Tool Maker

Job Description:

GRADE: B08

LOCATION: Belfast, Tooling Engineering

RESPONSIBLE TO: Section Head, Tooling Engineering

PURPOSE OF THE JOB

To perform hands-on manufacture, maintenance, repair, modification, installation, and routine servicing of production tooling to ensure maximum operational efficiency and equipment availability that conform to engineering standards while adhering strictly to safety and quality standards.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Carry out scheduled maintenance, tool repairs, periodic routines, and modifications on a diverse range of production tooling to engineering standards in line with delivery schedules.
  
• Diagnose and resolve complex tool engineering and mechanical issues on the shop floor, using a proactive, hands-on, troubleshooting approach.
  
• Support the installation, citing, and alignment of new and existing tooling systems across production facilities.
  
• Execute daily work assignments efficiently to meet schedule, cost, and quality targets set by the Tooling Team Leader.
  
• Conduct all tooling activities in full compliance with Health & Safety, Environmental legislation, Risk Assessments, and Safe Systems of Work.
  
• Support quality requirements by maintaining precise tool specifications and supporting the calibration/maintenance of related metrology equipment.
  
• Collaborate effectively with internal production, engineering, and quality teams to minimise operational downtime and maintain tool integrity.
  
• Engage in continuous improvement initiatives, proposing practical solutions to optimise tooling performance and workshop processes.
  

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that sufficient detail is provided to demonstrate how they meet essential job criteria, as this alone will be used for vetting purposes.

Candidates must:

• Have completed a recognised mechanical engineering or toolmaking apprenticeship together with 3 years’ proven post-apprenticeship hands-on tooling experience within a high-precision manufacturing context.
  
• Ability to read, interpret, and work from complex engineering drawings and technical documentation.
  
• Sound analytical and troubleshooting capabilities to diagnose and rectify mechanical and tooling faults.
  
• Solid working knowledge of Health & Safety standards, Risk Assessments, and safe systems of work in a manufacturing environment.
  
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively alongside Team Leaders, Quality Engineers, and Operations teams.
  

Closing date: 13/09/2026

Please note that meeting the mandatory criteria listed above guarantees consideration for the role, but does not ensure progression to the interview stage. In the event of a high volume of qualified applications, the selection panel reserves the right to shortlist and progress candidates who additionally meet one or more of the preferential (desirable) criteria.

HOW WE CAN SUPPORT YOU
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need and we’ll always do our best to accommodate your request.

Please let us know if you need us to make any adjustments for the selection process - you can share this with your Talent Acquisition Partner if you are invited to interview. Examples may include (but not exclusive to) accessible facilities; auxiliary aids; room layout, etc. Any information disclosed will be treated in the strictest confidence.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Airbus UK will offer an interview to any applicant that considers themselves to have a disability or long-term condition under the Equality Act 2010 and meets the minimum criteria of the role (as set out in the job advert). To ‘opt in’, just select the option during your application submission and your application will be considered accordingly.

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Company:
Airbus Belfast Limited

Employment Type:
Permanent
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Experience Level:
Professional