Job Description Quality Manager Full Time Washington What you will be doing: We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our engaging team in Washington as a Quality Manager. Here in Washington, we make high-precision discs that hold fan blades and turbine blades in place while powering Rolls-Royce engines, including the Trent XWB the world’s most efficient large engine in service today. Responsibilities: You will be ensuring that our Manufacturing Quality resources, governance tools and procedures within the facility are fit for purpose and support achievement of Quality targets. Establishing governance of the effective deployment of the Rolls-Royce Management System within the business, you will also : Ensure the manufacturing quality processes and problem resolution approach are fit for purpose, through effective governance and embedding of tools and techniques. Identify top Pareto quality themes and lead action to resolve them. Be responsible for the development of people capability in the facilities and provide coaching as required, to ensure process compliance and highest standards of technical competence. Pull on functional resources so that they are adequately applied to enable the plant to meet its goals. Install an effective, visual plant-based governance structure that informs the plant of its performance and actions, inclusive of effective deployment of the Production System and the RRMS within the plants. Facilitating both internal and external Audits. Effective management of key escapes, with full compliance to process, including sentencing requirement and minimising disruption to the customer. Where warranted by impact or complexity, conduct investigations in domestic facilities and support any required interaction with internal and external customers and the presiding legal and or regulatory (airworthiness) authorities. Understand the Quality Performance element of the Voice of the Customer, develop integrated strategies to address that performance and lead their implementation across the business. Ensure an effective quality assurance system is in place and ensure there is governance and support in place for Non-Conformance Report closure within the required timeframe. Coaching the plant teams on Zero Defects and the embodiment of Human Factors to create a Just Culture driving down opportunity for human error. Why Rolls-Royce? Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference. We offer excellent development, a competitive salary and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts. Who we are looking for: Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do. These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. Educated to degree level or relevant industry experience. Experience in an operational environment at management level or equivalent either in Quality or as a Manufacturing Engineer or Production Leader or similar. Demonstrable evidence of business acumen; relating to quality, manufacturing and HSE activities and priorities. Sufficient knowledge to support the professional development of people manufacturing quality roles. Experience of leading teams, influencing and building relationships at different levels. Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business. Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be Level C. This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade. It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role. 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. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential. You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy here. Grade: Level C Closing Date: Midnight 19th February 2025 For further information please contact: Chris Speake Recruiter: Andy Walsh – andy.walsh2Rolls-Royce.com Job Category Quality Posting Date 12 Feb 2025; 00:02 Posting End Date 19 Feb 2025