Maintenance Technician

Careers Jaguar Land Rover; Newsham; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car purchase scheme

Maternity leave 52 weeks

Competitive pension

Bonus program

Learning & development funds

Employee networks

Job summary

Jaguar Land Rover’s Battery Assembly Centre seeks a maintenance engineer to support asset reliability and production efficiency. You will join a skilled team to maintain plant and equipment across the facility, applying world‑class maintenance skills and a proactive approach.

The role requires a time‑served apprenticeship with NVQ Level 3, strong electrical and mechanical knowledge, and the ability to diagnose faults and perform planned and reactive maintenance on automated systems.

Qualifications

• A recognised time-served apprenticeship with NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in an engineering maintenance discipline.
• Electrical and mechanical understanding with high standards in maintenance engineering.
• Experience diagnosing faults and carrying out planned and corrective maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of the maintenance team to ensure safe, efficient production.
• Perform preventive and corrective maintenance on all plant and equipment.
• Diagnose faults and rectify issues to maximise asset reliability.
• Identify root causes and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Read and interpret electrical and mechanical schematics.
• Work a rotational shift pattern.

Skills

NVQ Level 3

Electrical & Mechanical

Fault diagnosis

Root cause analysis

Read schematics

Rotational shifts

Education

Time-served apprenticeship

Job description

The manufacturing asset footprint includes numerous modern technologies encompassing automated multi-axis robots, automated welding and joining equipment, laser joining systems, automated conveyors, complex tooling and fixturing and lifting equipment to name but a few. Delivering a premium product from your manufacturing facility, you will take extreme pride in being part of the maintenance operations team at Hams Hall, providing engineering maintenance support to maximise production efficiencies by maintaining all manufacturing assets and ancillary equipment within the manufacturing facility. Through living and breathing our purpose, vision, strategy and transformation you will exemplify World Class maintenance skills, behaviours and competencies in all you do, maximising manufacturing efficiencies. This will enable you to grow with the manufacturing facility and be a part of something very special within our global organisation.

• To work as part of the maintenance team to ensure a safe and efficient production performance is delivered within the Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People and Environment framework
• Performing detailed preventive and corrective maintenance activities in accordance with schedules
• Fault diagnosis and rectification on all plant and equipment within the manufacturing facility
• Identifying the root cause of asset faults, improving asset performance and reliability to meet operational objectives
• Providing a fast and efficient response time to any plant breakdowns that occur, whilst ensuring all company procedures and standards are adhered to
• Provide process knowledge and guidance for Kaizen activities with integrated production and maintenance teams
• Able to work a rotational shift pattern

Along with your ambition to achieve the exceptional, there are several skills you'll need to have to help you succeed here, including:

• A recognised time-served apprenticeship with NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in an engineering maintenance discipline
• A maintenance engineering professional with high standards of electrical and mechanical understanding and competencies
• Expertise in fault diagnosis and rectification processes, and planned and corrective maintenance activities gained from within a similar role as part of an industrial maintenance team
• Ability to work to find root cause of failure in reactive maintenance scenarios, and implement permanent corrective actions
• The ability to read and interpret electrical and mechanical schematics
• Able to work a rotational shift pattern

In the Manufacturing team at the Battery Assembly Centre (BAC), you'll help power iconic electric cars.

You will be working alongside incredible technicians and leaders to drive our commitment to shape a future we truly believe in, together. Use your expertise, cutting-edge technology, and problem-solving skills to ensure efficient, sustainable and high-quality production. Fuel the exceptional.

This role is rewarding in more ways than one. On top of our core offering, you'll do extraordinary work with amazing people.

In addition, you can expect a wide range of benefits:

• Discounted car purchase scheme (open to family members, too)
• A 52 week maternity leave policy and a 4 week paternity leave policy. Other parental leave policies are available.
• A competitive pension
• A JLR company performance-related bonus
• An employee learning scheme providing funding for; education, training and other activities which support the development of personal skills and promote lifelong learning.
• Access to open, employee-led support and social networks

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application, as this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.