Job Description

Manufacturing Engineer – High Temperature Research Centre

Full Time

Ansty

What you will be doing

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join us as a Manufacturing Engineer within our team at the HTRC in Ansty. You will support centre operations, ensuring high quality delivery of research and fast make Turbine component manufacturing activities for our customers.

The HTRC is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham and Rolls-Royce. The 5,800 sqm Centre is funded through a £40M investment by Rolls-Royce plc, matched by a £20M government grant through the Higher Education Funding Council for England’s (HEFCE) and UK Research Partnership Investment Fund (UKRPIF). Housing state of the art design, simulation, casting, machining and advanced metrology capabilities, the Centre, based near Coventry, enables production scale research and experimentation to deliver rapid high-quality product and process innovation for Turbine component manufacture.

Responsibilities

Through close interaction with the co-located Engineering community, you will ensure manufacturing processes and product technologies are aligned to Turbines commodity strategies and are capable of meeting the quality, cost, rate and lead time requirements for insertion into current and future engine projects. In the role you will:

Ensure that manufacturing processes and methods are in full compliance to Health, Safety & Environmental Standards and meet the expectations of the Zero Harm programme.
You will develop, implement, validate, maintain and continuously improve manufacturing processes, digital systems and/or methods of manufacture. To ensure they are capable of meeting and continue to meet requirements for safety, quality, cost, delivery rate and lead time.
Plan and manage activities including schedule, resources and costs, gaining buy-off and communicating current status to relevant stakeholders. Ensure issues and risks are resolved to meet project costs, timescales and technical outcomes.
Work with interfacing teams and local experts to ensure technical aspects of manufacturing processes and digital systems are understood and accounted for as required.

Why Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce, we pioneer the power that matters to our customers, to society and to the planet.

We deliver the best jet engines in the world. Through intelligent innovation and active collaboration, we’re putting our customers at the forefront of the aviation industry and we keep them there. Our product portfolio powers more than 35 types of commercial aircraft, and with over 13,000 engines in-service around the world; we’re keeping the world flying.

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.

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, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

What we’re looking for:

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

Professionally Qualified Engineer (e.g. UK minimum HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent).
Highly motivated with excellent interpersonal skills and drive to deliver within a high-performance environment.
General awareness of Manufacturing Systems and enabling software tools relevant to the business.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a data driven approach to problem solving.
Desirable to have experience in a casting or machining manufacturing engineering research or production environment, including delivery of improvement and/ or new part introduction projects.

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

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 SNBG 7-10.

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.

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. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

Learn more about our global Inclusion Strategy

Grade: SNBG 7-10

Closing Date: 3rd August

For further information please contact: Paul Harty

Job Category

Manufacturing Engineering

Posting Date

21 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

03 Aug 2025