Job Description

Head of Operations - TRT
Full time

Turbine Repair Technologies is a component repair joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Chromalloy based near Alfreton, Derbyshire. It is an integral part of the Aftermarket Operations organisation repairing a variety of turbine aerofoil components from legacy RB211 through to the latest Trent products. Their coating capability is unmatched across the repair network with significant multi-million pound capability investment having been made in recent years. The business has an annual turnover of 20m with close to 200 employees.

This Operations Manager role is one of 2 leadership positions that Rolls-Royce nominates into the joint venture, reporting directly to the General Manager. It is a unique position where the successful candidate has the opportunity to influence the operational and financial outcomes of a small / medium enterprise whilst still being part of a large corporate business.

The role is to lead, inspire and coach the operations organisation. It is accountable for ensuring that customer commitments are met in full, measured against agreed HSE, quality, cost, delivery, people and responsiveness standards. Ensuring the business operationally performs is at the heart of day to day activity but the vision to transform the business will be what makes the successful candidate standout.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Rolls-Royce is one of the most enduring and iconic brands in the world and has been at the forefront of innovation for over a century. We design, build and service systems that provide critical power to customers where safety and reliability are paramount.

We are proud to be a force for progress, powering, protecting, and connecting people everywhere.

We want to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that has shaped our history continues into our future, and we need people like you to come and join us on this journey.

We'll provide an environment of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. An inclusive, innovative culture that invests in you, gives you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.

What we offer

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Your needs are as unique as you are. 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, on average three days per week.

Responsibilities
HSE - Drive towards a performance and culture of Zero Harm. Accountable for the compliance to safety standards for all team members in the area. Drive the environmental, safety and wellbeing plan deployment for the area and deliver performance targets.
PRODUCT SAFETY - Accountable for ensuring that all work is carried out in compliance with the required standard to ensure conformance to the engineering specification, and for promoting a product safety culture in the organisation.
QUALITY - Drive to Zero Defects. Work with all functions to reduce risks and drive product and service right first time. Ensure compliance to all relevant company legislative and technical policies and standards.
COST - Develop and manage agreed people budget (headcount, productivity, absenteeism). Understand and manage the cell cost centre budget and work with the team to drive productivity and reduce consumable cost.
DELIVERY - Deliver our products and services to customer commitments on time. Plan using load and capacity tools and manage bottlenecks and constraints to achieve flow through the cell. Understand WIP and inventory levels and drive to meet business targets.
PEOPLE - Optimise the capability and capacity of the cell by developing a flexible team. Develop and motivate team members ensuring they are trained, capable and effective.
LEAN - Ensure that all relevant Production System minimum standards are fully deployed and sustained within the business in support of performance objectives and coaching the team to fully participate in continuous improvement.
LEAD - Inspire the manufacturing team to consistently deliver high levels of performance through facilitation, coaching and the demonstration of lean leadership behaviours. Motivate, delegate and empower team members to act and make their own decisions.
ASSETS - Optimise the performance of manufacturing assets in order to maximise facility productivity and meet current and future customer demand. Understand current constraints and develop a future state.
DIGITAL MANUFACTURING - Understand the digital systems and process we use to drive our manufacturing activity. Be competent in the use of the tools to manage area and people performance and leads compliance to digital standards and processes. Ensures business strategy aligns to RR digital manufacturing standards and strategy. Communicate to the plant leadership team using digital tools, and able to communicate digital strategy and use of innovative technology.

Who we're looking for:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form the behaviours that guide us and are an essential component of our assessment process. They are the fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.
Has Company wide outlook and exposure to different challenges, cultures and ways of working.
Understanding/knowledge of multiple disciplines demonstrating breadth of experience. Appreciation of product integrity.
Has a proven track record delivering improved operational performance in both favourable and unfavourable conditions, utilising cross-functional teams.
Has experience of deploying continuous improvement methodologies such as lean and six sigma, Green Belt accreditation or Lean Coach.
Management experience in an engineering industry is ideal, but not essential.
Attended higher education and/or leadership development programmes.

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 which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce

Job Category

Manufacturing

Posting Date

07 Aug 2025; 00:08

Posting End Date

20 Aug 2025PandoLogic. Keywords: Operations Director, Location: Derby, ENG - DE23 8NX