Job Description
Job description
REQ ID: 1168++
JOB TITLE: Maintenance Technician
SALARY: £43,405 + shift premiums
POSTING START DATE: 02/+/2026
POSTING END DATE: 16/+/2026
LOCATION: Solihull
WORKING HOURS: 37 + Overtime opportunities
As a qualified skilled professional at JLR, you’ll bring to life era-defining vehicles that people across the world know and love. You’ll collaborate with other expert technicians and leaders in skilled roles, who lend their insight to help realise our vision of modern luxury. Your dedication to excellence will ensure our production lines run smoothly and meet the highest quality standards. Craft an exceptional career with us.
What To Expect
In this multi-skilled role, you will have a fantastic opportunity to join a highly skilled, dynamic maintenance team based at our brand-new state of the art manufacturing facility in Solihull.
You’ll deliver excellence by providing engineering maintenance support to all manufacturing assets and equipment. Our manufacturing technologies includes automated equipment comprising of robots, automated welding and joining equipment, laser joining systems, automated conveyors, complex tooling, and fixturing and lifting equipment. Whether you’re an electrical engineer or a multiskilled engineer, you will receive all the training and support you require to build on your current qualifications and experience.
Through our purpose, vision, strategy and transformation, you will show your maintenance skills, behaviours and competencies in all you do contributing to the JLR brand heritage. Continuous development means that Solihull represents one of the greatest manufacturing growth stories in the UK for a generation.
Key Accountabilities And Responsibilities
• 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
• Perform detailed preventive and corrective maintenance activities in accordance with schedules
• Fault diagnosis and rectification on all plant and equipment within the manufacturing facility
• Technical response to breakdowns of all facilities and their controls to deliver minimal down time using safe working practises
What You’ll Need
• An engineering maintenance discipline Level 3 NVQ or equivalent qualification such as BTEC, National Diploma or OCR
• A proven maintenance engineering professional with high standards of electrical and mechanical understanding and competencies
• Ability to work to find root cause of failure in reactive maintenance scenarios and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Willingness to undertake projects/continuous improvement works in-line with business requirements.
• Able to work a rotational shift pattern
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 from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.
JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.
REQ ID: 1168++
JOB TITLE: Maintenance Technician
SALARY: £43,405 + shift premiums
POSTING START DATE: 02/+/2026
POSTING END DATE: 16/+/2026
LOCATION: Solihull
WORKING HOURS: 37 + Overtime opportunities
As a qualified skilled professional at JLR, you’ll bring to life era-defining vehicles that people across the world know and love. You’ll collaborate with other expert technicians and leaders in skilled roles, who lend their insight to help realise our vision of modern luxury. Your dedication to excellence will ensure our production lines run smoothly and meet the highest quality standards. Craft an exceptional career with us.
What To Expect
In this multi-skilled role, you will have a fantastic opportunity to join a highly skilled, dynamic maintenance team based at our brand-new state of the art manufacturing facility in Solihull.
You’ll deliver excellence by providing engineering maintenance support to all manufacturing assets and equipment. Our manufacturing technologies includes automated equipment comprising of robots, automated welding and joining equipment, laser joining systems, automated conveyors, complex tooling, and fixturing and lifting equipment. Whether you’re an electrical engineer or a multiskilled engineer, you will receive all the training and support you require to build on your current qualifications and experience.
Through our purpose, vision, strategy and transformation, you will show your maintenance skills, behaviours and competencies in all you do contributing to the JLR brand heritage. Continuous development means that Solihull represents one of the greatest manufacturing growth stories in the UK for a generation.
Key Accountabilities And Responsibilities
• 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
• Perform detailed preventive and corrective maintenance activities in accordance with schedules
• Fault diagnosis and rectification on all plant and equipment within the manufacturing facility
• Technical response to breakdowns of all facilities and their controls to deliver minimal down time using safe working practises
What You’ll Need
• An engineering maintenance discipline Level 3 NVQ or equivalent qualification such as BTEC, National Diploma or OCR
• A proven maintenance engineering professional with high standards of electrical and mechanical understanding and competencies
• Ability to work to find root cause of failure in reactive maintenance scenarios and implement permanent corrective actions.
• Willingness to undertake projects/continuous improvement works in-line with business requirements.
• Able to work a rotational shift pattern
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 from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.
JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Maintenance Technician position is now open for candidates interested in the Mechanic Jobs sector. This role in Gaydon offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Mechanic Jobs is a plus.