Lead Battery Maintenance Technician (EVBS)

Lead Battery Maintenance Technician (EVBS) at Cox Automotive summary:

Senior hands-on technician who leads and mentors a battery maintenance team, ensuring quality, safety, and operational excellence for EV battery assembly, installation, inspection, maintenance, refurbishment, and repair. Resolves escalated technical issues, monitors workflows, recommends process improvements, coordinates with vehicle operations, and maintains charging/test equipment while documenting work in the CMMS. Requires strong tool and diagnostic skills, computer literacy, and typically 5–9+ years of related experience or relevant technical certification/degree.

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.

PRIMARY DUTIES/KEY RESPONSIBILITES:

• 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.

Required Experience & Specialized Knowledge and skills:

• 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
• 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.
• Ability to read written operating instructions
• Commitment to safety.

Preferred Experience & Specialized Knowledge & Skills:

• Degree or certification in a related discipline automotive or technical
• Experience in the EV Battery industry, preferably in the automotive sector

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USD 29.38 - 44.09 per hour

Compensation:

Hourly base pay rate is $29.38 - $44.09/hour. The hourly base rate may vary within the anticipated range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include commission (annual, monthly, etc.) and/or an incentive program.

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.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship. No OPT, CPT, STEM/OPT or visa sponsorship now or in future.

Keywords:

EV battery technician, battery maintenance, battery assembly and repair, electric vehicle service, battery diagnostics, CMMS maintenance, battery refurbishment, safety compliance, team lead technician, charging equipment testing