Quality Manager in Derby

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our engaging team in Derby as a Quality Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that our Manufacturing Quality resources, governance tools and procedures within the facility are fit for purpose and support achievement of Quality targets.
• Establishing governance of the effective deployment of the Rolls-Royce Management System within the business.
• Ensuring the manufacturing quality processes and problem resolution approach are fit for purpose, through effective governance and embedding of tools and techniques.
• Identifying top Pareto quality themes and leading action to resolve them.
• Being responsible for the development of people capability in the facilities and providing coaching as required, to ensure process compliance and highest standards of technical competence.
• Pulling on functional resources so that they are adequately applied to enable the plant to meet its goals.
• Installing an effective, visual plant-based governance structure that informs the plant of its performance and actions, inclusive of effective deployment of the Production System and the RRMS within the plants.
• Facilitating both internal and external Audits.
• Effective management of key escapes, with full compliance to process, including sentencing requirement and minimising disruption to the customer.
• Conducting investigations in domestic facilities where warranted by impact or complexity and supporting any required interaction with internal and external customers and the presiding legal and/or regulatory (airworthiness) authorities.
• Understanding the Quality Performance element of the Voice of the Customer, developing integrated strategies to address that performance and leading their implementation across the business.
• Ensuring an effective quality assurance system is in place and ensuring there is governance and support in place for Non-Conformance Report closure within the required timeframe.
• Coaching the plant teams on Zero Defects and the embodiment of Human Factors to create a Just Culture driving down opportunity for human error.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference. We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Who we are looking for:

• Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do.
• Educated to degree level or relevant industry experience.
• Experience in an operational environment at management level or equivalent either in Quality or as a Manufacturing Engineer or Production Leader or similar.
• Demonstrable evidence of business acumen; relating to quality, manufacturing and HSE activities and priorities.
• Sufficient knowledge to support the professional development of people manufacturing quality roles.
• Experience of leading teams, influencing and building relationships at different levels.
• Part 145 Knowledge is preferable but not essential.

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.