

• Professionally Qualified Engineer (e.g. UK minimum HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent) or equivalent hands-on experience. Recognised national or international engineering accreditation (e.g. UK Eng or CEng) is desirable but not essential
• Highly motivated individual with excellent interpersonal skills and the drive to deliver within a fast pace, challenging, high volume production environment.
• Practical experience in manufacturing engineering within a production facility including delivery of improvement projects.
• Previous experience in CAD modelling and CAM programming for 5 axis grinding and milling CNC machines as well as hands-on experience applying the programmes (training available). Experience with on-machine probing is desirable but not essential.
• Practical knowledge and application of lean manufacturing methods including six sigma tools, PFMEAs, control plans and KPIVs/KPOVs.
• Experience of manufacture of nozzle guide vanes (or similar) is desirable
• An understanding of automation (PLC programming) is also desirable but not 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.

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

Job Category Factory Staff Posting Date 07 May 2025; 00:05 Posting End Date 20 May 2025