Technical Assistant

Technical Assistant 

Full time 

Derby 

We are recruiting for two Technical Assistant roles to support our Directors of Commercial Aviation for both the Trent Fleet and Mature Engine Value Stream and the Trent XWB Value Stream. 

These roles sit at the heart of the Civil Aerospace business, providing direct exposure to end-to-end value stream leadership and P&L delivery.  Working closely with the Directors and their leadership teams, you’ll gain first hand insight into how we drive performance across the product lifecycle, balancing operational delivery, commercial outcomes and long-term strategy. 

This is a high impact development opportunity for individual looking to accelerate their careers.  You will build enterprise perspective, strengthen commercial and financial acumen, and develop the critical experiences required for future Value Stream or P&L Leadership roles 

These roles are predominately based in Derby, with occasional UK travel. 

Responsibilities: 

This role will require you to manage the annual calendar for the team in accordance with the Civil Aerospace Leadership Team (CALT) and Group core meetings preparing presentations, papers and agendas for key meetings and events.  In addition, you will be: 

• Capturing, organising and following-up on actions and outcomes from leadership team meetings. 

• Preparing monthly CEO Board Report inputs. 

• Programme managing key strategic Value Stream priorities including, tracking, updating, reviewing and cascading of key projects and activities. Working collaboratively across the value stream and civil aerospace to ensure an integrated approach. 

• Completing day-to-day tasks for the Director – Commercial Aviation and first line as required. 

• Supporting the Director – Commercial Aviation and wider leadership team on specific data analyses, project work and preparation of presentations and papers. 

• Investigating and providing information on specific areas of interest as requested. 

Who we’re looking for: 

Being a part of Rolls-Royce, you’ll know we embrace agility, are bold, pursue collaboration and seek simplicity in everything we do.  These principles form our values and behaviours and are an essential component of our assessment process and are fundamental qualities that we seek for all roles. 

• Commercial acumen and outcome focussed. 

• Great verbal and written communication skills. 

• Demonstrated high achievement in their roles to date within the Company. 

• Programme Management capability. 

• Competence in Microsoft excel to use as a data analytical tool. 

• An adaptable and resilient style. 

• The ability to work with minimal instruction. 

For your personal development this role will give you: 

A broad overview of Civil Aerospace and sight of the Company’s wider strategic direction. 

• Involvement in organisational change and implementation – as it is happening. 

• Exposure to different leadership styles and approaches at a senior level, including the CALT. 

• An increased network of contacts across the enterprise and with external organisations. 

• Opportunity to develop interpersonal skills, increase confidence and personal empowerment to manage problems. 

Why Rolls-Royce? 

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere.  

By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture. 

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too. 

Rolls-Royce are committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive. 

Please be aware that the priority will be given to employees identified as being at high risk. 

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.