Jaguar Land Rover - Advanced Apprentice - Manufacturing - Battery Assembly Centre

  • Company: Jaguar Land Rover Ltd (Battery Assembly Centre)
  • Location: Birmingham, B46 1GA
  • Type: Apprenticeship
  • Salary:
  • Sector: Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies
  • Ref: VAC-00122
  • Application Deadline Date: 31/03/2020
  • Start Date: 04/09/2020
  • Positions Available: 5
  • Working Week: You will work a minimum of 7 hours per working day, the specific start and end times may vary

Brief Description

Our new Battery Assembly Centre (BAC) is a state-of- the-art facility that will power Jaguar Land Rover?s next generation of electric vehicles. To achieve this will need new talent in order to commission, install and maintain this manufacturing facility

Qualifications Required

You will need?maths?GCSE and English Language GCSE grade C/ 4 or above.

In?addition, you?ll also need three further GCSEs including a Science, Engineering, Technology or an additional?Maths?subject at grade C/ 4 or above, or as an alternative, Engineering Vocational qualification level 3 of 90 credit value (540 GLH).?

Personal Qualities

The ideal apprentice will be hard working, dedicated to developing their skills in a manufacturing environment
A passion for engineering is a must
They will embrace innovation and creativity and always be open to change
They will relish the challenge of working for a world class manufacturer of cars and other vehicles

Skills Required

The ability to communicate well.

Training to be Provided

? Engineering Basic Skills training ? off the job full time at Make UK in Aston, Birmingham
? NVQ Level 3 in Engineering
? A Technical Certificate (BTEC Diploma Level 3 in Engineering)
? In house training in line with your requirements.

Vacancy Detail

To Apply for this role: Please copy and paste the following link into a browser to be taken to the Jaguar Land Rover recruitment portal : https://www.jaguarlandrovercareers.com/job/Birmingham-Advanced-Apprentice-Manufacturing-Battery-Assembly-Centre/557694301/

Please Note: Make UK are not responsible for the recruitment of this role so if you apply through our website, your application will not be registered with JLR.


Creating the cars of tomorrow is a challenge around 40,000 passionate Jaguar Land Rover colleagues take on every day. The way cars are created and driven is changing. And we are leading that change. Our vision is for a cleaner, smarter, more connected world where autonomous, connected, electrified and shared vehicles will replace the environmentally impactful world of the internal combustion engine. Throughout our history we have always taken on the challenges of creating the most prestigious, sustainable and desirable cars.

Our new Battery Assembly Centre (BAC) is a state-of- the-art facility that will power Jaguar Land Rover?s next generation of electric vehicles. To achieve this will need new talent in order to commission, install and maintain this advanced manufacturing facility. You?ll undertake a role in either quality operations or maintenance where you?ll be responsible for maintaining high speed automated and advanced technologies and ensuring our products satisfy precision engineering specifications. You?ll provide support to?maximise?production efficiencies and maintain all associated assembly equipment to ensure the smooth running of our manufacturing facilities.?

Join the Advanced Apprenticeship Scheme, and you?ll have opportunities to make your mark in roles such as:?

?? QUALITY OPERATIONS

?? Plant Quality Operations ensures our products satisfy precision engineering specifications. You'll perform a variety of testing and validation activities ensuring the quality and performance of our batteries exceeds our customer expectations.?

? You'll gain detailed knowledge across a range of measurement, testing, analysis, investigation processes and techniques and develop teamworking and?problem-solving?skills to support root cause analysis of quality concerns.?

? In?addition,?you?ll work cross-functionally to support the investigation and resolution of quality concerns as well as contribute towards the continuous improvement of our build and validation processes.?

?? In this area, you?ll work to improve our manufacturing techniques and processes, and gain knowledge of our vehicles and production techniques, reporting on assembly solutions,?standardisation, quality and economic best practice.?

?? MAINTENANCE?

?? You?ll carry out preventive maintenance, diagnose and fix faults on complex machinery and equipment to keep our assembly operation running smoothly. You?ll develop your ability to use problem-solving skills on robots, logistics, process system and electrical components.?

?? We?ll also help you develop the skills required to carry out machine alignments and interact with Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) / Numerically Controlled (NC) equipment to ensure machine availability and the quality of our product.???

?? You?ll also gain the ability to use problem-solving skills to understand and correct complex problems within the production environment. In?addition,?you?ll gain both electrical and mechanical training with the opportunity to develop yourself into a highly skilled and?competent technician.?

Other Information

Following your apprenticeship, you will have chosen your pathway to join either the Maintenance team or the Quality Operations team.

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