Trainee Installation Specialist

Position Summary

Learn, travel, build, solve. This is a launchpad role for someone curious, practical and tech-minded who wants to learn by doing, visit customer sites, solve real problems, and build a career with CribMaster, part of the Smart Storage Solutions division of Stanley Black & Decker. We provide industry-leading tool and asset tracking solutions to clients across aerospace, defence, transport, construction, manufacturing, and distribution.

As a Trainee Installation Specialist, you will support the installation, setup and care of CribMaster hardware and software-enabled solutions at customer sites. This role is designed for someone early in their career who is curious, tech savvy and eager to learn through structured training, self-paced learning, coaching, supervision and hands-on experience. You will assist with deployments, maintenance, troubleshooting, customer requirements, data preparation and ad-hoc technical support activities, building knowledge while learning how CribMaster helps customers control tools, improve visibility and support critical operations.

This is a field-based role where travel is essential, very frequent and a major part of the experience. Our customers are widely dispersed, so we go where the work takes us, often travelling weekly to support sites across the UK, EMEA and beyond as capability develops. You will see real operations across genuinely fascinating environments while learning, developing and contributing to meaningful customer outcomes.

This is a strong foundation role for someone ready to build a career in a practical, technology-led environment and adopt the culture, behaviours, and ethos of a truly collaborative team-led environment.

Experience & Qualifications Required

• No previous installation or technical experience required; suitable for candidates at the start of their career. Extensive training is provided through mentorship and structured learning modules.
• Interest in practical, hands-on work and willingness to develop mechanical aptitude through training.
• Strong interest in technology, hardware, software, tools, systems and how things work; electronics, RFID and CribMaster knowledge will be taught.
• Ability to follow instructions, checklists, safety guidance, and structured training material.
• Willingness to learn basic problem-solving skills and escalate issues rather than resolve complex challenges independently.
• Willingness to build knowledge through training, self-paced learning, shadowing, experience and feedback.
• Clear, polite communication skills and ability to seek support when needed.
• Good written and verbal English; additional languages are helpful but not required.
• Awareness of safety, professionalism, and good conduct; regulated-environment experience is not required.
• Positive attitude toward essential, very frequent travel, often weekly, and short-notice customer support as capability and confidence develop.
• This role will require access to export-controlled defence technology and restricted customer environments, with eligibility assessed case by case in line with applicable law, customer requirements and company policy.
• Candidates will ideally hold a valid driving licence or be willing to work towards obtaining one.

Professional Behaviours & Growth Mindset

• We do not expect finished professionals on day one. We are looking for the right attitude, curiosity and potential, then we will coach, support and mould the successful candidate into a confident, capable and professional team member.
• Learn how to communicate with customers professionally, clearly and confidently.
• Gain valuable real-world experience in customer environments, projects and support situations.
• Build the confidence to navigate challenges with customers and colleagues in a calm, positive and solutions-focused way.
• Develop strong habits around reliability, professionalism, teamwork, integrity, attention to detail and continuous learning.
• Grow practical strengths in technology, troubleshooting, customer focus and self-led knowledge development.

Why Join CribMaster?

• Launch Your Career: Learn by doing through practical training, coaching, mentoring, real customer projects and ad-hoc technical support exposure.
• Learn, Travel, Build, Solve: Visit customer sites, see different industries, build practical solutions and learn how technology solves real operational challenges.
• Work That Matters: Support customers across aerospace, defence, construction, manufacturing and distribution by improving tool control, visibility and operational confidence.
• Develop Tech Confidence: Learn how hardware, software, data, configuration and workflows combine to create best-in-class customer solutions.
• Grow With Support: Join a nurturing, coaching-led team with the tools, structure and support needed to build a flourishing career.

Key Stanley Black & Decker Qualities Required

• Willing learner
• Tech curious
• Customer focused
• Travel ready
• Team minded
• Reliable attitude
• Detail focused
• Adaptable mindset
• Professional growth
• Solutions focused

And More:

• We want our company to be a place you’ll want to be – and stay. Being part of our team means you’ll get to:
• Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
• Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
• Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.

What’s more, you’ll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We’re more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We’re visionaries and innovators. As successful as we’ve been in the past, we have so much further to go. That’s where you come in. Join us!

#LI-Hybrid

We Don’t Just Build The World, We Build Innovative Technology Too. Joining the Stanley Black & Decker team means working in an innovative, tech-driven and highly collaborative team environment supported by over 43,500 professionals in 60 countries across the globe. Here, you’ll get the unique chance to impact some of the world’s most iconic brands including STANLEY TOOLS, DEWALT, CRAFTSMAN, MAC TOOLS and Black + Decker. Your ideas and solutions have the potential to reach millions of customers as we work together to write the next chapter in our history. Come build with us and take your career to new heights.

Who We Are

We’re the World’s largest tool company. We’re industry visionaries. We’re solving problems and advancing the manufacturing trade through innovative technology and our Industry 4.0 Initiative. We are committed to ensuring our state-of-the-art “smart factory” products and services provide greater quality to our customers & greater environmental and social value to our planet. We are unique in that we have a rich and storied history dating back to 1843, but that hasn't stopped us from evolving into a vibrant, diverse, global growth company.

Global Benefits & Perks

You’ll be rewarded with a competitive salary plus receive entitlements and benefits unique to your country of hire.

What You’ll Also Get

• Career Opportunity: Career paths aren’t linear here. Being part of our global company with 60+ brands gives you the chance to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
• Learning & Development: Our lifelong learning philosophy means you’ll have access to a wealth of state-of-the-art learning resources, including our Lean Academy and online university (where you can get certificates and specializations from renowned colleges and universities).
• Diverse & Inclusive Culture: We pride ourselves on being an awesome place to work. We respect and embrace differences because that’s how the best work gets done. You’ll find we like to have fun here, too.
• Purpose-Driven Company: You’ll help us continue to make positive changes in the local communities where we work and live as well as in the broader world through volunteerism, giving back and sustainable business practices.