Manfacturing Engineering Manager- vacancy

Job title: Manfacturing Engineering Manager
Industry Sector: Manufacturing
Location: UK
Deadline: 12/11/2013
Company descriptionA global business providing power systems for use on land, at sea and in the air.

To deliver world class product performance requires continuous development of manufacturing capability, while ensuring the integrity of those products in "mission" critical applications requires continuing control of those processes in production.

Within the Transmissions Structures and Drives Supply Chain Unit a vacancy has arisen for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager at our Fabrication Facilities in Barnoldswick.

The role of the Manufacturing Engineering Manager is to:

•     Act as Technical Authority for the business, ensuring that change control and validation requirements are robustly met.
•     Ensure manufacturing processes and/or methods of manufacture used are capable of meeting (and continuing to meet) requirements for quality, cost, delivery rate and lead time
•     Integrate Capability Acquisition and Product Introduction activities into the production facility, buying off new capabilities and methods of manufacture for new parts/assemblies.
•     Ensure new capabilities/methods are at the required level of readiness for production application.       
•     Working with the supply chain, drive manufacturing processes towards identified consistent best practice.       
•     Develop numerate, real time methods for capturing process capability, and ensure it is available and acted on and in new product design.
•     Lead technical problem resolution and technical improvement activities. Coach the community in the use of Rolls Royce Production Systems  (RRPS) and DMAIC tools.
•     Lead, manage and develop the Manufacturing Engineering community.
•     Manage Man Eng load/capacity plans and budgets.    
•     Manage a team of around 30 Manufacturing Engineers.  

The key requirements are:

•     You will be highly motivated with good interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to deliver in a challenging environment and be able to work individually and as a member of a multi skilled team with the ability to network effectively at all levels internally and within external suppliers
•     Professionally qualified Engineer (degree or equivalent experience), preferably a Chartered Engineer.                               
•     Good understanding of manufacturing processes used in the Aerospace sector
•     Good understanding of the Global aerospace Supply chain.
•     Led projects/activities across a range of Manufacturing Engineering processes.                                                       
•     Demonstrative experience in manufacturing change in a suitable combination of ways, such as facility re-design, facility move, technology insertion, new product introduction, process revalidation, quality improvement.                                                    
•     Provided technical and professional leadership to a team of Engineers
• Rolls-Royce is a global business providing power systems for use on land, at sea and in the air. The Group has a balanced business portfolio with leading positions in the civil and defence aerospace, marine and energy markets. We invest in technology and capabilities that can be applied to products and services in each of the global markets we serve.
•  How to apply: Visit; https://www.engineerjobs.co.uk/jobs/rollsroyce/manfacturing-engineering-manager