Manufacturing Engineer – Manufacturing Equipment and Facilities

Rolls-Royce plc; Derby; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Derby is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to manage capital equipment projects within the highly regulated environment of manufacturing. The role involves developing technical specifications, managing installations, and continuously improving processes. Ideal candidates will have project engineering experience and qualifications in manufacturing equipment acquisition. The position offers competitive salary and benefits, along with flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Employee discounts

Employee support assistance

Qualifications

• Experience in highly regulated industries.
• Ability to manage Capital Plant budgets and specifications.
• Understanding of installation and commissioning processes.

Responsibilities

• Managing capital equipment and facilities projects from cradle to grave.
• Deriving system requirements and producing technical specifications.
• Identifying improvement opportunities for projects.

Skills

Manufacturing Equipment Acquisition experience

Project Engineering experience

Plant Layout Experience

Lean Manufacturing experience

MS Project Experience

Education

Professionally Qualified Engineer (HNC/HND or equivalent)

Job description

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Manufacturing Engineer – Manufacturing Equipment and Facilities

Apply locations Derby time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id JR6137260

Job Description

Manufacturing Engineer – Manufacturing Equipment and Facilities Acquisitions

Full Time

Derby

Why Rolls-Royce?

It’s not every day that you can say that the work you do helps keep the UK safe, but that is just one of the unique benefits of securing a role within Rolls-Royce Submarines.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Manufacturing Engineering - Manufacturing Equipment and Facilities Acquisitions to join our Regeneration Team in Derby to support and deliver new capital equipment projects. There is significant ongoing investment with a number of multi-million-pound projects to progress involving work for machining, factory design and layout support.

Join us and we’ll provide an environment where you can be yourself. An inclusive, digital-first culture that invests in you, gives you a platform for continuous learning, and access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career.

You will have a wide variety of opportunities to deliver capital equipment and plant facilities projects from cradle to grave, managing a portfolio of between 1 and 10 projects concurrently. Utilising your manufacturing engineering expertise and lean toolkit, you will face all elements of the project so dealing with equipment manufacturers providing machine specifications, commissioning and SAT and FAT testing. Working with internal stakeholders and colleagues on efficient plant layouts and facilities and contributing to on-going improvements across the varying project cycles and the plant – all within a highly regulated industry where safety and environmental considerations are paramount.

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

We offer excellent development, 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

You will be managing Capital Equipment and Facilities Projects from Cradle to Grave

• Deriving system and equipment requirements and producing technical specifications
• Contributing to the safety assessments and justification of systems
• Developing, implementing, validating, maintaining and continuously improving capability of capital equipment and tooling
• Planning and managing Project activities including, assessing risk scheduling resources and costs and gaining buy-off.
• Supporting Installation and Commissioning of New Equipment
• Identifying Improvement opportunities for projects and processes ( Six Sigma or Lean/CI Toolkit)

Who we are looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

• Manufacturing Equipment Acquisition experience, desirably in highly regulated industries
• Project Engineering experience managing Capital Plant budgets, specification, installation and commissioning
• Plant Layout Experience and Facilities integration
• Professionally Qualified Engineer (HNC/ HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent)
• Lean Manufacturing experience
• MS Project Experience

Join us & Power our future

Pioneers of Power

We’re 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. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, 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 careers.rolls-royce.com

To work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines Business an individual has to hold a Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if the individual does not currently already have this in place.

Due to the nature of work the Business conducts and the protection of certain assets a person has to be a UK national or in MoD approved cases a Dual National from a non ITAR

Job Category

Manufacturing Engineering

Posting Date

03 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

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