Hydraulic Component Assembly Technician

At the heart of every Williams Racing car lies a symphony of hydraulic engineering and we’re looking for a skilled technician to help orchestrate it. If you thrive on precision, performance, and pushing boundaries, this is your chance to be part of the team that powers race, test, PR, and customer cars to victory. From PAS to BBW and dampers, your expertise will ensure every component meets the highest standards of safety, reliability, and competitiveness.

Main Duties: 

• Build, strip, and service WF1 and customer hydraulic components, including but not limited to PAS, BBW, and dampers, to a consistently high standard of competitiveness, safety, and reliability, ensuring all assemblies conform to current engineering and manufacturing policies and procedures.
• Carry out duties as instructed by the Hydraulic Assembly Team Leader, as per the daily work list.
• Critically evaluate all components during assembly and disassembly, ensuring their integrity and reporting any faults.
• Operate pass-off and test rigs as required.
• Highlight any assembly or quality issues to the Team Leader or relevant design authority.
• Ensure all assemblies are completed within deadlines.
• Record and maintain all build and component information in the relevant systems.
• Maintain the component assembly work environment and equipment to the highest standards of tidiness, presentation, and safety.

Key Accountabilities: 

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

• Understanding and working in line with Williams Values & Behaviours, encouraging others to do the same.
• Ensuring compliance with health and safety obligations.
• Maintaining high personal standards of behaviour and conduct, acting as a positive ambassador for the department.
• Adhering to brand guidelines and maintaining high standards of departmental presentation.
• Working to quality standards and contributing to continuous improvement in departmental and personal performance.
• Understanding and complying with cost cap rules and requirements. 

Core Competencies: 

• Ensure 100% adherence to work standards at all times.
• Maintain a strong focus on quality, with an eye for detail—never allow a defect to be passed on.
• Demonstrate effective communication skills, with the ability to share technical information clearly and succinctly across all levels of the business.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement.
• Always adhere to WF1 health and safety policies and procedures.

For almost 50 years, Williams Racing has been at the forefront of one of the fastest sports on the planet, being one of the top three most successful teams in history competing in the FIA Formula 1 World Championship. With an almost unrivalled heritage of engineering and racing F1 cars and unforgettable eras that demonstrate it is a force to be reckoned with, the British squad boasts 16 F1 World Championship titles to its name. 

Since its foundation in 1977 by the eminent, late Sir Frank Williams and engineering pioneer Sir Patrick Head, the team has won nine Constructors’ Championships, in association with Cosworth, Honda and Renault. Its roll call of drivers is legendary, with its seven Drivers’ Championship trophies being lifted by true icons of the sport: Alan Jones, Keke Rosberg, Nelson Piquet, Nigel Mansell, Alain Prost, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve. The team has made history before and is out to make it again with a long-term mission to evolve and return to the front of the grid.

• Experience in building complex hydraulic components, with a background in F1 or aviation.
• A high degree of computer literacy, ideally with experience using Atlas.
• The ideal candidate will be comfortable using Teamcenter PLM and CAD systems.
• Familiarity with lifing systems.
• Experience with ERP and manufacturing execution systems is an advantage.
• This job description is not exhaustive, and the job holder may be required to carry out additional tasks from time to time that are both reasonable and within their capabilities.

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