Job Description

Lean Leader

Location: Barnoldswick Working Pattern: Full-time, On-site

About the Role

Are you ready to take the lead in shaping the future of advanced manufacturing? We have an exciting opportunity to join Rolls-Royce in Barnoldswick as a Lean Leader. This role sits at the heart of production leadership, driving performance across safety, quality, cost and delivery, and enabling a high-performing team to reach new heights.

As a Lean Leader, you’ll lead transformational improvement initiatives that are essential to our mission of delivering excellence in Civil Aerospace and supporting our customers’ most critical needs.

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 provide excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits, including:

Bonus schemes

Employee support assistance

Employee discounts

While this is an on-site role, we focus on creating an environment that supports your wellbeing and sets you up for success.

What You’ll Be Doing:

In this role, you will:

Lead Lean Transformation and lighthouse projects to deliver performance and user experience improvements using the most appropriate lean, agile, and problem-solving tools and techniques

Drive and sustain the maturity of the Rolls-Royce Production System across the business against minimum standard criteria

Coach the organisation and business leaders in Lean

Build improvement capability across the site, identifying opportunities, coaching and supporting as needed

Deliver Lean training at all levels across the business to enhance understanding and adoption

Act as a focal point for knowledge sharing and best practice across the organisation

Who We’re Looking For:

At Rolls-Royce we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple, and make a difference. These behaviours guide how we work and are essential to our selection process.

For this role, you should have:

A minimum of 5 years’ experience in Lean Leadership, ideally in Aerospace, Automotive, or Manufacturing

A proven track record of delivering impactful lean improvements

Strong business acumen, influencing capability, and programme management experience

Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage effectively at all levels

Desirable Accreditation:

Lean Expert or equivalent certification

Inclusion & Diversity

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to building a diverse workforce and inclusive working environment. We believe that different backgrounds and perspectives are key to innovation and success.

We welcome applications from all backgrounds, including those with refugee status. Learn more about our global Inclusion strategy: Our people | Rolls-Royce

Closing Date: 01/08/2025 For more information, please contact: Jaspreet Bagga

Job Category

Business Improvement

Posting Date

21 Jul 2025; 00:07

Posting End Date

28 Jul 2025