Component Assembly Technician

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Vale of White Horse; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Williams F1 Team is seeking a skilled Component Assembly professional to sign off assemblies for race and test cars. You will build, strip and service suspension, brakes, steering and drive-train components to tight tolerances, basing checks on CAD drawings and life-history data.

Experience in F1, F2 or sportscar racing is advantageous, with emphasis on accuracy, documentation and adherence to schedule in a fast-paced workshop environment.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience assembling complex mechanical components to tight tolerances.
• Comfortable reading CAD drawings and recording build data accurately.
• Experience with Teamcenter PLM, lifing systems, or ERP/MES is beneficial.
• Ideally gained in F1, F2 or sportscar racing environments.

Responsibilities

• Building, stripping and servicing Williams and customer suspension, brake, steering, power unit integration and drive-train components to Engineering and Manufacturing procedure
• Assessing every component as it comes apart and goes back together, and reporting faults rather than working around them
• Operating pass-off and test rigs
• Raising assembly and quality issues with the team leader or the relevant design authority
• Building to deadlines set by the race and test calendar, working from the daily work list
• Recording build and component information accurately in our systems, so the life history of every part stands up to scrutiny
• Keeping the workshop and equipment to the standard the work demands

Skills

Hands-on mechanical assembly

Reading CAD drawings

Teamcenter PLM familiarity

Tools

Teamcenter PLM

ERP/MES systems

Job description

For almost 50 years, Williams F1 Team has been at the forefront of one of the fastest sports on the planet, being one of the top three most successful teams in history competing in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. With an almost unrivalled heritage of engineering and racing F1 cars and unforgettable eras that demonstrate it is a force to be reckoned with, the British squad boasts 16 F1 World Championship titles to its name.

Since its foundation in 1977 by the eminent, late Sir Frank Williams and engineering pioneer Sir Patrick Head, the team has won nine Constructors' Championships, in association with Cosworth, Honda and Renault. Its roll call of drivers is legendary, with its seven Drivers' Championship trophies being lifted by true icons of the sport: Alan Jones, Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve. The team has made history before and is out to make it again with a long‑term mission to evolve and return to the front of the grid.

Job Description

Nothing goes on the car until you sign it off.Component Assembly is where suspension, brake, steering, power unit integration and drive-train assemblies are built, stripped, serviced and passed off, for race cars, test cars, PR cars and customer cars alike.

It is a specialist function with a short line to the design office. When you find something wrong during a strip, the person who can fix it is in the same building. Your sign-off is the last check before a part goes on a car that races, so the standard is simple: no defect gets passed on.

What you'll be doing

• Building, stripping and servicing Williams and customer suspension, brake, steering, power unit integration and drive-train components to Engineering and Manufacturing procedure
• Assessing every component as it comes apart and goes back together, and reporting faults rather than working around them
• Operating pass-off and test rigs
• Raising assembly and quality issues with the team leader or the relevant design authority
• Building to deadlines set by the race and test calendar, working from the daily work list
• Recording build and component information accurately in our systems, so the life history of every part stands up to scrutiny
• Keeping the workshop and equipment to the standard the work demands

Qualifications

What you'll bring

You'll have hands-on experience assembling complex mechanical components to tight tolerances - torque-to-spec, clean-build discipline, the confidence to stop and flag a part that isn't right. Ideally that comes from F1, F2 or sportscar racing.

You'll be comfortable working from CAD drawings and recording build data accurately. Experience with Teamcenter PLM, lifing systems, or an ERP/manufacturing execution system will help you settle in quickly.

Where it can lead

The department also builds and services hydraulic components, so experience there is welcome, and it's a route to specialise if that interests you. For the right person, there's also potential to progress into a trackside role.

Additional Information

Atlassian Williams F1 Team is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.