Job Description

Job Title: Production Leader

Working Pattern: Onsite (9/80 schedule)

Working Location: Indianapolis, IN

As a Production Leader for Rolls-Royce, you'll lead all aspects of manufacturing activity across multiple departments. This is an exciting opportunity, as you'll be fully accountable for ensuring that agreed current and future customer quality, cost, delivery and responsiveness requirements are met for the designated commodity throughout the product life cycle. In this role you will travel locally up to 5%.

What you will be doing:

• Leading and motivating the factory staff across multiple departments to deliver customer requirements at targeted cost and delivery
• Developing and maximizing the potential of staff through training, feedback and coaching
• Responding to demand changes, assessing risk, inventory, capacity and financial implications
• Supporting the elements of Rolls-Royce Production System that keep the Value Stream performing at a high level
• Communicating simply and effectively across multiple functions and work schedules to support execution of the manufacturing plans.
• Developing and maintaining a High-Performance Culture through training and everyday behaviors
• Work Schedule is a 9/80 shift pattern, with some expectation of overtime work

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 with 7+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, OR
• Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, OR
• Master's degree with 3+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment, OR
• JD/PhD, OR
• 9+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment in lieu of a degree
• In order to be eligible for consideration, you must be a U.S. Citizen

Preferred Requirements:

• Six Sigma certification
• ERP/SAP knowledge

What we offer:

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

A 9/80 compressed workweek means an employee works 80 hours over nine days in a two-week period. Generally, this means working nine hours Monday - Thursday, with alternating eight-hour Fridays and "off" Fridays.

Relocation assistance will be provided if applicable.

Closing date: July 21, 2026

Job Category

Manufacturing

Job Posting Date

07 Jul 2026; 00:07

Pay Range

$111,868 - $181,786-Annually

Location:

Indianapolis, IN

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.