We have launched our Manufacturing Engineering Purchasing Professional Excellence Programme for our growing operations in Asia. This programme is aimed at graduates who are interested in developing their professional expertise while gaining a significant amount of work experience in the UK before returning to work for Rolls-Royce in Asia.


Professional Excellence is all about becoming a highly competent professional in your field. Structured development programmes of up to 18 months give you experience, training and support for gaining professional qualifications. It's also a stepping stone to a range of career paths covering management or technical roles.

You will be employed by Rolls-Royce in either China or Singapore but initially, you will be seconded to the UK for a period of up to 18 months.

Working closely in teams with experienced and well-qualified professionals, you have a hands-on chance to develop your knowledge and skills. You'll move around several different departments (and work with different groups of people) to build your understanding of the function and gain a network of contacts.

Formal, off-the-job training courses will grow your technical knowledge and equip you with the skills you'll need as you move on. In some cases, successful completion of a suite of training courses can lead to further qualifications.


About Manufacturing Engineering Purchasing

Our Manufacturing Engineers play a key role in developing and continuously improving the world-class processes that allow us to manufacture, assemble and maintain our products. Using a wide range of lean and process improvement tools, they help to ensure we deliver our customers’ requirements.

You will be working within the Rolls Royce purchasing team, acting as the technical authority in support of the supply chain. You will work with and develop your suppliers to ensure their methods of manufacture are both stable and capable to ensure continuity of supply. You will be responsible for identifying and facilitating improvements to both the manufactured products and relevant manufacturing processes.


Recruitment and Selection

Our selection process is relatively simple yet effective – application form, assessment centre, decision.
Our process is designed to allow us to gain all the information we need to make sound decisions about who we recruit – and equally for you to decide whether a place on our graduate training programme is right for you. Our goal throughout the process is to treat you as an individual.


Criteria

To apply to the Manufacturing Engineering Purchasing Professional Excellence Programme, you will need to have:

• A Masters level degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Manufacturing Systems, Aerospace, General Engineering, Integrated Engineering, or similar) graded 2.1 or above – sorry, there’s no negotiating on this aspect. We also look for a strong academic record pre-university, so you need to have A level Grade B or above in Physics and Maths (or equivalent). We have the tools to translate your grades so please fill these in on your application
  
• You need to be fluent in your native language, both written and verbal. Although our normal business language is English, you will be returning to your home country where your native language is also used
  
• You also need to be fluent in English and have good writing skills
  
• Be able to demonstrate a clear motivation for returning to China or Singapore at the end of the programme
  
• You should be deeply familiar and confident with Chinese or Singaporean culture and customs
  

Apply

We're delighted you're considering us as a career option. Please have a read of the Hints and Tips section before you begin to complete the application.
LINK TO HINTS AND TIPS ON UK SITE

The Manufacturing Engineering Purchasing Professional Excellence Programme closes for applications at 1700 hrs GMT on 27th June 2008.

Please click on the link below to take you to the online application form. You will need to select Professional Excellence Engineering as your programme option and select Asia as your location preference.

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