Senior Manufacturing Manager

Job Description

Job Title: Senior Manufacturing Manager

Working Pattern: Fulltime

Working location: Indianapolis, IN

Rolls-Royce is looking for a Senior Manufacturing Manager to lead manufacturing operations of a business unit within our Indianapolis Campus.  This individual will lead, inspire, and coach a team of people including production managers, support staff, and direct employees that manufacture our products for engine assembly and aftermarket support.  This leader ensures that the numbers are delivered, but always with safety and dignity of the team first, ensuring quality worthy of our brand, and with the charge of always getting better by leading improvements within our Rolls-Royce Production System.

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.

Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.

Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.

At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment 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.

Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.

What you will be doing:

• Ensure that world class capability in Manufacturing Operations is effectively utilized to provide products and services that satisfy business requirements with a committed and coordinated execution plan
• Leads the group of Production Managers, Engineers, and Skilled Machinists to produce highly complex components for advanced gas turbine engines
• Responsible for Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and People business metrics and improvements for your business operations team
• Maintains work instructions, preventative maintenance, operator care routines, and HSE compliance within manufacturing operations
• Maintain production quality certifications through audit activities with internal Quality representatives, the FAA, and other external customers.
• Develop agreed operational and financial budgets for the facility and monitor and control the performance to ensure the budget is met.

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.

Basic Requirements:

• Associates degree with 10+ years of manufacturing operations experience OR;
• Bachelor’s degree with 8+ years of manufacturing operations experience OR;
• Master’s degree with 6+ years of manufacturing operations experience OR;
• PhD in degree with 3+ years of manufacturing operations experience OR;
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Degree in Engineering, Business or Supply Chain
• Senior operations experience with accountability for Deliver, Cost, Quality, & Safety
• Demonstrated organizational and prioritization skills
• Ability to deal with ambiguity
• Strong customer focus
• Experience interfacing with customers on technical program issues
• Demonstrated project planning and management experience and ability to lead a multi-functional engineering project team and excellent interpersonal and communications skills including technical writing and presentations

What we offer

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