Autotech Recruit intern lands JLR role

Group One Jaguar Land Rover has become the latest dealership to partner with Autotech Academy and take on an intern in a bid to counteract the challenges of employing skilled vehicle technicians.

Bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and practical experience within the automotive industry is a critical challenge, but exploring a new route to harness talent has enabled the JLR site in North West London to successfully grow its team.

Ahmed Mahamud joined JLR as an Autotech Academy intern in June 2023 after qualifying from college and has now been employed by them permanently.

Kevin Grimes service manager at the Group One Jaguar Land Rover site, said:

“The internship has been a great success for us. Ahmed joined us raw from college, and he immediately showed the right attitude and was keen. He had no preconceived ideas of how to adapt to a workplace setting after being in full-time education, so we have instilled this within him, and he has adjusted well to our way of working and the JLR standards. We need more people like him.”

Autotech Academy offers six to 12-month paid internship programmes for newly qualified Level 3 automotive students. It also equips interns with a uniform and toolbox, which becomes theirs to keep if they successfully secure an automotive role upon completing the internship.