Assembly Production Leader - LiftSystems OE

Job Description

Assembly Production Leader – LiftSystems OE

Plainfield, IN

As the Assembly Production Leader – LiftSystems OE, you will lead, inspire, and coach a team within a defined manufacturing cell. You will be accountable for ensuring that customer commitments are met in full, measured against agreed HSE, quality, cost, delivery, people, and responsiveness standards.
 

Innovate & Power the World
 

To ensure we continue to be pioneers of our industry, Rolls-Royce has a team of over 16,500 engineers around the globe. They include everyone from world experts in their field to those who manage hundreds of people and millions of dollars’ worth of investments. We recruit engineers at all levels and in a range of disciplines. And while we encourage specialization, we also offer freedom to cross-specialize and develop skills across a number of different areas.

At Rolls-Royce, we look beyond tomorrow. We continually pioneer integrated power and propulsion solutions to deliver cleaner, safer, and more competitive power.

Rolls-Royce is a Military Friendly Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. You can learn more here.

Key Accountabilities:

• HSE - Drive towards a performance and culture of Zero Harm. Ensuring our teams are trained and compliant to safety standards, driving environmental targets and promoting wellbeing
• PRODUCT SAFETY - Accountable for ensuring that all work is carried out in compliance with the required standard to ensure conformance to the engineering specification, and for promoting a product safety culture in the organization
• QUALITY - Drive to Zero Defects. Work with all functions to reduce risks and drive product and service right first time. Ensure compliance to all relevant company legislative and technical policies and standards
• COST - Develop and manage agreed people budget (headcount, productivity, absenteeism). Understand and manage the cell cost center budget and work with the team to drive productivity and reduce consumable cost
• DELIVERY - Deliver our products and services to customer commitments on time. Plan using load and capacity tools and manage bottlenecks and constraints to achieve flow through the cell. Understand WIP and inventory levels and drive to meet business targets
• PEOPLE - Optimize the capability and capacity of the cell by developing a flexible team. Develop and motivate team members ensuring they are trained, capable and effective
• LEAN - Ensure that all relevant Production System minimum standards are fully deployed and sustained within the business in support of performance objectives and coaching the team to fully participate in continuous improvement
• LEAD - Inspire the manufacturing team to consistently deliver high levels of performance through facilitation, coaching and the demonstration of lean leadership behaviors. Motivate, delegate, and empower team members to act and make their own decisions
• ASSETS - Optimize the performance of manufacturing assets in order to maximize facility productivity and meet current and future customer demand. Understand current constraints and develop a future state
• DIGITAL MANUFACTURING - Understand the IT systems we use to drive our management and leadership activity. Be competent in the use of the tools to manage cell and people performance. Communicate to the team using digital tools and be able to communicate digital strategy and use of innovative technology

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree with 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, OR
• Master’s degree with 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, OR
• In lieu of degree, 9 + years of experience in a manufacturing environment,
• Must be a US citizen to be considered for this role

Preferred Qualifications:

• Has company-wide outlook and exposure to different challenges, cultures and ways of working
• Understanding/knowledge of multiple disciplines demonstrating breadth of experience. Appreciation of product integrity
• Has a proven track record de