Job Description
Technical Lead
Full-Time
Bristol
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Sub-System Technical Lead (SSTL) to join the Rolls-Royce team in Bristol.
The Technical Lead will be working as a trusted, autonomous key leadership member of a large (120+ persons) organization, responsible for direct leadership to smaller delivery teams.
Day-to-day, you will provide leadership to multi-disciplinary engineering sub-system staff, defining scope deliverables to ensure a propulsion sub-system and component solution that is consistent with project requirements. This will involve taking engineering concepts through to structured physical testing and verification programs.
Your role will also include providing assurance of technical attributes in line with the ambitious performance targets of a next-generation propulsion system (e.g., performance, unit cost, weight, efficiency, emissions, time on wing).
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 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, giving 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 bonuses, employee support assistance, and employee discounts.
What you will be doing:
* Responsible for providing leadership to world-class engineering talent, creating conditions for the team to thrive and providing insight to add value in the right places.
* Demonstrate leadership of a highly capable engineering team; applying logical, pragmatic, analytical, and innovative thinking on a range of technical problems and making balanced decisions across technical and business parameters.
* Deliver appropriate root cause analysis, containment, final fix, and terminating actions at the sub-system level and/or make recommendations to WED / Chief Engineer as required.
* Team leadership and personnel development to meet the long-term strategic needs of the program; this role will have high exposure to senior leadership and customer interactions.
Who we're looking for:
This role is part of a high-profile, fast-paced, and ambitious engineering challenge. What we are striving to achieve requires innovative thinking, creative problem-solving, clarity of purpose, and a willingness to demonstrate leadership at the highest level. Our engineering leadership is empathetic, team-oriented, focused, and equipped with a range of engineering disciplines; we anticipate you adding another pillar to an already formidable capability.
* Master's Degree in an Engineering discipline preferred, including membership to a relevant Professional Body (Royal Aero, IMechE, IET, etc.).
* Broad understanding of cross-discipline engineering concepts (classic mechanical, materials, aeronautical, and manufacturing inclusive), supplemented by cost engineering and product definition.
* Openness and intent to develop excellent communication and presentation skills at all levels of the organization.
* Openness to developing or demonstrating existing experience in adaptive personnel management and leadership qualities to get the best out of a variety of skills and people.
Current holder of or willingness to apply for Defined Vetting (DV) level clearance with the UK Security Vetting process is essential. SC will be required before the start date can be arranged.
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 realize their full potential.
We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.
You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-Royce.
Job Category
Mechanical Systems
Posting Date
15 Jan 2025; 00:01
Posting End Date
28 Jan 2025
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