Rolls-Royce

Manufacturing Engineer

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Bristol, England, GBR

In-Office

Entry level

Aerospace • Defense

The Role

Provides technical support for original equipment manufacturing and develops, validates, maintains, and improves manufacturing processes and methods. Ensures compliance with health, safety, environmental, product safety, quality, export control, and intellectual property requirements. Uses data to improve process capability, right-first-time performance, cost, delivery, and lead time. Collaborates with commodity leaders and process owners to implement consistent best practices and continuous improvement.

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Job Description

Manufacturing Engineer - OE

Bristol

12 month Secondment

SNBG 7 - 10

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.

This role involves providing technical support to Original Equipment Manufacture and execute core Manufacturing Engineering activities to develop, maintain and continuously improve manufacturing processes and/or methods of manufacture, which are capable of meeting and continuing to meet business and customer requirements for safety, quality, cost, delivery rate and leadtime (SQCD). This role provides a great opportunity for personal development

What you will be doing:

HSE - Ensure that manufacturing processes are in full compliance to Health, Safety & Environmental Standards and meet the expectations of the Zero Harm programme
Product Safety - Ensure that manufacturing processes are capable of achieving and sustaining the design definition, and that processes are followed so that our products and those of our suppliers conform to their specification. Rigorously raise, investigate and resolve safety related issues
Quality - Drive a culture of zero defects. Ensure compliance to all relevant company, legislative and technical policies and standards including RRMS, SABRe and Export Control and Intellectual Property requirements. Own and deliver activities to improve Right First Time and reduce Cost of Non-Quality
Develop Capability - Develop, implement, validate, maintain and continuously improve manufacturing processes, digital systems and/or methods of manufacture which are capable of meeting and continue to meet requirements for safety, quality, cost, delivery rate and lead time. Capture, analyse and use data to demonstrate and improve the current and future capability of manufacturing processes
Minimum standards - Working with the Manufacturing Engineering Commodity Leaders and Manufacturing Process Owners, drive manufacturing processes towards identified consistent best practice

Position qualifications:

Professionally Qualified Engineer (e.g. UK minimum HND/foundation degree or other national equivalent) Master’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering or Manufacturing Systems Engineering.
Recognised national or international engineering accreditation (e.g. UK IEng or CEng) where available.
General understanding of manufacturing processes relevant to their business
General awareness of Manufacturing Systems and enabling software tools relevant to the business
Understanding of Manufacturing Engineering processes relevant to their role

Preferred requirements:

Background and experience within a machining environment
Understanding/knowledge of multiple disciplines demonstrating breadth of experience. Appreciation of product integrity
Has a proven track record delivering improved operational performance in both favorable and unfavorable conditions, utilising cross-functional teams
Has experience deploying continuous improvement methodologies such as lean and six sigma, ideally with Green Belt accreditation

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

The professional level and the salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate.

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

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

Grade: SNBG 7 - 10

For further information please contact: Lizzie Moore - [email protected]

Job Category

Manufacturing Engineering

Posting Date

05 Oct 2026; 00:10Posting End Date11 Oct 2026

Skills Required

Professionally qualified engineer, such as a UK HND, foundation degree, or national equivalent
Master's degree in Manufacturing Engineering or Manufacturing Systems Engineering
Recognized national or international engineering accreditation, such as UK IEng or CEng, where available
General understanding of manufacturing processes relevant to the business
General awareness of manufacturing systems and enabling software tools relevant to the business
Understanding of manufacturing engineering processes relevant to the role
Background and experience within a machining environment
Knowledge of multiple disciplines and appreciation of product integrity
Proven track record improving operational performance using cross-functional teams
Experience deploying continuous improvement methodologies such as Lean and Six Sigma
Six Sigma Green Belt accreditation

Rolls-Royce Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Rolls-Royce and has not been reviewed or approved by Rolls-Royce.

Retirement Support — Retirement support is strengthened by a U.S. 401(k) program and recent Indianapolis agreements that enhanced retirement benefits. This foundation is complemented by an ongoing company emphasis on competitive retirement provisions across regions.
Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity value is broadened through a global employee share plan with a broad-based grant in 2024. A matched-purchase program introduced in 2025 further extends access to share ownership.
Flexible Benefits — Flexible benefits are highlighted through a holistic, choice-based package and flexible working principles under the People Deal. Regional tailoring provides options spanning wellbeing, recognition, and other locally relevant rewards.