Senior Quality Manager - Aftermarket

Full Time/ Hybrid (3 days per week on site) Primary: Derby, (secondary: Bristol or Solihull)

Exciting opportunities have become available for Senior Quality Managers to join the Aftermarket Team at one of our sites in Derby, Bristol or Solihull. These roles form part of the Senior Leadership Team, reporting into the SVP Quality, HS&E within Aftermarket Operations and deployed into the relevant Aftermarket Operations SVP.

The Senior Quality Managers will provide leadership and direction on Quality and HSE, to the aligned business in line with the defined business strategy, enabling the business to achieve its goals, enhance its reputation and deliver customer satisfaction.

What you will be doing:

• Develop the people capability (skills & knowledge) and culture of reporting team as well as employees in the aligned business to ensure process compliance and meet regulatory, customer and business requirements.
• Lead on the systems of governance including metrics and Key Performance Indicators within the aligned business to maximise efficiency and effectiveness in meeting requirements, business goals and enhancing its reputation.
• Where Quality performance diverges from target, drive and coach the business on how to recover.
• Ensure relevant law / regulation, customer requirements and business strategy are understood; to agree the compliance strategy and ensure the effective implementation and deployment of this into the Operating System and/or Suppliers.
• In partnership with the risk owners, provide proactive assurance for the aligned business area that regulatory, business and customer requirements will be met through an assurance strategy targeted at risks and associated controls.
• Drive change to the Operating System, Management System and SABRe/GS3001 (where appropriate) to mitigate risks, maximise effectiveness and eliminate cost / waste.
• Enable the aligned business to achieve Right First Time through the coaching and application of defect prevention methodologies, reducing the risks from technical, human and organisational factors to our products.
• To lead the Health, Safety and Environment strategy and governance for the aligned business consistent with assurance, protection and enabling the business to take care of the physical and mental wellbeing of its people and the environment in which they work.
• Provide Quality leadership to drive supplier maturity and improvement to deliver performance that enables the business to achieve its goals and enhance its reputation.
• To also ensure Quality input to the assessment of prospective suppliers for suitability, fit and capability in respect to the commodity / sourcing strategy.
• Provide Transfer Mindset to enact step change in culture of Quality and HSE as Business Partner.

Preferred requirements:

• Professionally qualified with relevant experience in either Quality, MRO or Aerospace.
• Well-developed customer and relationship management skills to work as part of the Business and Quality Leadership team, and with other internal and external Stakeholders and Industry bodies.
• Knowledge of problem solving and continuous improvement methodologies, eg; Six Sigma, Lean & 8D.
• Ability to influence strategy and assess the related Quality implications in a challenging operational environment.
• An understanding of Human factors and Human Performance.
• Experience of leading teams, influencing and building relationships at different levels.
• An understanding of a positive safety culture and of its promotion.
• Ideally, have operational experience of activities within the relevant approved organisation scope.
• Competent on all relevant International standards, such as Part 21/145/AS9100/ISO9001.
• Typically, have a broad knowledge of Rolls-Royce product through the life-cycle.

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk.

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 Level B. 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. It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.

Closing date: Midnight 15th November 2026

Job Category: Quality

Posting Date: 02 Nov 2026; 00:11

Posting End Date: 15 Nov 2026

Regional benefits:

• Generous Annual Leave
• Retirement Savings through the Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust
• Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce Group
• Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Your Shares: Matched is a simple way to own Rolls-Royce shares and invest in our future, together. Buy one share, get one free!

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 pioneers cutting-edge technologies that deliver the cleanest, safest and most competitive solutions to our planet’s vital power needs.