Lead Motorsport Technician · McLaren Automotive

Fri, 24 Apr 2026 13:13:39 GMT
Engineering

McLaren Automotive · Woking · onsite

Leading a team of technicians within an allocated build bay, the Lead Technician will be responsible for the delivery of new vehicles inline with the business agreed build plan & to the expected McLaren quality standards.

Key responsibilities include:

Maintaining all workshop equipment & tooling to ensure all workshop activities are not impacted.

Ordering workshop consumables to ensure workshop activities are not impacted.

Providing training & assisting when issues arise due to a broad knowledge of the build process.

Working alongside the Product Design Engineering team in identifying resolutions for product related issues during the digital and prototype development phases.

Supporting and participating in continuous improvement initiatives with the Production Manager & Manufacturing Engineering.

Ensuring all quality targets are correctly specified and achieved.

Developing vehicle assembly processes for all assembly disciplines.

Supporting the development and launch into production future McLaren Motorsport vehicle platforms and variants.

The ideal candidate will have experience of working within a low volume vehicle production / motorsport build environment, including composite trimming, grinding, and drilling to high standards. They will also have good working knowledge of Microsoft Office products and excellent leadership & organisational skills.

Benefits include a structured career development framework, 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday, enhanced company pension scheme, discretionary annual bonus award, private medical insurance and health cash plan, life assurance benefit, 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, and a range of wellbeing initiatives.