Production Leader - Submarines

Production Leader – Submarines page is loaded## Production Leader – Submarineslocations: Derbytime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: JR6137628## **Job Description**Production LeaderDerby, Raynesway Full TimeRolls-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.We’ll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.**What we offer**We offer excellent development opportunities, 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**- HSE – Drive towards a performance and culture of Zero Harm. Ensuring our teams are trained and compliant to safety standards, driving environmental targets and promoting wellbeing. – PRODUCT SAFETY – Accountable for ensuring that all work is carried out in compliance with the required standard to ensure conformance to the engineering specification, and for promoting a product safety culture in the organisation. – QUALITY – Drive to Zero Defects. Work with all functions to reduce risks and drive product and service right first time. Ensure compliance to all relevant company legislative and technical policies and standards. – COST – Develop and manage agreed people budget (headcount, productivity, absenteeism). Understand and manage the cell cost centre budget and work with the team to drive productivity and reduce consumable cost. – DELIVERY – Deliver our products and services to customer commitments on time. Plan using load and capacity tools and manage bottlenecks and constraints to achieve flow through the cell. Understand WIP and inventory levels and drive to meet business targets. – PEOPLE – Optimise the capability and capacity of the cell by developing a flexible team. Develop and motivate team members ensuring they are trained, capable and effective. – LEAN – Ensure that all relevant Production System minimum standards are fully deployed and sustained within the business in support of performance objectives and coaching the team to fully participate in continuous improvement. – LEAD – Inspire the manufacturing team to consistently deliver high levels of performance through facilitation, coaching and the demonstration of lean leadership behaviours. Motivate, delegate and empower team members to act and make their own decisions. – ASSETS – Optimise the performance of manufacturing assets in order to maximise facility productivity and meet current and future customer demand. Understand current constraints and develop a future state. – DIGITAL MANUFACTURING – Understand the IT systems we use to drive our management and leadership activity. Be competent in the use of the tools to manage cell and people performance. Communicate to the team using digital tools, and be able to communicate digital strategy and use of innovative technology.**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.- Has Company wide outlook and exposure to different challenges, cultures and ways of working. – Understanding/knowledge of multiple disciplines demonstrating breadth of experience. Appreciation of product integrity. – Has a proven track record delivering improved operational performance in both favourable and unfavourable conditions, utilising cross-functional teams. – Has 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. – Attended higher education and/or leadership development programmes.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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, 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 atTo work for the Rolls-Royce Submarines business an individual has to hold a Security Check clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you do not currently already have this in place. Due to the nature of work the business conducts and the protection of certain assets we can only progress applications from individuals who are a UK national or, in MoD approved cases, a dual national.## ## **Job Category**Manufacturing## **Posting Date**30 Sept 2025; 00:09## **Posting End Date**14 Oct 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr