Manufacturing Engineer - Digital Systems

We have an exciting opportunity for a Digital Manufacturing Engineer to join our Experimental team in Derby. This is an exciting time to join the team as there are a number of large-scale projects to implement over the next 5 years. You will help us shape and realise the Digital Manufacturing Strategy across the Disassembly, Repair, Assembly and Test value stream. Working closely with all functions (Operations, Engineering, Planning, IT etc.) you will fix, improve and help to transform current and future digital capability and be expected to identify and develop opportunities for new or improved manufacturing processes, digital systems and technologies to meet current and future requirements. You will also ensure that both the business and our people are ready for the process and culture changes these digital systems introduce.

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. We will 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 - Responsible for ensuring that technologies deployed are in full compliance to Health, Safety & Environmental Standards and meet the expectations of the Zero Harm programme.
• Product Safety - Responsible for ensuring that digital systems risks are understood and mitigated, and for promoting a product safety culture in the organisation.
• Quality - Promote a culture of zero defects within the organisation. Ensure that digital systems within the business are developed and deployed to support Right First Time manufacture. Ensure compliance to all relevant company, legislative and technical policies and standards, including Export Control, Intellectual Property and Cyber Security requirements.
• Scoping - Work with a range of stakeholders to establish digital system improvement opportunities and translate into a clear set of requirements and business cases.
• Deployment - Plan and manage activities including schedule, resources and costs, gaining buy-off and communicating current status to stakeholders. Ensure issues and risks are resolved to meet project timescales.
• Minimum Standards - Define and embed global minimum standards for Digital Manufacturing Systems to support business objectives.
• Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing - Operate as an active member of the global Digital Manufacturing community, supporting cross-business collaboration and knowledge sharing.
• Stakeholder management - Build and maintain beneficial relationships with internal and external functions, partners and suppliers to enable delivery of objectives.

Who we are 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. In addition, the Professionally Qualified Engineer (e.g. UK minimum HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent). Broad knowledge of manufacturing processes with an understanding of assembly, disassembly and repair processes being advantageous. Project management experience. Manufacturing and/or Assembly Digital Systems knowledge. Well organised, good communication skills and comfortable working with ambiguity. Highly motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to deliver in a challenging environment.

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.