Quality Assurance Manager

Rolls-Royce plc; Derby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in aerospace technology is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager for its Derby facility. This role involves ensuring compliance with quality standards, managing a team, and driving improvements in operational processes. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in quality management and experience with regulatory standards.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

Qualifications

• Experience in a Quality role within an operational environment.
• Knowledge of Quality problem-solving tools such as 8D.
• Experience with Part 145 regulations.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with regulations and internal standards.
• Conduct audits and evaluations to assure quality.
• Act as a coach to promote a culture of compliance.

Skills

Attention to detail

Coaching

Communication

Problem solving

Job description

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Quality Assurance Manager

Apply locations Derby time type Full time posted on Posted Yesterday job requisition id JR6137479

Job Description

Quality Manager

Full time.

Derby, site-based

Why Rolls- Royce?

A unique and exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Quality Manager in the Engine Overhaul Services (EOS) team, based in Derby, UK within the Aftermarket Operations business.

The Engine Overhaul Services (EOS) facility is 27,000m2, with around 550 employees, and operational for 20 hours a day, 365 days a year. As the only wholly owned Large Engine MRO facility, with capability to maintain all modern Trent engines, EOS is fundamental to the future success of the Civil Aerospace Business.

EOS performs Engine Maintenance activity under Part 145 regulatory control on circa 140 Trent Engines per year – predominantly Trent 1000, 7000 and XWB – though this is expected to rise to circa 200 engines per year in 2025 as the facility footprint expands in line with shop visit demand.

In addition, as the only 100% Rolls-Royce owned Overhaul Shop within the global Maintenance network, EOS is heavily involved in the development of new overhaul processes and capabilities, and the management of engines that require specialist investigations.

The Quality team in EOS is responsible for supporting the activities of the entire facility, from engine strip, module overhaul, component repair, engine build, and installation of Airframer supplied parts, to the supporting functions such as Engineering, Logistics, Customer Business, Training & Competency, and Certification.

We are looking to add a high calibre, driven and enthusiastic Manager into the team to allow us to bolster the management and governance of our existing commitments supporting day to day compliance activities and investigation support, whilst developing new ways to support the business via the deployment of a robust Assurance Evaluation capability, all whilst the facility expands its capacity and footprint.

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:

Your main relationships in this wide-reaching role will include Operations Managers, Senior Quality Managers, Manufacturing Engineering Managers, Production Leaders and Health and Safety business partners, but you will also liaise at times with Airline Customers, Regulatory bodies, and independent standards agencies.

The team you manage will deliver three main value streams to the EOS business;

• Assuring the Business:
  • Carry out in depth Operating System Evaluations, to assure that the processes, governance, tools, and systems used in EOS deliver compliance to requirements seamlessly - from Regulation and Expositions, through RRMS, and down to local operating instructions and systems.
  • Carry out shop compliance overchecks (Walk the floors, process & tool checks, FOD walks, etc) in support of driving a culture of assuring Compliance and Zero Defects in our operational activities.
• Protecting the Business:
  • Act as the voice of Quality to the business – ensuring that data, KPIs, etc are used to understand emerging trends, themes, hazards, etc, and that these are robustly communicated to all levels in EOS
  • Act as a coach to the business to ensure robust investigations are carried out into any escapes or non-compliances, such that the business builds up a robust culture of protecting itself from reoccurring issues.
  • Support the business by acting as the quality focal point for any Quality/Compliance/Regulatory questions or concerns that may arise.
• Enabling the Business:
  • Work with the business as Quality rep on key strategic BPD/Capability projects to enable business milestones and objectives to be met in a robust and compliant manner.

Who we are looking for:

• Self-starter, with exceptional attention to detail, capable of using own initiative and driving duties to completion with timeframes
• Ability to coach and line manage individuals to be at their best
• Comfortable challenging non-compliant behaviours
• Comfortable communicating and influencing different levels of the business and external stakeholders
• Experience gained within an operational environment in a Quality role
• Knowledge of Quality problem solving tools such as 8D, etc.
• Proven experience of conducting Assurance activity (Audits, Evaluations, etc)
• Experience of working directly with Part 145 regulations
• Experience of working in a Part 145 Operational environment

Job Category

Quality

Posting Date

22 May 2025; 00:05

Posting End Date

04 Jun 2025

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