Composites Laminator Technician - Night Shift

Atlassian Williams Racing; Grove; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier motorsport team in the UK seeks a skilled professional to manufacture and maintain composite parts. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience in laminating and associated assembly processes, preferably within the F1 industry. Responsibilities include adhering to technical procedures and quality standards, while contributing to a culture of improvement and performance excellence.

Qualifications

• Good level of knowledge around manufacturing technology relating to composite components.
• Minimum 5 years laminating and assembly experience – Preferably in F1.
• Operationally you will ideally have experience with mould making, component manufacture, vacuum bagging.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture, repair and maintain composite parts using various materials.
• Select and adhere to technical procedures, QA documentation.
• Read and understand engineering drawings to extract relevant information.

Skills

Composite manufacturing knowledge

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Job description

Role Purpose (Job Profile):

To manufacture, repair and maintain composite parts using a range of materials such as carbon fibre, fibreglass and resin.

Main Duties:

• Using pre-impregnated tooling fabric to laminate moulds directly from patterns ensuring technical procedures, QA documentation, work orders and sign offs are adhered to at all times.
• Using vacuum bagging techniques to debulk.
• Positioning of drill bushes in the mould laminate.
• Parting of mould from patterns and preparing the tool pre and post cure.
• Laminating components using pre-impregnated carbon with various weave styles and impregnated with epoxy resin systems ensuring Technical Procedures/QA documentation/Work Orders and sign offs are adhered to.
• Reading and understanding engineering drawings and Ply Books utilising Williams CAD system to extract relevant information.
• Creating templates to enable repeatability.
• Using Honeycomb as a sandwich core material either templating from a drawing or using pre-machined core.
• De-moulding and drilling off of cured components from moulds in advance of next process.

Key Accountabilities:

• Understand and work in line with Williams Values & Behaviours, encouraging others to do the same.
• Ensure understanding of and compliance with health and safety obligations.
• Maintain personal high standards of behaviour and conduct, being a positive ambassador for the department.
• Ensure you adhere to brand rules and maintain high standards of department presentation.
• Work to quality standards and identify and contribute ways to continuously improve department and personal performance.
• Ensure understanding of cost cap rules and requirements.

Core Competencies:

• Actively engage with the Component Faults system (MPI).
• To be adaptable, demonstrate initiative along with the ability to work as a team to meet tight deadlines.
• Problem-solving, along with attention to detail and a can-do attitude.
• Ability to keep accurate data within the business MRP software.

Qualifications and Experience Level:

• Good level of knowledge around manufacturing technology relating to composite components.
• Operationally you will ideally have experience with mould making, component manufacture, vacuum bagging.
• Minimum 5 years laminating and assembly experience – Preferably in F1.

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time‑to‑time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities.

Company Description

For almost 50 years, Atlassian Williams Racing 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.

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