Battery Manufacturing Maintenance Manager

REQ ID: 131891
JOB TITLE: Battery Manufacturing Maintenance Manager
SALARY: £65,000 - £72,000
POSTING START DATE: 03/06/2026
POSTING END DATE: 17/06/2026
LOCATION: Wolverhampton EPMC  

In the Manufacturing team at JLR’s Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC), you’ll help power iconic electric cars. You will be working alongside incredible technicians and leaders to drive our commitment to shape a future we truly believe in, together. Use your expertise, cutting-edge technology, and problem-solving skills to ensure efficient, sustainable and high-quality production. Fuel the exceptional.

As a Battery Production Maintenance Manager, you’ll play a key role in delivering operational excellence within a highly automated manufacturing environment. You’ll guide a skilled team, combining engineering expertise with a data driven mindset to maximise uptime and continuous improvement. This is your chance to push boundaries, embrace change and channel your curiosity while developing your leadership and technical capability in a critical area of the business.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Working at the heart of advanced battery/electrification production, you’ll balance hands on leadership with strategic planning. You’ll collaborate widely across operations and support functions, ensuring performance, safety and quality standards are consistently achieved. Here’s what to expect:

• Leading and developing maintenance teams, fostering a culture of safety, accountability and continuous improvement


• Delivering equipment uptime by managing breakdown response and ensuring safe, efficient fault resolution


• Creating and managing planned preventative maintenance programmes to optimise performance and reliability


• Partnering with cross functional teams to achieve quality and volume targets while improving operational performance


• Driving environmental and health and safety initiatives, supporting sustainable and responsible manufacturing

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

Along with your ambition to achieve the exceptional, there are several skills that you’ll need to help you succeed here, including:

• Demonstrating experience managing maintenance teams within a fast paced manufacturing environment


• Applying strong mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge, ideally within automated production settings


• Using logical problem solving techniques to resolve complex technical challenges


• Understanding health and safety, quality systems and environmental practices within industrial environments


• Holding a relevant engineering degree or equivalent experience

BENEFITS

This role is rewarding in more ways than one. On top of our core offering, you’ll do extraordinary work with amazing people. In addition, you can expect a wide range of benefits:

• Discounted car purchase (open to family members, too)


• A 52 week maternity leave policy and a 4 week paternity leave policy. Other parental leave policies are available


• A competitive pension


• A JLR company performance-related bonus


• An employee learning scheme providing funding for; education, training and other activities which support the development of personal skills and promote lifelong learning


• Access to open, employee-led support and social networks


• Comprehensive Life Assurance and Income Protection policies

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs. 

Applicants from all backgrounds are welcome. If you’re unsure that you meet the full criteria of a role – but you're interested in where it could take you – we still encourage you to apply. We believe in people's ability to grow and develop within their role – it’s what makes living the exceptional with soul possible.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.