300 new technicians for Range Rover and upcoming e-models

Jaguar Land Rover is recruiting 300 new technicians and test engineers at its UK sites in Solihull, Gaydon and Whitley. The new jobs in the West Midlands are to ensure Range Rover production and the development of the next generation of electric models.

Of the total of 300 new jobs, around 100 are maintenance technicians for the Solihull plant. The new employees will operate and maintain highly automated production equipment in a new body shop costing around 130 million pounds. In addition, the technicians will be trained to work on a new body production system costing around £70 million, which will ensure production of the new electric Range Rover.

JLR is also hiring about 200 technicians and test engineers to work at the Gaydon Engineering Centre and the powertrain facility at Whitley, where they will oversee the development of JLR's next-generation e-car. In total, the British luxury carmaker plans to invest £15 billion over five years in its industrial infrastructure, vehicle programs, autonomous driving, AI and digital technologies, and employee skills.

The next electric vehicles will be the battery-electric Range Rover, for which pre-orders will begin later this year. That will be followed by the first of three redesigned all-electric Jaguars: a four-door luxury GT built in Solihull. (aum)