Lead Battery Maintenance Technician
About The Position
Serves as a master-level expert responsible for guiding and mentoring the Battery Maintenance team. This role ensures all battery-related work meets high-quality standards and supports operational excellence by resolving escalated technical issues, monitoring workflows, and recommending process improvements. The Lead Technician is a hands-on position assembling, installing, inspecting, maintaining, and repairing EV battery packs and contributing to team efficiency through strategic suggestions. Leads, coaches, and mentors the Battery Maintenance team as master technicians. Ensure battery work meets quality standards and contributes to overall operational excellence Collaborates with management on job forecasting, resource planning, and scheduling. Promotes and enforces safety and compliance standards. Resolves escalated issues from technicians, customers, and stakeholders. Monitors workflows and recommend process improvements. Acts as liaison with Vehicle Operations for battery and service coordination. Suggest ways to enhance team efficiency and effectiveness. Performs battery assembly, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair. Supports battery refurbishment and disassembly. Maintains charging equipment and conducts performance tests. Diagnoses and repairs non-working batteries. Adjusts charge parameters and inspects battery components. Replaces defective parts and reassembles batteries. Reports personnel concerns to the Supervisor (without managing performance). Sorts materials and prepare batteries for shipping. Uses test equipment to verify battery condition and performance. Cleans batteries and leads communication to the Supervisor. Ensure timely and accurate updates to the Alfred CMMS database with relevant maintenance and production data to support operational efficiency and equipment reliability. Completes other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- High School Diploma/GED and 7 years’ experience. The right candidate could also have a different combination, such as any level degree/certification beyond a HS diploma/GED in a related discipline and 5 years’ experience; or 9 years’ experience in a related field.
- Must be a current EVBS contractor.
- Requires strong knowledge of hand and power tools and well as computer efficiency.
- Excellent attention to detail, organizational skills, and excellent problem solving, teamwork and collaboration skills to work and communicate effectively with teams throughout organization.
Nice To Haves
- Ability to read written operating instructions
- Commitment to safety.
- Degree or certification in a related discipline automotive or technical
- Experience in the EV Battery industry, preferably in the automotive sector
Responsibilities
- Guides and mentors the Battery Maintenance team.
- Ensures battery-related work meets high-quality standards.
- Resolves escalated technical issues.
- Monitors workflows and recommends process improvements.
- Performs battery assembly, installation, inspection, maintenance, and repair.
- Supports battery refurbishment and disassembly.
- Maintains charging equipment and conducts performance tests.
- Diagnoses and repairs non-working batteries.
- Adjusts charge parameters and inspects battery components.
- Replaces defective parts and reassembles batteries.
- Reports personnel concerns to the Supervisor.
- Sorts materials and prepares batteries for shipping.
- Uses test equipment to verify battery condition and performance.
- Cleans batteries and leads communication to the Supervisor.
- Ensures timely and accurate updates to the Alfred CMMS database.
- Completes other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Employees are eligible to receive a minimum of sixteen hours of paid time off every month and seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
- Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.
- Benefits of working at Cox may include health care insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement planning (401(k)), and paid days off (sick leave, parental leave, flexible vacation/wellness days, and/or PTO).
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
