{"id":61148,"date":"2025-03-27T11:31:53","date_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/?p=61148"},"modified":"2025-03-27T11:31:54","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:31:54","slug":"jlr-announces-150-new-manufacturing-roles-supporting-production-of-range-rover-electric-and-next%e2%80%91gen-evs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autoestrada.ch\/en\/jlr-announces-150-new-manufacturing-roles-supporting-production-of-range-rover-electric-and-next%e2%80%91gen-evs\/","title":{"rendered":"JLR ANNOUNCES 150 NEW MANUFACTURING ROLES SUPPORTING PRODUCTION OF RANGE ROVER ELECTRIC AND NEXT\u2011GEN EVS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JLR has today announced it is recruiting 150 maintenance technicians in the West Midlands.&nbsp;The engineering roles are central to the luxury automotive\u2019s&nbsp;Reimagine&nbsp;strategy, which will see pure electric versions of all of its brands launched by the end of the decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Of the 150 roles, JLR is recruiting&nbsp;50 technicians for its Solihull plant. These roles will maintain automated and state\u2011of\u2011the\u2011art manufacturing equipment essential to the production of Range Rover Electric, which is launching later this year.<\/p><div class=\"autoestrada-nel-contenuto autoestrada-entity-placement\" id=\"autoestrada-2835821599\" style=\"position: relative;padding: 30px;border: 2px solid red;margin: 25px auto 35px;text-align: center;width: fit-content;\"><div class=\"autoestrada-adlabel\">Advertising<\/div><div id=\"autoestrada-2335708001\"><!-- START ADVERTISER: from tradedoubler.com -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\nvar uri = 'https:\/\/impfr.tradedoubler.com\/imp?type(img)g(25401758)a(2263928)' + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11);\r\ndocument.write('<a href=\"https:\/\/clk.tradedoubler.com\/click?p=320153&a=2263928&g=25401758\" target=\"_BLANK\"><img src=\"'+uri+'\" border=0><\\\/a>');\r\n<\/script>\r\n<!-- END ADVERTISER: from tradedoubler.com -->\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The remaining 100 maintenance roles are based at JLR\u2019s Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EMPC) in Wolverhampton. With the site playing a key role within JLR\u2019s UK industrial footprint, technicians will help maintain advanced machinery that is being used to build battery packs and Electric Drive Units (EDUs) for JLR\u2019s next generation electric vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Investing in people and the latest technology is at the cornerstone of our Reimagine strategy. With the transformation of our factories of the future now well underway, we\u2019re now looking for talented technicians with a passion for sustainable innovation to help support our growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nigel Blenkinsop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JLR Executive Director of Industrial Operations<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In parallel with JLR\u2019s latest recruitment drive, as part of its Future Skills Programme the luxury automotive is also rapidly upskilling its workforce for electrification, with more than 20,000 JLR colleagues and partners now trained in electrification and digital skills. This has been funded from an ongoing \u00a33bn per year investment JLR is making to transform its industrial footprint, vehicle programmes, autonomous, AI and digital technologies and people skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This investment has also enabled the radical transformation of its Solihull, Halewood and Wolverhampton manufacturing facilities to produce electric vehicles and their component parts \u2013 all while enabling&nbsp;the parallel production of internal combustion, and hybrid engines.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first electric car JLR will launch later this year will be Range Rover Electric, built in Solihull and now with 57,000 clients on the waiting list. 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