Value Improvement Engineer

Job Description

Job Title:Value Improvement Engineer

Working Pattern: Full Time

Working location: Bristol (Hybrid Working Available)

An opportunity has arisen for a Value Improvement Engineer to join the Defence Future Programmes team within the Aerospace Procurement capability, working at Rolls-Royce Bristol.

Within Future Programmes, we have a chance to shape the future of Rolls-Royce’s Defence business. Part of that is delivering cutting-edge products to key Defence Customers domestically and globally, against challenging requirements.

As a Value Improvement Engineer, you will be leading efforts on creating competitive products from an early stage of product lifecycle, by applying DfM principles as design matures, and by supporting our facilities and our suppliers as we produce parts, assemblies and supporting systems of Future Defence Products.

Part of the role will also include leading the development of component/sub system cost models (inc. User Friendly Cost Standards) using appropriate Value Improvement & Engineering tools & techniques. You will also ensure that the User Friendly Cost Standards generated are deployed in line with the Global Commodity Strategy.

Future Programmes UK and International is at the heart of securing the future growth of the Defence business. We are delivering tomorrow’s technology fast, by bringing together the company’s best engineers, programme managers and business professionals. Working in partnership with Governments, primes and new technology companies across the globe, we deliver future solutions, new and innovative power and propulsion concepts, technology, and applications to meet the customers emerging requirements.

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

• Leading efforts to enforce Design for Manufacture and Design for Cost in technical forums, supporting across all engineering functions
• Supporting both the Rolls-Royce Procurement function and the Rolls-Royce supply chain with the identification and resolution of cost-driving issues, driving cost improvement across the Future Programmes business
• Responsible for identifying and developing Component / Assembly Cost Models and commodity aligned User Friendly Cost Standards, and the supporting tools and methods thereof
• You will be the point of contact to for Continuously leading /mentoring Buyers/Engineering/Integrated Project Teams & SCU (IPT’s) to optimise cost during negotiation/product development process as recognised subject matter expert for allocated commodity.

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.

 To be a great Value Improvement Engineer, you should:

• Hold an Engineering Degree or equivalent qualification / experience
• Possess significant Manufacturing technical knowledge across Gas Turbines and aerospace systems
• Have the ability to generate Cost Models
• Be able to provide technical guidance and professional leadership to a global engineering community
• Be able to understand cost drivers, and suggest other options to mitigate them

*To apply for this role, you must be able to obtain Security Check (SC) clearance without any caveats to that clearance. Rolls-Royce will support the application for Security Clearance if you don’t currently already have this in place.*

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 realise their full potential.

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

Grade: SNBG 7-10

For further information please contact: Lizzie Moore : Elizabeth.Moore2@Rolls-Royce.com 

Job Category

Procurement

Posting Date

27 Mar 2025; 00:03Posting End Date10 Apr 2025