Rolls-Royce plc

Production Leader

Rolls-Royce plc$134K — $218K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Associate's degree with 7+ years or Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of relevant experience in operations, planning, supply chain, engineering, or quality.
  • Master's degree with 3+ years of related experience or JD/PhD.
  • 9+ years of relevant experience can substitute for degree qualifications.
  • U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency is required.
  • Experience in continuous improvement methodologies like Lean and Six Sigma is advantageous.

Responsibilities

  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on safety and quality standards.
  • Ensure compliance with technical and legislative production standards.
  • Develop and manage cell budget including productivity and cost efficiency goals.
  • Deliver products to customers on time by managing production flow and resolving bottlenecks.
  • Implement minimum production system standards and ensure they are sustained.
  • Coach and inspire the production team to achieve high performance through effective leadership.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Total Rewards package including discretionary bonus plan.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance options.
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan with company match.
  • Tuition reimbursement for further education.
  • Paid Time Off, holidays, and parental leave.
Full Job Description
Job Description

Job Title: Production Leader

Working Pattern: Onsite (3rd shift 10pm - 6:30am)

Working Location: Cypress, CA

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Production Leader in our Cypress, CA location. As a Production Leader, you will lead, inspire and coach a team within a defined manufacturing cell. Accountable for ensuring that customer commitments are met in full, measured against agreed HSE, quality, cost, delivery, people and responsiveness standards.

What you will be doing:
  • Drive a culture of continuous improvement that Puts Safety First and delivers on Zero Harm and Zero Defects objectives including yield targets, safety & environmental targets and promoting wellbeing.
  • Accountable for ensuring that all work is carried out in compliance with all legislative and technical policies and standards to ensure conformance to the engineering specification, and for promoting a product safety culture in the organization.
  • Develop agreed cell cost center budgets (headcount, productivity, absenteeism, consumable cost) and drive improvements in productivity and consumable costs.
  • Deliver our products to customer commitments on time by effectively using load and capacity tools and managing bottlenecks and constraints to achieve flow through the cell.
  • Ensure that all relevant Production System minimum standards are fully deployed and sustained.
  • Inspire and develop the manufacturing team to consistently deliver high levels of performance through effective coaching, training, delegation, and the demonstration of lean leadership behaviors.


Physical Requirements:
  • Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.
  • Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, stoop, crouch, crawl and climb all day.
  • Climb stairs and ladders with the ability to lift up to 55 lbs.
  • Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


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.

Basic Requirements:
  • Associate degree and 7+ years of experience in operations, planning and control, supply chain, engineering, quality, OR
  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in operations, planning and control, supply chain, engineering, quality, OR
  • Master's degree 3+ years of experience in operations, planning and control, supply chain, engineering, quality, OR
  • JD / PhD, OR
  • 9+ years of experience in operations, planning and control, supply chain, engineering, quality in lieu of a degree
  • In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen or U.S. Permanent Resident


Preferred Requirements:
  • Companywide outlook and exposure to different challenges, cultures and ways of working
  • Understanding/knowledge of multiple disciplines demonstrating breadth of experience
  • Appreciation of product integrity with proven track record delivering improved operational performance in both favorable and unfavorable conditions, utilizing cross-functional teams
  • Experience of deploying continuous improvement methodologies such as lean and six sigma, ideally with Green Belt accreditation
  • Management experience in an engineering industry is ideal, but not essential


What we offer:

We offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Closing date: July 28, 2026

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Job Category

Manufacturing

Job Posting Date

14 Jul 2026; 00:07

Pay Range

$134,242 -$218,143-Annually

Location:

Cypress, CA

Benefits

Rolls-Royce provides a comprehensive and competitive Total Rewards package that includes base pay and a discretionary bonus plan. Eligible employees may have the opportunity to enroll in other benefits, including health, dental, vision, disability, life and accidental death & dismemberment insurance; a flexible spending account; a health savings account; a 401(k) retirement savings plan with a company match; Employee Assistance Program; Paid Time Off; certain paid holidays; paid parental and family care leave; tuition reimbursement; and a long-term incentive plan. The options available to an employee may vary depending on eligibility factors such as date of hire, employment type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

About Rolls-Royce plc

Rolls-Royce plc is a British multinational engineering company that designs, manufactures, and distributes power systems for aviation, marine, and energy markets. The company was founded in 1904 and is headquartered in London, England. Rolls-Royce is a leading provider of power systems for civil and military aircraft, and is also a major supplier of power systems for marine vessels. The company's energy division provides power systems for the oil and gas industry, as well as for power generation and other industrial applications. Rolls-Royce has operations in over 50 countries and employs over 50,000 people worldwide.
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