Car Assembly Technician

Role Purpose (Job Profile):   To assemble, service and sign-off cars and assemblies required for the running of race cars and provide support to the race team as and when required. 

Main Duties: 

• Undertake international travel to race and test events as required, providing hands‑on support for car build, turnaround, and trackside operations. 

• Carry out the build, strip, and servicing of cars and all associated components, ensuring maximum competitiveness, safety, and reliability, and guaranteeing that every assembly complies with current Engineering and Manufacturing policies and procedures. 

• Execute tasks as directed by the Car Build Team Leaders & Supervisor when working at the factory, and by the Chief Mechanic when trackside, following the daily work list and adapting to evolving race‑weekend priorities. 

• Ensure all assemblies are built to the exact specification defined by the Engineering departments. 

• Critically assess all components during assembly and disassembly, verifying structural integrity, identifying wear or damage, and reporting any concerns immediately. 

• Highlight any assembly, fit, or quality issues to the Team Leaders, Chief Mechanic, or relevant Design & Quality Authority to ensure rapid resolution and continuous improvement. 

• Work to strict build deadlines, ensuring the car is prepared, signed off, and ready for each session across the race weekend. 

• Accurately record and maintain all build data, component usage, and lifing information within the designated systems to ensure full traceability and compliance. 

• Maintain the highest standards of cleanliness, organisation, and safety within the build area, garage environment, and when handling high‑value composite assemblies. 

Key Accountabilities:  

Fulfil all organisational expectations, including but not limited to the following:  

• Understand and work in line with Williams Values & Behaviours, encouraging others to do the same. 

• Ensure understanding of and compliance with health and safety obligations. 

• Maintain personal high standards of behaviour and conduct, being a positive ambassador for the department. 

• Ensure you adhere to brand rules and maintain high standards of department presentation. 

• Work to quality standards and identify and contribute ways to continuously improve department and personal performance. 

• Ensure understanding of cost cap rules and requirements. 

Core Competencies: 

• Always ensure 100% work adherence 

• Quality focused with an eye for detail, never allow a defect to be passed on 

• Effective communication Skills with the ability to share technical information in a succinct manor to all levels of the business 

• Maintain a culture of constant improvement 

• Ensure WF1 H&S policy and procedures are always adhered to 

• Ability to react quickly to unexpected situations, last‑minute engineering updates, and high‑pressure turnaround requirements. 

Qualifications and Experience Level: 

• Proven trackside experience within a high‑performance motorsport environment, ideally F1,F2,F3. 

• Demonstrated experience providing critical preparation and operational support for race and test programmes within high‑performance motorsport 

• Familiarity with lifing and issue management systems  

• Experience with ERP & Manufacturing execution systems an advantage 

• Ideally participated within a Pit Stop Crew environment  

This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder will be required to carry out from time-to-time tasks in addition to the above that will be both reasonable and within their capabilities. 

Atlassian Williams F1 Team is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity and inclusion. We are happy to discuss reasonable job adjustments.