Manufacturing Engineering Manager - Turbines & Helicopters

Job Description

Job Title: Manufacturing Engineering Manager – Turbines and Helicopter Operations

Work Schedule: Full Time, Onsite 9/80

Work Location: Indianapolis, IN

Relocation assistance is not available for this role.

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.

Position Summary

As the Manufacturing Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for a team of Manufacturing Engineers supporting production in the manufacturing facility. You will act as the Technical Authority, assuring the initial and continuing capability of the method of production to produce product conforming to design intent, and ensuring the resolution of technical issues/problems/arisings, to meet business and customer requirements for safety, quality, cost, deliver rate and lead-time.

What you will be doing:

• Act as the Technical Authority - Specify Manufacturing Engineering and process requirements and make technical decisions in relation to the area of accountability and chair the Control Authority(s) governing change for area of accountability, subject to appropriate delegation.
• Quality - Promote a culture of zero defects within the area of accountability and ensure that manufacturing processes and methods of manufacture within the business and suppliers are developed and deployed to support Right First-Time manufacture; coaching the community in the use of RRPS, DMAIC and Systems Engineering tools
• Improvements - Identify, evaluate, and govern the requirements for improvements and innovations in manufacturing processes and methods of manufacture within their area of accountability.
• Deploy capability - Maintain and/or govern Production Technical Packages (technical instructions, programmes, tooling, etc) for all parts/assemblies which clearly define the manufacturing process whilst ensuring manufacturing processes and/or methods of manufacture within the business and suppliers are capable of meeting and continuing to meet requirements for quality, cost, delivery rate and lead-time.
• 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 and champion product safety and promote a product safety culture in the supply chain, ensuring learning related to product safety is embedded.
• Develop talent - Act as a professional mentor of the manufacturing engineering community ensuring required competences are in place and promoting the development and growth of the community.

Basic Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, OR;
• Master's degree with 3+ years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, OR;
• JD/PhD, OR;
• In lieu of a degree 9+ years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident to be considered for this role

Preferred Requirements:

• Good mentorship, interpersonal relationship, and communication skills
• Demonstrated technical project planning and mentorship experience
• Has provided technical and professional mentorship to a team of Engineers
• Demonstrated evaluative thinking and problem solving abilities. Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt Certification
• Experience with manufacturing change in a suitable combination of ways, such as facility re-design, facility move, technology insertion, new product introduction, process revalidation, or quality improvement
• Experience with aerospace materials, tolerances, and manufacturing processes
• Knowledge of GD&T and experience with Design for Manufacture

Our vision is to ensure that the quality and dynamism that shaped our history continues into our future. It’s a bold pursuit, and we never stop striving to go further, faster, and better. We lead progress, creating the technologies that move us forward. If you’re driven to grow, to learn, and to make a lasting difference, this is where you belong.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.  We are committed to providing a respectful and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued and everyone can thrive.

Closing date: November 30, 2026

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Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.