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Careers
Retaining customers in the long term requires a high level of service readiness at all times – in new business and in the spare parts business alike. This requires capable experts who enjoy working in a team and taking on responsibility.
What we offer
What we offer
Cleff is a medium-sized company with more than 90 years of history in Wuppertal and part of the Painit Steel Group. What that means day to day is set out here, without the usual phrases.
- K-01A secure job
In Wuppertal since 1935, today part of the Painit Steel Group. We build windows and doors for vehicles that stay in service for twenty years and more, and we plan with you on the same horizon.
- K-02Works council
An elected works council represents the workforce. Co-determination here is established practice, not a matter for negotiation.
- K-03Company pension scheme
We contribute to your pension. What you put aside today, we top up.
- K-04Bike leasing
Company bike leasing through payroll, for the commute and for everything after it. The Nordbahntrasse cycle route runs right past our door.
- K-05Modern workplaces
In-house design, our own test centre, certified bonding and welding processes. You work with equipment that is state of the art, not behind it.
- K-06Predictable hours
Fixed shifts in production. If you have plans for Friday afternoon, you can make them.
Careers
All vacancies
Full-time · WuppertalAssembly worker (m/f/d)
with the prospect of further training as adhesive bonding practitioner or specialist
Your tasks
- Drilling, sawing and milling of aluminium constructions
- Measuring and marking out profiles, panels and sheets
- Cutting components to size by sawing
- Bringing components into shape by bending, straightening and pressing
- Reading drawings
Your profile
- Manual skills (straightening, prototype building)
- Spatial imagination
- Creativity
- Technical aptitude with machines and tools (circular saw, pillar drill, milling)
We offer
- Fixed shifts – no night shift
- A varied and secure job
- A friendly working environment and a likeable team
- Comprehensive product training and induction phase
- A company pension scheme
- The option of a job bike
- A convenient location directly on the Nordbahntrasse cycle path
Full-time · WuppertalKey Account Manager (m/f/d) – rail vehicle industry
Full-time
Your tasks
- Managing and strategically expanding existing key accounts in the rail sector
- Building and developing new customer relationships nationally and internationally
- Technical and commercial consulting for OEMs, system integrators and fleet operators
- Preparing quotations, leading contract negotiations, closing responsibility
- Close cooperation with project management, design, purchasing and production
- Supporting customer projects from enquiry to series delivery
- Market and competitor analysis, active shaping of the sales strategy
- Representing the company at trade fairs, customer meetings and industry events
Your profile
- Completed technical or business degree or comparable qualification
- Several years of experience as key account manager or in a comparable sales role
- Ideally experience in the rail vehicle industry, vehicle construction or industrial supply
- Strong technical understanding of complex, customer-specific system solutions
- Confident manner, strong closing and negotiation skills
- Very good written and spoken English – French an advantage
- Willingness to travel internationally
- Independent, structured and results-oriented way of working
We offer
- A responsible key position in a growing international company
- Exciting customer projects in a technologically demanding market
- High personal responsibility and short decision paths
- Attractive remuneration with performance-related components
- Flexible working hours and modern working conditions
- Long-term prospects and individual development opportunities
- A varied and secure job
- A friendly working environment and a likeable team
- Comprehensive product training and induction phase
- A company pension scheme
- The option of a job bike
- A convenient location directly on the Nordbahntrasse cycle path
Full-time · WuppertalCarpenter | Exhibition stand builder (m/f/d)
Your tasks
- Drilling, sawing and milling of aluminium constructions
- Measuring and marking out profiles, panels and sheets
- Cutting components to size by sawing
- Bringing components into shape by bending, straightening and pressing
- Reading drawings
Your profile
- Manual skills (straightening, prototype building)
- Spatial imagination
- Creativity
- Technical aptitude with machines and tools (circular saw, pillar drill, milling)
We offer
- A varied and secure job
- A friendly working environment and a likeable team
- Comprehensive product training and induction phase
- A company pension scheme
- The option of a job bike
- A convenient location directly on the Nordbahntrasse cycle path
Full-time · WuppertalDesign engineer (m/f/d)
Your tasks
- Creating component and system designs, parts lists, workshop, assembly and supplier drawings
- Responsibility for developing components or complete systems
- Coordination with all departments involved: work preparation, purchasing, sales, quality assurance and production
- Managing tasks according to time and content priorities
- Preparing functional specifications based on customers' technical requirement specifications
- Technical clarification with suppliers and customers
- Supporting production implementation through all internal and, where required, external bodies
- Immediate response to deviations, developing corrective measures
- Supporting component testing and final acceptance by our customers
Your profile
- Degree in mechanical engineering/design or comparable qualification
- Several years of design experience, preferably in vehicle construction
- SolidWorks skills an advantage, not a prerequisite
- Structured, goal-oriented and practical way of working
- Proactive and team-oriented
- Very good written and spoken English
- Confident use of MS Office
- Willingness to travel occasionally
We offer
- A varied and secure job
- A friendly working environment and a likeable team
- Comprehensive product training and induction phase
- A company pension scheme
- The option of a job bike
- A convenient location directly on the Nordbahntrasse cycle path
Please send your complete application, stating your earliest possible start date and salary expectations, preferably by e-mail to:
Carl Wilhelm Cleff GmbH & Co. KGAttn. Ms Winter
Vor der Beule 25
42277 Wuppertal, Germany
Phone: +49 202 64799-390
E-mail: personal@cleff-wpt.de
We look forward to your application – and to welcoming you to our team.

Working at Cleff
Small plant, large vehicles.
What is built here in Wuppertal is what you later see in scheduled service, on the rails and off-road.
All vacancies across the Painit Steel Group
Cleff is part of the Painit Steel Group, with sites in Wuppertal, Edewecht and Kottenheim. The shared job portal lists every vacancy in the group, and you can apply there directly, including speculative applications.
painitsteelgroup.jobs.personio.com