McLaren Automotive Ltd
Motorsport Technician
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
What to Expect
Working with the Lead Technician within an allocated build bay the Motorsport Technician will be responsible for the assembly of new vehicles inline with the business agreed build plan & to the expected McLaren quality standards
What You'll Do
- Preparation and execution of chassis composite reworks prior to car build as required.
- Build and preparation of McLaren Motorsport cars to the required specification.
- Accountable for build and preparation of the car and respective sub-assemblies
- Understand and follow detailed work instructions relating to the assembling of motorsport vehicles.
- Ensure that all build operations on each vehicle are completed to the required quality standards.
- Work as part of a team on the definition and solution of problems that may be affecting the quality, cost or productivity of the vehicles being produced.
- Support the development and launch into production future McLaren Motorsport vehicle platforms and variants.
- Support with the development of vehicle assembly processes for all assembly disciplines
- Support the team and wider business functions to ensure all quality targets are correctly specified and achieved.
- Support and participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
- Work alongside the Product Design Engineering team in identifying resolutions for product related issues during the pre-production build phases.
What You'll Bring
- Experience of working within a low volume vehicle production / motorsport build environment essential.
- Experience of composite trimming, grinding, and drilling to high standards.
- Base level understanding of the differences between track-based cars and road-based vehicles
- Have value added experience in the field of vehicle manufacturing practices.
- Taking receipt of guidance and instruction from multiple leadership direction.
- Flexible approach to work hours to support program targets.
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Personal attributes:
- Determination to drive forward the business to “Best in Class” performance standards in line with brand expectations.
- Takes the opportunity to proactively use initiative where appropriate.
- A team player who can support others whilst also getting involved in day-to-day tasks as necessary.
- Good analytical skills and attention to detail
- Results focused and driven to achieve successful outcome.
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Adhere to the McLaren Values and help grow the Automotive & Motorsport Brand.
- Actively seeks ways to improve their quality of work through constructive feedback or self-education.
- Flexibility when working unsociable hours in support of meeting program targets and maintain a flexible approach to working hours.
What We'll Do for You
We offer a wide – ranging benefits package, which includes:
- 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 4x your basic salary
- 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 including market leading maternity leave
- Tax efficient nursery scheme benefit
- A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice
- Friends and family day
- Opportunities to experience our fantastic cars
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Qualifying criteria applies
We recognise that we can only achieve our vision with the dedication and collaboration of our world class employees. It is our aim to become the employer of choice within the global automotive industry.
McLaren Automotive are constantly looking to improve. To become the employer of choice, we are always looking to develop our employee offerings. We currently offer a range of benefits to employees at all levels of the business including Private Healthcare, Contributory Pension Scheme, Life Assurance and Personal Lease Car Scheme. We also offer a range of discounts with our partner organisations.
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.
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills
Location