What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Leader position at Rolls-Royce?
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%.
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.
Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.
Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.
At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.
Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.
What You Will Be Doing
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
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.
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%.
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.
Rolls-Royce has been recognized as the top employer in the Engineering & Manufacturing category on the prestigious Forbes Top Employers for Engineers list for 2025. This ranking highlights our commitment to innovation, employee development, and fostering a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive.
Be part of a team that sets the industry standard and drives groundbreaking solutions.
At Rolls-Royce, we are committed to creating a workplace where all employees feel respected, supported, and empowered to do their best work. We foster a welcoming and innovative work environment that invests in you, giving you access to an incredible breadth and depth of opportunities where you can grow your career and make a difference.
Rolls-Royce is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any protected characteristics.
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
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
- Six Sigma certification
- ERP/SAP knowledge
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.
Salary : $111,868 - $181,786