Mechanical Maintenance Manufacturing Services Technician

Rolls-Royce; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Job summary

Rolls-Royce in Derby is hiring a Manufacturing Services Technician (Pipefitter) to support the Precision Casting Facility with installation and ongoing maintenance of gas, argon supply, steam pipework and boilers.

The role involves fabrication and welding across the site, working with Manufacturing Leaders and Engineers to keep equipment safe, available and performing to high standards. The ideal candidate will have time-served apprenticeship and IT literacy.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Pipefitting.
• Good understanding of pipefitting installations and maintenance operations.
• Basic IT literacy and ability to work to engineering drawings.
• Understanding of local and regional HSE standards and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Install and maintain site gas, argon supply, steam pipework and boilers.
• Fabrication and welding across the facility.
• Coordinate workload with Production Leaders, Team Leaders, Design Engineers and Maintenance teams.
• Ensure outputs are safe, available and capable when required.
• Assist site Manufacturing Engineers to restore equipment performance.

Skills

Pipefitting

Maintenance

Reading engineering drawings

IT literacy

Team communication

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Pipefitting or time-served apprenticeship

Job description

Job Description

Manufacturing Services Technician (Pipefitter) - Precision Casting Facility (PCF)

Derby

Why Rolls-Royce?

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us a skilled Manufacturing Services Technician (Pipefitter) within our Precision Casting Facility in Derby.

Job Description

Manufacturing Services Technician (Pipefitter) - Precision Casting Facility (PCF)

Full Time

Derby

Why Rolls-Royce?

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us a skilled Manufacturing Services Technician (Pipefitter) within our Precision Casting Facility in Derby.

In this role you will provide support to the Manufacturing Services Leader and Manufacturing Services Engineer. You will be responsible for performing installations and maintenance of site gas, argon supply, steam pipework and associated boilers. This includes process line pipework and servicing of gas furnaces and pressure vessels. The role also requires fabrication and welding work across the facility. This scope of work is not fully inclusive and other scopes of work will be required.

The Precision Casting Facility is Rolls-Royce’s largest domestic facility and home of the single crystal turbine blade. The PCF is a high-volume single crystal HP and IP turbine blade manufacture for a multitude of products, employing world class processes, integrated manufacturing systems and advanced measurement techniques.

At Rolls-Royce, we pioneer the power that matters to our customers, to society and to the planet.

Every great product needs a great business behind it. Our work is complex, innovative, highly challenging and rewarding, and it takes a range of professionals to do it. Having the right people means we can deliver excellence to our customers and pioneer the power that matters.

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into an inclusive culture, one that invests in your continuous learning and development, and gives you access to a wide breadth and depth of experience.

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

What You Will Be Doing

In this role you will perform a range of routine, reactive, troubleshooting and preventive maintenance tasks across a broad range of manufacturing assets and production & experimental equipment. This could be across a plant, site or business, ensuring that all outputs are safe, available and capable for use when required.

• Utilise hand tools and test equipment to deliver customer requirements.
• Use drawings & data to inform and implement the most effective approach towards capable electrical systems
• Coordinate workload and electrical activities with customers, regularly communicating and interfacing with Production Leaders, Team Leaders, Design Engineers, Maintenance Team members and Production Operators.
• Work with site Manufacturing Engineers to help understand and restore equipment performance to standard.
• Consistently support asset maintenance activities in order to ensure that equipment and facilities are safe and reliable to a high-performance standard. Work alongside/support equipment OEM and Design engineers

Who We’re Looking For

Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know 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.

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent in relevant Pipefitter time served apprenticeship
• Good understanding of Pipefitting Installations and maintenance operations
• Basic IT literacy and able to work to engineering drawings
• Understanding of local and regional HSE Standards and regulations

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 an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

Relocation assistance is not available for this position.

Closing date: 22nd September 2026

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.

Job Category

Manufacturing Services - Factory Staff

Posting Date

08 Sept 2026; 00:09

Posting End Date

21 Sept 2026