Chief of Service Analysis & Life Cycle Engineering

Job DescriptionChief of Service Analysis & Life Cycle EngineeringFull time - HybridDerbyThe Service Analysis (SA) & Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) department is committed to ensuring operational excellence, product reliability, and cost-effective lifecycle management. Accountability spans across safety, reliability, fleet performance, and cost optimization, ensuring that all products and services meet the highest standards of safety, quality, airworthiness (Part 21 & Part 145), and performance throughout their lifecycle.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 offerWe offer excellent development opportunities, a competitive salary, and exceptional benefits. These include bonus, employee support assistance and employee discounts.Your needs are as unique as you are. Hybrid working is a way in which our people can balance their time between the office, home, or another remote location. It's a locally managed and flexed informal discretionary arrangement. As a minimum we're all expected to attend the workplace for collaboration and other specific reasons, on average three days per week.What you will be doingYou will lead, develop and engage assigned Engineering personnel to meet current and future business requirements. When needed you will deploy assigned staff to approved business activities/technical programmes. Additionally, you will own and support the definition of the appropriate section of the Engineering strategy, ensuring that world class capability is defined, developed and effectively utilised to provide products and services that satisfy business requirements.ResponsibilitiesProvide Business level Capability and Strategy aligning the businessesProactively provide capability leadership to the Engineering resource group and ensure robust deployment and maintenance of capability through-out its lifecycleLeveraging data for decision-making, apply advanced analytical methods, and lead cross-functional collaboration, to ensure the highest standards of safety, reliability, and customer satisfaction.Identify, Lead and integrate Digital and AI solutions to enhance business outcomesCreate and maintain strategic and /or tactical resource plans, in line with the Do/Buy Strategy, to meet the overall delivery commitmentsEnsure that sufficient resource is available to meet current and future business' needs and budgets. Ensure integration with partners and other resource groups on people and resource issuesOwn the overall capability strategy and associated roadmap, and ensure resources necessary to deliver the roadmapHelp define, develop and maintain the capabilities taxonomy with the Engineering for Services Group Capability to ensure sufficient Specialist and SMEs capability exists to support the business and strategic workforce planEnsure staff are suitably qualified and experienced and that the required skills are sustainable for the future through: multi-skilling, staff rotation, competency framework tools including training and professional networks and standardsEnsure effective knowledge management, in-line with company KiD policy, through the use of knowledge capture, lessons learnt, and best practice guides for the resource group, and encourage knowledge sharing within the group and beyondLead and drive efficiency and quality through implementing continuous improvement and operational best practice within the field of workWhere appropriate, own the relationship between engineering, external customers, partners, legal and regulatory authorities and the supply chain and ensure it is effectively managed and integrated on behalf of the capability groupApply Health, Safety and the Environment policy including a commitment to continuous improvementApply product Safety process including a commitment to continuous improvement and safety assuranceEnsure compliance to all HS&E safety requirements for delivered engineering capabilityWho 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.Qualified to degree level or equivalentDemonstrate sound engineering judgement and knowledge of the Business Customers and ProgrammesDemonstrate effective leadership & engineering skillsCapable of building high performing teams and affecting a positive shift in attitudes and behavioursUnderstand Company Quality policies and processes deployed within the resource groupExperienced in applying process improvement techniques and driving business improvementsWe are an equal opportunities employer. We're committed to developing a diverse workforce and an inclusive working environment. We believe that people from different backgrounds and cultures give us different perspectives which are crucial to innovation and problem solving. We believe the more diverse perspectives we have, the more successful we'll be. By building a culture of caring and belonging, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.You can learn more about our global Inclusion strategy at Our people | Rolls-RoyceJob CategoryEngineering for ServicesPosting Date24 Nov 2025; 00:11Posting End Date06 Dec 2025PandoLogic. Keywords: Machine Learning Manager, Location: Derby, ENG - DE23 8NX