Team Member -North East

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Team Member (General Machinist)

Full time (3-shift pattern)

Washington (United Kingdom), site-based role

We have an excellent opportunity to join us as a Team Member at our site in Washington.

In this role, you will be working on some of the best products in the aero engines industry. You will be responsible for delivering against weekly targets to meet customer requirements.

You will report to a Production Leader. This is an interesting opportunity to work in a busy, world-class engineering and manufacturing environment.

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.

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.

What you will be doing:

Working as part of a team, you will:

• Perform Manufacturing/Operational tasks consistent with the requirements of the team, statutory and company standards (such as Health, Safety, Environment, Rolls-Royce Quality Management and Production Systems). This includes the manufacture and assembly of components and sub-assemblies.
• Follow production plans in order to meet customer requirements.
• Participate in process improvement activities and compliance methodologies to satisfy customer needs and cost reduction targets.
• Participate in cost reduction/operational improvements to satisfy customer needs.
• Recognise and perform asset maintenance activities to ensure that equipment and facilities are safe and reliable to a high-performance standard.

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. For this role you will need to demonstrate understanding of the appliable health and safety standards and we are looking for someone who is/has:

• Completed an advanced modern engineering apprenticeship* and an NVQ/SVQ/City & Guilds Level 3 or equivalent qualification .
• Experience in one or more of the following processes:

Machining

Balance

De-burr

Broach

Abrasive Flow Machining (AFM)

Grind

• Willingness to learn and adapt across a range of product types, processes, machines, and technologies.
• Good process management skills and ability to comply with operating procedures.
• Ability to apply lessons learned to improvement activities.
• Experience of working in a team environment that requires effective relationship building and training of colleagues.

*Please attach photos/scans of your certificates as proof of completing a recognised apprenticeship and a level 3 qualification next to your CV .

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.

We welcome applications from people with a refugee background.

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

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