Quality Manager
- Location
- Bristol, United Kingdom
- Work type
- On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Salary
- Not listed
- Clearance
- Not required
- U.S. citizenship
- Not stated
- Posted
- Oct 19, 2026
About the role
Job Description
Quality Manager - Manufacturing
Bristol
Management level C
*NB: First Stage interviews : candidates must be available for a face to face on site interview in Bristol week of the 16th November
Why join Rolls-Royce?
At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.
By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture.
Position summary
Quality Manager within our Defence Manufacturing business team.
Covering new manufacture of products for the JSF LiftSystem and Component Repair activities.
The role will appeal to someone with Quality experience that thrives in a dynamic, team oriented operational environment.
What you will be doing:
- Work closely with the Production Leadership Team to ensure compliance, across all OE and MRO activities, with both external regulatory and internal Rolls-Royce Management System requirements.
- Deploy the problem resolution process (8D); coaching others in its application and leading investigations, when required.
- Manage MRO related mandatory occurrence reporting (DASOR), human factors investigations (MEDA) and action reports (MARS) processes.
- Ensure Quality improvement tools and techniques are deployed and embedded into the day-to-day operation of the Facility, including support to the RR Production System.
- Maintain visual plant-based governance structure that informs the Plant of its quality performance and the actions that need to be taken to address any quality shortfalls.
Position qualifications:
- Certified Lead Auditor (ISO9001 and/or AS/EN9100/9110)
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to analyse and solve complex problems
- Good leadership qualities: influencing, priority setting, conflict resolution and ability to build and maintain effective working relationships
- Ability to stimulate and promote continuous improvement
Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.
Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.
As part of our selection process, candidates in certain locations may be asked to complete an online assessment, which can include cognitive and behavioural aptitude testing relevant to the role. If required, full instructions for the next steps will be provided.