About this role
Job Description
Head of Engineering for Services
Full Time – Hybrid
Global role
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.
As Head of Engineering for Services, you’ll lead and develop our engineering community, ensuring we have the people, skills and technical capability to deliver today’s commitments and meet tomorrow’s challenges.
You will own and support definition of the appropriate section of the Engineering strategy and ensure that world class capability is defined, developed and effectively utilised to provide products and services that satisfy business requirements.
Key Accountabilities
- Lead and engage our engineering community, creating an environment where people can perform at their best, develop their careers and contribute to a high-performing team
- Own the engineering capability strategy and roadmap, aligning business priorities with the skills, specialist knowledge and subject matter expertise needed across the capability lifecycle
- Build and deliver workforce and resource plans in line with the Do/Buy Strategy and budgets, deploying engineering talent to priority programmes and business activities and integrating capacity with partners and other resource groups
- Develop sustainable engineering expertise through succession planning, training, multi-skilling, staff rotation, professional networks and competency frameworks, ensuring people are suitably qualified and experienced
- Champion knowledge management in line with company KiD policy, capturing critical expertise, applying lessons learnt and sharing best practice across Engineering and beyond
- Drive continuous improvement, efficiency and quality, embedding operational best practice and delivering sustainable improvements in engineering performance
- Build effective partnerships across the business and, where appropriate, manage engineering relationships with customers, partners, suppliers and legal or regulatory authorities on behalf of the capability group
- Provide visible leadership on safety and governance, ensuring compliance with quality, product safety, safety assurance, health, safety and environmental requirements, and continually strengthening the culture and processes that underpin safe engineering
Key Experiences and Qualifications
You’ll be an established engineering leader who combines sound technical judgement with the ability to shape strategy, develop people and influence across a complex organisation. You’ll bring:
- A degree or equivalent qualification or experience in a relevant engineering or technical discipline
- Strong engineering judgement, with an understanding of business and customer requirements, programme delivery and technical risk.
- Demonstrable success in leading and developing high-performing engineering teams and creating positive shifts in culture, behaviours and ways of working
- Experience of capability and strategic workforce planning, balancing immediate delivery commitments with longer-term skills needs
- Strong stakeholder leadership skills, with the credibility to influence senior leaders, technical specialists, customers and partners
- Experience of applying continuous improvement techniques to deliver sustainable business improvements
- A strong understanding of company quality policies and processes, safety and governance within a complex engineering environment
Regional Benefits
- Generous Annual Leave
- Retirement Savings through the Rolls-Royce Retirement Savings Trust
- Group Life Assurance provides for a lump sum benefit if you die whilst employed by Rolls-Royce
- Group Income Protection provides an income in the event that you are unable to work due to illness or injury
- Your Shares: Matched is a simple way to own Rolls-Royce shares and invest in our future, together. Buy one share, get one free!
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.
Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. The professional level and salary of the position will be dependent on the skills and experience of the successful candidate but is anticipated to be Level A.
This job is advertised at the grades shown, and this is the desired operating level for this role. We encourage applications from candidates with relevant experience from any grade.
It is advised that you inform your current manager of your application for this role.
For more information, please contact: Alison Connaughton [email protected]
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.
Job Category
Engineering for Services
Posting Date
06 Nov 2026; 00:11
Posting End Date
05 Nov 2026