Rolls-Royce
Production Leader - Bristol
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Job Description
Production Leader – Bristol
Why join Rolls-Royce?
At Rolls-Royce, we’re dedicated to cutting-edge innovation, delivering power solutions, and creating the critical systems and technologies that shape the future of aviation, energy, and beyond. By joining Rolls-Royce, you’ll have the opportunity to work on world-changing projects, supported by a culture that champions inclusivity, creativity, and your professional growth.
Position summary
Lead, inspire, and drive excellence. Join us as a Production Leader at the state-of-the-art Rolls-Royce Bristol Turbine Facility. Taking charge of a dynamic team within defined manufacturing cell, you’ll optimise production performance and help us achieve Zero Harm and Zero Defects while delivering world-class products to our customers.
What you will be doing:
- Leading a culture of Zero Harm, ensuring safety, environmental, and wellbeing standards are met.
- Driving quality and efficiency, working towards Zero Defects and compliance with engineering and safety standards.
- Managing team performance and budgets, optimising productivity, headcount, and cost efficiency.
- Ensure on-time delivery, using capacity planning and workflow management to meet customer commitments.
- Developing and empowering the team, fostering continuous improvement, lean leadership, and digital manufacturing adoption.
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Position Requirements:
- You have a safety-first mindset, with knowledge of health and safety standards and product integrity.
- With broad experience across disciplines, you’ll have a company-wide outlook and are comfortable dealing with different challenges, cultures, and ways of working.
- You can demonstrate a proven track record of improving operational performance and leading cross-functional teams.
- You’ll have continuous improvement expertise, ideally with Lean/Six Sigma experience (Green Belt preferred).
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What we offer:
- We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance, and employee discounts.
- 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.
Closing Date: 2nd October
As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.
Job Category
Manufacturing
Posting Date
15 Sept 2026; 00:09
Posting End Date
01 Oct 2026
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