Vehicle Build Team Leader: Lead Assembly & Quality

Prodrive; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Prodrive in Birmingham is seeking a Vehicle Build Team Leader to lead and coordinate a team of Vehicle Technicians supporting a programme from pre-production through to series production. You will oversee vehicle assembly, modification, rework, and rectification activities, ensuring safety, efficiency, and quality are met to programme timing.

You will work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Programme teams, driving continuous improvement to safety, quality,

Qualifications

• Level 3 NVQ or equivalent in automotive engineering.
• Experience in automotive manufacturing and vehicle build.
• Experience leading technical teams.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and build specs.
• Experience managing engineering changes and quality concerns.
• Strong organisational, planning and communication skills.
• Experience with vehicle launch or low-volume production.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise, and coordinate a team of Vehicle Technicians and Operatives across pre-production and production vehicle build activities.
• Plan, allocate, and monitor daily work activities to ensure build schedules and programme timing targets are achieved.
• Ensure vehicle assembly, disassembly, modification, rework, and refit activities meet quality and engineering standards.
• Provide technical guidance and hands-on support to technicians during build, investigation, rectification, and engineering change activities.
• Ensure all activities comply with build documentation and work instructions.
• Monitor vehicle build quality through inspections, audits, and verifications.
• Support engineering changes, quality improvements, and containment actions.
• Coordinate issue resolution and escalate build, quality, or resource concerns as required.
• Ensure build records and rework documentation are complete and accurate.
• Support vehicle preparation for customer events and production readiness.

Skills

Team leadership

Vehicle build knowledge

Plan & coordinate

Engineering drawing interpretation

Quality & process awareness

Communication skills

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Vehicle Maintenance

Job description

Prodrive in Birmingham is seeking a Vehicle Build Team Leader to lead and coordinate a team of Vehicle Technicians supporting a programme from pre-production through to series production. You will oversee vehicle assembly, modification, rework, and rectification activities, ensuring safety, efficiency, and quality are met to programme timing.

You will work closely with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, and Programme teams, driving continuous improvement to safety, quality,