Red Bull Racing
Composite Event Support Lead Technician
🇬🇧Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom2 months ago
SeniorFull TimeEN
Red Bull Racing & Technology have an exciting opportunity for a Composite Event Support Lead Technician to join our well-established Composites team.
Based in the heart of our innovative and state-of-the-art manufacturing facility our Lead Technician will support both event and factory activities.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead and work with other Composite Event Support Technicians, Shift Leader and Team Leaders, as well as other supply chain leaders to understand the priorities and deadlines.
Understand production plans to ensure delivery dates will be achieved and communicate any deviation from the plan.
Responsible for the quality of parts produced, ensuring all appropriate processes are carried out, and that any deviations from specification are identified, and if possible corrected prior to progressing.
To maintain a good communication channel with all shifts and departments to ensure work is transferred effectively through the company.
To prioritise daily workloads to ensure utilisation is high and maximise productivity.
Support Race, Test and Heritage events as required. Taking the lead role to ensure workload is managed effectively.
Direct technicians, enabling them to convert all specific operations to the highest possible standard.
Provide support and back up for the Composite Event Support Shift Leader role, covering when they are absent, as the primary workshop contact for CES daily operations.
Feedback via Production Engineering manufacturing improvement, cost or lead-time reduction suggestions.
Essential Criteria
Extensive knowledge of Composite Assembly Manufacturing processes.
Confident verbal and written communicator with the ability to follow achievable Objectives, Goals, Strategies & Measures.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate the ability to read and interpret complex engineering drawings and process sheets.
Ability to work in a high-pressured team environment and to be self-motivated to meet tight deadlines.
Ability to work flexibly when additional shifts are required.
Actively support the Apprentice and Junior training programme.
Champion continuous improvement throughout the department.
Not only is this a fantastic Composite Event Support Technician position, but it is also a fantastic team to work with here at Red Bull Technology. A good salary is just the start; there are many other benefits too, such as our race bonus scheme, private health care cover, life assurance scheme, company-contributed pension scheme, on-site gym & fitness classes, and free daily food allowance. Above all, job satisfaction doesn’t get any better than the feeling of making a real contribution to our championship-winning grand prix cars.
