Manufacturing Services Technician –Mechanical or Electrical

Job Description

Manufacturing Services Technician –Mechanical or Electrical

Full Time

Washington – Site Based

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a for a skilled Manufacturing Services Technician to join our team in Washington.

In this role, you will provide support to the Manufacturing Services Leader and Manufacturing Services Engineer to ensure the organisation’s objectives and goals are delivered. The Manufacturing Services Technician is responsible for performing diagnostics, repairs and maintenance on manufacturing assets and all associated production equipment located in production or assembly & test facilities.

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.

You will be working for the Rolls-Royce Technical Authority for Aerospace Engine Test Facilities. In this role you will be working with colleagues locally (either in Derby or Bristol), and opportunities also exist to work more widely within the UK as well as Internationally.

What you will be doing:

In this role you will perform a range of routine, reactive, troubleshooting and preventive maintenance tasks across a broad range of manufacturing assets and production equipment across a plant, site or business, to ensure that manufacturing equipment is safe, available and capable for use when required, you will also:

• Utilise precision diagnostic instruments during maintenance.
• Analyse equipment data to inform and implement the most effective approach towards maintenance.
• Collect, organise, and analyse data in support of Key Performance Indicators for the Manufacturing Services Department as required.
• Read and interpret machinery and component drawings, circuit/logic diagrams & schematics, maintenance manuals, and parts catalogues to enable maintenance and diagnostics.
• Identify and recommend improvements to production equipment and maintenance procedures. Research and implement improvements.
• Suggest improvements to work instructions to optimise the electrical installation / maintenance strategy.
• Coordinate preventive and planned corrective maintenance activities with Production Staff, regularly communicating and interfacing with Production Leaders, Team Leaders, and Production Operators.
• Coordinate their activities with Production Staff, regularly communicating and interfacing with Production Leaders, Team Leaders, and Production Operators.
• Work with site Manufacturing Engineers to help understand and restore equipment performance to standard.
• Work alongside/support equipment OEM engineers as required.
• Consistently perform asset maintenance activities in order to ensure that equipment and facilities are safe and reliable to a high performance standard.
• Support the effective induction of new team members and support cross-training of other team members.
• Utilise problem solving skills and ability to make sound recommendations based on judgement, training and previous experience.
• Able to process Work Orders and pull reports from the Computerised Maintenance Management System.
• Safely operate site specific equipment as require med with appropriate training.

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:

• NVQ/SVQ level 3 or equivalent in a relevant engineering discipline including completing a time-served recognised apprenticeship*.
• HNC in a relevant engineering discipline desirable.
• Basic understanding of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic pneumatics principles and operation
• Basic IT literacy and ability to work to engineering drawings.
• Understanding of local and regional health and safety standards and regulations.

*Please attach a copy of your certificate as proof of completing a recognised apprenticeship together with/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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