Production Leader

Rolls-Royce; Cypress (CA); On-site; USD 134,000 - 218,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Relocation assistance

Paid time off

Job summary

Rolls-Royce is seeking a Production Leader in Cypress, CA to lead a manufacturing cell on the 3rd shift (10pm – 6:30am). You will coach a team to meet customer commitments, while driving safety, quality and efficiency improvements and maintaining compliance with all policies.

The role emphasizes lean leadership, budgeting, and developing high-performing teams in a manufacturing environment. Relocation not indicated; strong focus on safety and productivity is required.

Qualifications

• Academic or professional requirements: degrees as listed, plus extensive operations experience.
• Eligibility: US citizen or US permanent resident required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach a manufacturing cell to meet safety, quality, cost, delivery and people targets.
• Ensure compliance with policies and standards, promote product safety culture.
• Develop budgets for cell costs and drive productivity improvements.
• Meet customer commitments through optimized load and capacity planning and issue resolution.
• Deploy Production System minimum standards across the cell.
• Mentor the manufacturing team with lean leadership, coaching and delegation.

Skills

Leadership

Lean manufacturing

Continuous improvement

Coaching

Education

Associate degree

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

JD / PhD

9+ years experience in lieu of degree

Job description

Job Description

Job Title: Production Leader

Working Pattern: Onsite (3rd shift 10pm – 6:30am)

Working Location: Cypress, CA

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Production Leader in our Cypress, CA location. As a Production Leader, you will lead, inspire and coach a team within a defined manufacturing cell. Accountable for ensuring that customer commitments are met in full, measured against agreed HSE, quality, cost, delivery, people and responsiveness standards.

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.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

What You Will Be Doing

• Drive a culture of continuous improvement that Puts Safety First and delivers on Zero Harm and Zero Defects objectives including yield targets, safety & environmental targets and promoting wellbeing.
• Accountable for ensuring that all work is carried out in compliance with all legislative and technical policies and standards to ensure conformance to the engineering specification, and for promoting a product safety culture in the organization.
• Develop agreed cell cost center budgets (headcount, productivity, absenteeism, consumable cost) and drive improvements in productivity and consumable costs.
• Deliver our products to customer commitments on time by effectively using load and capacity tools and managing bottlenecks and constraints to achieve flow through the cell.
• Ensure that all relevant Production System minimum standards are fully deployed and sustained.
• Inspire and develop the manufacturing team to consistently deliver high levels of performance through effective coaching, training, delegation, and the demonstration of lean leadership behaviors.

Physical Requirements

• Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl and climb all day.
• Climb stairs and ladders with the ability to lift up to 55 lbs.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Who We’re Looking For

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Basic Requirements

• Associate degree and 7+ years of experience in operations, planning and control, supply chain, engineering, quality, OR
• Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in operations, planning and control, supply chain, engineering, quality, OR
• Master's degree 3+ years of experience in operations, planning and control, supply chain, engineering, quality, OR
• JD / PhD, OR
• 9+ years of experience in operations, planning and control, supply chain, engineering, quality in lieu of a degree
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident

Preferred Requirements

• Companywide outlook and exposure to different challenges, cultures and ways of working
• Understanding/knowledge of multiple disciplines demonstrating breadth of experience
• Appreciation of product integrity with proven track record delivering improved operational performance in both favorable and unfavorable conditions, utilizing cross-functional teams
• Experience of deploying continuous improvement methodologies such as lean and six sigma, ideally with Green Belt accreditation
• Management experience in an engineering industry is ideal, but not essential

What We Offer

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

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Closing date: September 30, 2026

Job Category

Manufacturing

Job Posting Date

28 Sep 2026; 00:09

Pay Range

Pay ranges for remote employees are based on the state where the employee resides and may vary from the posted range. $134,242 -$218,143-Annually

Location

Cypress, CA

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.