Manufacturing Engineering Manager - OE and Development

Manufacturing Engineering Manager – OE & DEV   Bristol Management level C 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. The Bristol Defence Aerospace facility at Rolls-Royce is the home to   D evelopment, Original Equipment (OE)   A ssembly, and Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul (MRO) activities for a variety of Defence, Marine and Civil products.      An opportunity has arisen for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead the   OE & DEV   Manufacturing Engineering (ME) team. In this role, you will be accountable for all the Manufacturing Engineering activities in the facility across the relevant part of the product lifecycle. There is a   requirement to rapidly and continuously improve the processes in the facility and drive towards world-class quality, cost and process performance. You will also integrate transfer programme activity along with the associated capital equipment and capability acquisition activities.     This role will provide you with the opportunity to experience products through their entire lifecycle.   HSE  -   Responsible for ensuring that all manufacturing processes and methods of manufacture deployed within the area of accountability are in full compliance to Health, Safety & Environmental Standards and meet the expectations of the Zero Harm programme.   Product Safety - Responsible for ensuring that product safety risks are understood and mitigated to meet the required safety levels and reduce the safety risks so far as is reasonably practicable. Champion product safety and promote a product safety culture in the supply chain,   ensuring   learning related to product safety is embedded.   Quality - Promote a culture of zero defects within the area of accountability.  Ensure that manufacturing processes and methods of manufacture within the business and suppliers are developed and deployed to support Right   First-Time   manufacture. Coach the community in the use of RRPS,   DMAIC and Systems Engineering tools. Ensure compliance to all relevant company, legislative and technical policies and standards.   Technical Authority - Specify Manufacturing Engineering and process requirements and make technical decisions in relation to the area of accountability.  Chair the Control Authority(s) governing change for area of accountability, subject to appropriate delegation.   Requirements - Identify, synthesise and locally govern the requirements for improvements and innovations in manufacturing processes and methods of manufacture within their area of accountability. Prioritise and promote launch of new projects based on business case.   Create strategy - Lead the technical input into the facility or supply chain strategy, including ensuring that Commodity and Manufacturing Process strategy implications are included in relevant capital plans. Integrate Manufacturing Technology, Digital Manufacturing and Product Introduction activities within the business.   Planning - Deploy mechanisms to govern the achievement of Manufacturing Engineering deliverables, report status, and ensure issues and risks are resolved to meet project   timescales. Manage Man Eng load/capacity plans and budgets.  Nominate PI Component Lead for all PI parts. Note: Prior to sourcing, this will be an   appropriately   experienced commodity specialist (typically MECL) to support the IPT in the early design stages.   Develop capability - Buy-off the production readiness of new manufacturing capabilities or methods of manufacture for new parts and