General Assembly Senior Technician

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Woking; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday entitlement

Pension scheme

Bonus programme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical opportunity

Wellbeing programme

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Senior Technician to oversee production area operations, ensuring safety, quality, and smooth coverage during absences. You will support the PES build process, inspect vehicles, and escalate issues to leaders while learning multiple processes in your zone.

Key responsibilities include adhering to all safety guidelines, maintaining high vehicle standards, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Follow detailed process documents for vehicle assembly.
• Maintain highest vehicle quality and provide feedback to technicians.
• Escalate issues to supervisor when needed.
• Maintain 5S in the work area.
• Adhere to uniform and clothing standards.
• Uphold safety guidelines for self and team.
• Comply with regulations and safety protocols.
• Participate in continuous improvement activities.
• Be flexible and learn multiple processes.
• Train new employees at technician level or when learning new processes.

Responsibilities

• Follow health and safety guidelines in the production area.
• Support the build process to ensure consistent production and coverage during absences.
• Escalate build issues to the Team Leader/Group Leader.
• Maintain process discipline and feedback on quality concerns.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the zone.

Skills

Process documentation

Quality inspection

Safety compliance

5S

Uniform standards

Team safety

Continuous improvement

Training readiness

Adaptability

Coverage across processes

Job description

What to Expect

As a senior technician within the production area, reporting to the Team Leader/Group Leader at McLaren Automotive, you will take on a role ensuring the seamless and efficient operation within one of our zonal areas, ensuring production continue a consistent build process, by covering absence and supporting through the built-in quality stations.

Your primary responsibility will be to ensure all health and safety guidelines are adhered too, the build process (PES) is followed to build a supercar to the desired standard by supporting with inspection of the vehicle, to elevate any build issues to your leader and can learn all processes within your zone. Your contributions will be instrumental in achieving our ambitious goals as a company.

What You'll Do

Your primary responsibility will be to ensure all health and safety guidelines are adhered too, the build process (PES) is followed to build a supercar to the desired standard and to elevate any build issues to your leader within takt. Your contributions will be instrumental in achieving our ambitious goals as a company.

What You'll Bring

• Understand and follow detailed process documents relating to the assembling of vehicles.


• Ensure that the standard of the vehicles is to the highest quality, with the ability to feedback to technicians any concerns found.


• Ability to escal


• Ensure 5s within your work area in line with McLaren expectations.


• Maintain standards set such as, using the uniform/ clothing provided.


• Maintain a safe working environment for yourself and team members.


• Ensuring compliance with all relevant regulations and safety standards is essential. The technician must always adhere to safety protocols.


• Participate in continuous improvement activities as requested by your line manager.


• Flexibility and a willing to learn is essential within this role as you will be expected to understand multiple processes to ensure coverage.


• Ability to conduct on process training for any new employees entering the business at technician level or learning a new process within your area.

What We'll Do for You

• Structured career development framework


• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days


• Enhanced company pension scheme


• Discretionary annual bonus award


• Private medical insurance and health cash plan


• Life assurance benefit


• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service


• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping


• Generous parental leave policies


• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don't simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.