MRO Workscoping Lead

MRO Work Scope Lead

Location: Derby – Hybrid (3 days a week on-site)

Hours: 37 hours per week

What you will be doing

As an MRO Work Scope Lead, you will have a direct impact on our global operations, ensuring that engineering work scopes for commercial aviation products are delivered on time and to the highest standard. You’ll lead a talented team of Managed Service Engineers, driving efficiency, innovation, and continuous improvement across our processes.

Your key responsibilities will include:

Leading and directing a managed service engineering team, establishing governance, frameworks, and efficient processes for delivering work scopes.

Acting as the primary interface between Rolls-Royce and its customers insights, and repair/maintenance recommendations that build trust and strengthen long-term relationships.

Collaborating with aftermarket operations planning to ensure engine-specific priorities are met in real time.

Proactively managing engineering requirements to control MRO scope creep and minimise risk of pass-off failures.

Standardising common work scope resolutions across products, driving improvements through data analysis and feedback from MRO shops.

Responding to emerging trends and technical requirements as engines evolve throughout their lifecycle.

Engaging with technical specialists, data systems, and engineering teams to ensure robust decision-making and consistent outputs.

Identifying systemic issues, recommending process improvements, and working with lifecycle and methods engineering teams to implement changes.

This is a challenging and exciting role, offering the opportunity to make a visible difference to our operations and to directly influence the reliability and performance of our products worldwide.

Why Rolls-Royce?

Work with us and we’ll welcome you into a culture of caring and belonging where you can be yourself. We will listen first, embrace feedback and act with integrity. We will invest in your continuous learning and development, and make sure you have access to a wide breadth and depth of opportunities to grow your career and make a difference.

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

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, frequency will depend on business needs, nature of role, what works for the team and for the individual. Discover more on our GBS Service Portal about hybrid working.

Who we’re looking for

Being a part of Rolls-Royce you’ll know we put safety first, do the right thing, keep it simple and make a difference. These principles form our behaviours. They are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles.

Join us & help Rolls-Royce to become a high-performing, competitive, resilient business.

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 Staff Grade SNBG 07-10

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.

We 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. And the more perspectives we have, the more successful we’ll be. By building a culture of respect and appreciation, we give everyone who works here the opportunity to realise their full potential.

Learn more about our global Inclusion Strategy

Grade: SNBG 08-10

Closing Date: 12 October 2025

For further information please contact: Ashley Ellis-Beeston

Job Category

Engineering for Services

Posting Date

26 Sept 2025; 00:09

Posting End Date

09 Oct 2025

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