Battery Test Technician - (4 on 4 off shift)

Company Description

UTAC is a market-leading international group in digital & sustainable mobility, customisable testing solutions, customisable testing systems, vehicle engineering, homologation, regulatory advice & expertise, certification, training, corporate events and classic & sportscars festivals.

The Group provides services and systems to customers in the various sectors: mobility, transport, tyre, petrochemical, agriculture and defence industries. UTAC operates test centres and laboratories in France (including the official Euro NCAP facility), the UK, USA, Finland, Morocco, and Germany; it has subsidiaries in China, Korea and Japan. UTAC employs around 1300 people across its various locations.

As a group we share a strong and clear vision to deliver safe and efficient solutions and systems to our customers. We are proud and confident in our heritage, our capabilities and our people and believe that by creating a culture where individuals feel they can make a difference and enjoy coming to work, we can deliver the best possible service to our customers.

Our core values of Expertise, Innovation and Integrity provide a clear daily guide to how we work together safely, as one team, helping each other to succeed.

Job Description

Whether you have just completed your apprenticeship or have decades of experience we are looking for an enthusiastic technician to join our ever-growing battery test team as part of UTAC's global electrification group.  

What the role entails

Primarily, the role of a battery technician is dynamic, presenting new challenges each day.

Given the ever-changing nature of our testing procedures, plans can shift multiple times within a single day, necessitating a high level of flexibility from our technician team. Our team ensures 12-hour coverage every day of the year.

Upon the arrival of customers' products, battery technicians assume responsibility, conducting safety tests throughout the testing process. This involves detailed checks and measurements at multiple battery connections to ensure the condition of the battery is known and correct. This scrutiny guarantees that the customer's product is as expected and safe to handle.

Technicians support testing in multiple locations for both Battery durability and Battery safety tests. Durability tests take place in our 14 climatic chambers, replicating environmental conditions and cycling power profiles the batteries may encounter throughout their lifespan. Safety tests push batteries beyond their functional limits to assess the efficacy of their safety features, including aligning with relevant regulatory standards.

Technicians take charge of installation work, involving high-voltage connections, fabrication of test equipment, and the design and assembly of various electrical test equipment to link the customer's unit to our measurement tools. An intriguing aspect of the role includes battery strip work, where technicians disassemble batteries post-test, reporting their condition back to customers.

Beyond tests, technicians also maintain facilities, ensuring the reliability of our complex equipment through preventative maintenance activities. During shifts without engineering support, technicians are responsible for keeping tests running and analysing faults, a critical duty, especially on weekends, to optimise test efficiency for our customers.

In essence, the technician's core responsibility is to safely complete tests and provide expertise throughout the entire process.

Purpose

Battery department is responsible for providing Battery/Module/Cell testing services, including performance, life cycle, durability, abuse, strip & rate.

Role is to support all types of Battery testing (including Performance, life cycle, durability, and abuse) along with all associated strip and rate activity.

Responsibilities

• This is an opportunity to develop your experience and skills in a world class battery testing environment with the support of an experienced and highly competent team
• The role will provide support for UTAC HV Battery testing operational activities and procedures
• Provides an environment to practice and develop problem solving and issue diagnostic skills
• Continuous Improvement applied to all activities to ensure ever improving facilities, processes, and test methods
• Support facility maintenance and calibration activities
• Support test method development (electrical and mechanical)
• Always developing a safe working environment, following risk assessments
• Act in accordance with the behaviours for UTAC staff always

Qualifications

Qualifications

• HND or equivalent in technical/electrical disciplines (desirable) 
• A relevant apprenticeship 

Experience 

• Previous relevant automotive industry work experience (beneficial)
• Previous experience in a HV Battery or EV environment (desirable)
• An interest and passion in progressing your career within Electrification of Power trains (including HV battery testing methodology) (essential)

Skills 

• Mechanical and Electrical fabrication skills (beneficial)
• Ability to utilise HV diagnostic tools such as multi meters using best safety practices
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Strong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills
• Team player as all HV work is conducted with a minimum of pairs of technicians 

Personal Behaviours

• Excellent attention to detail
• Good understanding of H&S practices
• Willingness to learn
• Flexible and adaptable
• Highly motivated team player
• Customer focused
• High level of confidentiality and integrity

Other

• After up to a 3-month period of day shift training you would move onto a rolling week shift pattern (4 days on/4 days off, 12 hours per day 6am-6pm) Shift premiums are paid accordingly. 
• Flexibility to travel as and when required
• Full UK driving licence & own transport (UTAC Millbrook is not easily accessible via public transport and the department is "trackside" so your own transport is a requirement) 
• Willing to undergo a Criminal Disclosure check

NOTE: This position will be based on site

Additional Information

For you, as a potential UTAC team member, we believe that the international and diverse nature of our business combined with the passion, energy and friendliness of our people create a great place to work. UTAC is proud to be an equal opportunities employer, valuing inclusion and supporting our people to be themselves and at their very best.

By joining us you will gain access to a broad range of learning relevant to your role and personal development, as well as exposure to leading technologies and expertise.

Our reward and benefit programmes are designed to support our people with competitive and locally tailored packages combined with support for individual health and wellbeing both inside and outside of work.

In the UK this includes ;

• Life Cover
• Access to a wide range of discounts and offers via the Perkz reward scheme
• Recognition awards linked to our UTAC values of Expertise, Innovation and Integrity.
• Healthcare cashback plans
• Generous holiday benefits
• Contributory pension schemes
• Attractive family friendly policies; maternity, paternity, shared parental leave, flexible working.
• Access to a variety of employee assistance support services.

Learn more about UTAC and what and how we do what we do at www.utac.com

Candidates for positions at UTAC must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the country the role is based in. Immigration visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

Note to Recruitment Agencies :

UTAC do not accept speculative applications from agencies for our open positions and any submissions made will not be accepted and no fees will be accepted or paid in respect of speculative CVs received.