Tooling Coordinator

globalhr; Leighton Buzzard; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Employee discounts

Gym membership

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney Canada UK operates a repair centre in Leighton Buzzard and seeks a Tooling Coordinator to manage site tooling stock. You will organize tool kit creation, allocate tooling, and support the technical team with tool loans and calibration while maintaining the tooling database.

The role involves coordinating with vendors, arranging shipping, and contributing to process improvements in tooling management.

Qualifications

• HS Diploma or AA/AS with a minimum of 2 years relevant experience.
• Experience coordinating tool kits and tooling management.
• Ability to manage tool loans, calibrations and vendor communications.

Responsibilities

• Create and allocate tool kits ensuring tooling is present.
• Maintain and update the tooling database and records.
• Coordinate tool loans and arrange shipping for customer requests.
• Ensure regular calibration of tooling and compliance with requirements.
• Assist with quotes for new tooling or tooling repairs; liaise with vendors.

Skills

Tooling coordination

Stock management

New tool induction

Vendor liaison

Education

HS Diploma or AA/AS

Tools

Tooling database

Job description

Date Posted: 2026-04-29

Country: United Kingdom

Location: Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire

Position Role Type: Unspecified

At RTX, the world largest aerospace and defense company, 185,000 great minds are united by purpose and inspired to make a difference solving the world’s most complex problems. With our three market leading businesses, world-class operations and investments in research and development, we offer capabilities and opportunity no one else can. Together, we push the boundaries of known science and find new ways to connect and protect our world.

Pratt & Whitney is a world leader in the design, manufacture and service of aircraft engines and auxiliary power systems and has been revolutionizing modern flight for over 100 years. Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense.

Pratt and Whitney Canada (an RTX company), is a global aerospace leader, shaping the future of business, general, and regional aviation, as well as helicopters and APU’s. Every second, somewhere in the world, an aircraft takes off or lands under Pratt & Whitney power.

Pratt & Whitney Canada UK forms part of the Regional Customer Service Centre Network and has a repair centre based in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire.

PURPOSE OF JOB

To manage the stock of site tooling in support of the technical team.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Tool kit creations – ensuring all tooling is present and allocated

TOOLING COORDINATOR

Tooling

New Tool Induction

Tool Loans (Process improvement and Execution)
Pilot Freight Project – Tool Movements and eWMS.
Drive Tool Kit Creation Projects (Work with Tech Team)
Second PW617 Kit
Additional PW500 Tool Kit
PT6E Tool Kits
Plus any other the Team would like kitted

Stores Back-up (receipt, induction and allocation of parts)
Other Admin Tasks as required from a business perspective to support the Technical team – tool loans (picking the tooling for the customer, updating the tooling database).
Ensure regular calibration of tooling is carried out in line with requirements. Following the correct procedure.
Support with calibration service providers and follow-up in the event of out of tolerancenotification Support customer tool loan requests & NDT requirements
Prepare the tool loan and make arrangements for shipping
Act as main point of contact with tooling vendors. Work with the technical team to identify requirements and get quotes for new tooling or tooling repairs.
Maintain the tooling database and help resolve any issues with the system
Working of improvements projects related to tooling and tooling management systems
Any other ad hoc jobs or projects or jobs to support the Technical Team

What We Offer:
In return we offer a benefits package which includes a competitive base salary as well as 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays. In addition, there is an Employee Assistance Programme, ability to buy and sell holidays, employee discounts, a fantastic pension scheme, discounted gym membership and much, much more.

Why Join The Team?

At Pratt & Whitney, we believe that powered flight has transformed and will continue to transform – the world.That’swhy we work with an explorer’s heart and a perfectionist’s grit to design, build, and service the world’s Military Engines most advancedaircraftengines. We do this across a diverse portfolio, including Commercial Engines, Business Aviation, General Aviation, Regional Aviation, and Helicopter Aviation – and as a way of turning possibilities into realities for our customers. This is how we at Pratt & Whitney approach our work, and this is why we are inspired to go beyond!

Please ensure the role type defined below is appropriate for your needs before applying to this role. This position is classified as:

Onsite: Employees who are working in Onsite roles will work primarily onsite. This includes all production and maintenance employees, as they are essential to the development of our products.]

Hybrid: Employees who are working in Hybrid roles will work regularly both onsite and offsite. Ratio of time working onsite will be determined in partnership with your leader.

Remote: Employees who are working in Remote roles will work primarily offsite (from home). If you live within a reasonable commute of an RTX site with other colleagues you interact with, your manager will discuss whether there is a degree of onsite presence associated with this role.

Candidates will learn more about role type and current site status throughout the recruiting process. For onsite and hybrid roles, commuting to and from the assigned site is the employee’s personal responsibility.

HS Diploma or AA/AS degree(or other 2-year post high school training) with a minimum of 2 years of relevant experience.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.