Quality Engineer

Rolls-Royce; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Quality Engineer at a leading company in Derby, focusing on governance of quality activities and continuous improvement within a diverse team. The role offers hybrid working and excellent development opportunities.

Benefits

Employee Support Assistance

Employee Discounts

Bonus

Qualifications

• Strong experience in quality or manufacturing engineering role.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Governance of all Quality-related activity.
• Identifying opportunities to improve Quality.
• Coaching and supporting team members.

Skills

Quality

Business Improvement

Customer Focus

Influencing

Self-management

Job description

Job Description

Quality Engineer

Derby

Full Time (9 month secondment - Maternity cover)

Why Rolls- Royce?

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Rotatives area as a Quality Engineer.

You will be part of our diverse and experienced services team within Rotatives and working towards weekly KPI-s and company targets. In this role you will implement and deliver the quality activities across the area. You will ensure compliance to Rolls- Royce processes, procedures and systems.

We deliver the best jet engines in the world. We're proud to be part of the pathway to net zero as we power society for generations to come.

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.

Work at Rolls-Royce in a busy, world-class engineering and manufacturing environment.

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. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.

What you will be doing:

• Governance of all Quality-related activity
• Being recognised as a point of contact for all Quality issues in the area
• Providing coaching and support to all team members when performing Quality actions
• Identifying opportunities to improve Quality and implementing plans to deliver that improvement
• Coordinating data reporting and sharing best practice across the area
• Liaise with all Support functions on behalf of the area for all Quality matters

Who we are looking for:

• Strong experience of working in a quality, business improvement or Manufacturing Engineering role.
• Strong customer focus.
• Ability to effectively influence and challenge appropriately at all levels.
• Ability to lead cross-functional and multi-skilled teams is essential.
• Understanding how organisations work and ability to use both formal channels and informal networks to get things done.
• Self-management of time keeping, daily prioritising and focusing on Blue Chips is key to ensure basics are covered.

The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be Staff Grade SNBG 7-10.

This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.

Join us & Make an impact

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. 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 Our people | Rolls-Royce

Grade: SNBG 7-10.

Closing Date: Midnight 27th May 2025

For further information please contact: Chris Speake

Recruiter: Andy Walsh - [e-mail]

Job Category

Quality

Posting Date

14 May 2025; 00:05

Posting End Date

27 May 2025