Tooling Technician

Vaillant Group Belgium; Belper CP; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Generous pension scheme

Death in service benefit

ROS PA Gold medal award recognition

Family-friendly policies

Health checks and flu vaccinations

Job summary

Vaillant Group Belgium is seeking an experienced Tooling Maintenance Technician to support production in the UK on a permanent, full-time basis. You will resolve tooling breakdowns, perform preventative maintenance, and contribute to continuous improvement projects across press tooling, fixtures and jigs.

You will read engineering drawings, operate workshop machinery, and collaborate with production and quality teams to ensure high-quality output.

Qualifications

• Must have a recognised technical apprenticeship or equivalent in mechanical engineering or toolmaking.
• Experience in press tooling maintenance or manufacturing environments with forming, cutting or bending processes is preferred.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings with accuracy.
• Experience with CNC programming or advanced tooling design is advantageous but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Resolve tooling breakdowns and carry out preventative maintenance on press tools, fixtures and jigs.
• Diagnose and fix complex tooling issues to minimise downtime and ensure consistent production quality.
• Manufacture, repair and adjust tooling using tool room equipment (lathes, milling machines) for reactive maintenance and continuous improvement.
• Perform tooling modifications to enable production of different component variants.
• Ensure tooling meets engineering specifications and delivers high-quality output.
• Take ownership of recurring issues and contribute to tooling projects with accurate documentation.

Skills

Reading engineering drawings

Team communication

Proactive problem solving

Machinery operation

Education

Recognised technical apprenticeship / mechanical engineering or toolmaking

Tools

Milling machines

Lathes

Grinders

CNC programming (advantage)

Job description

Printing our own 3D prototypes. And becoming more agile in every dimension of our daily work.Both count. Both are us.

Contract type: Permanent Working time: Full-time

What we achieve together

• In your daily work, you ensure smooth production by resolving tooling breakdowns and carrying out preventative maintenance on press tools, fixtures and jigs across the site.
• Your responsibilities include diagnosing and resolving complex tooling issues, using your hands-on expertise to minimise downtime and ensure consistent production quality.
• Together with the press team, you manufacture, repair and adjust tooling using tool room equipment such as lathes and milling machines, supporting both reactive maintenance and continuous improvement initiatives.
• By performing tooling modifications and adjustments, you enable the efficient production of different component variants across press tools and specialised machinery.
• In close collaboration with production and quality teams, you ensure all tooling meets engineering specifications and delivers precise, high-quality output.
• You take ownership of identifying recurring issues, implementing sustainable improvements and contributing to tooling projects, while maintaining accurate documentation in line with internal processes.

What makes us successful together

• You have completed a recognised technical apprenticeship or bring equivalent qualifications in mechanical engineering, toolmaking or a related discipline.
• You have proven experience in press tooling maintenance or manufacturing environments, ideally with exposure to forming, cutting or bending processes.
• You are confident in operating workshop machinery such as milling machines, lathes and grinders, and can read and interpret engineering drawings with accuracy.
• Experience with CNC programming or advanced tooling design would be an advantage but is not essential.
• You approach challenges with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset, communicate effectively across teams and take pride in delivering high-quality, reliable work.

What you can count on

• We offer our employees an attractive remuneration package, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays and bonus opportunities.
• We offer a generous pension scheme which enables our employees to have greater financial security when they do retire.
• For our employee's peace of mind, we provide a death in service benefit.
• The safety of our employees is paramount and Vaillant Industrial are proud to have received the ROSPA Gold medal award for the 10th consecutive year and the resultant Presidents Award.
• We pride ourselves on our family friendly policies designed to support our employees during important life events.
• The health of our employees is important, we provide free eye test vouchers, Health MOT's, NHS Health checks and flu vaccinations to all.

What makes us special

We take care of a better climate. In every home and our environment. As a successful family business, we have been living up to this claim for over 150 years. We are one of the world's leading providers of heat pumps, digital services and efficient gas heating appliances and offer energy-saving solutions.

You will find sustainability everywhere at the Vaillant Group. In the office, at the production sites and on the road. Around 16,000 employees from over 70 countries are committed to this every day. As an international team, we take responsibility - for our future and that of our planet. We promote your personal development so that you can act with passion and together we can ensure a better climate.

Become part of the Vaillant Group and help us shape the future of heating!

We promote equity and do not tolerate any form of discrimination. We value the uniqueness of each individual and encourage all people to apply.