Tooling / Toolmaking Roles
Toolmaker Full Time
Job Overview: Working alongside our client, a leading injection moulding manufacturer, we are looking to appoint a Toolmaker on a day’s role to join their established and successful team.
Benefits:
- Day’s role
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + extra day for every 2 years’ service
- Healthcare
- Life Assurance 3x Annual Salary
- Good Pension Scheme
- Employee Assistance Scheme
- Long Service Awards
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Extensive Learning & Development Opportunities
- Annual Merit Review
Remit:
- As a Toolmaker you will be responsible for ensuring optimum performance and safe operation of all mould tools to assist in the efficient running of the plant.
- This is a fantastic opportunity for a Toolmaker to join a global leading company who place the wellbeing and development of their staff at the forefront of the business.
- The successful Toolmaker candidate MUST HAVE experience in repairing and maintaining injection mould tools with the ability to read and understand technical drawings. This position would also suit a Bench Hand with good understanding of mould tooling.
Role:
- Carry out breakdown maintenance on all moult tools, jogs, fixtures etc.
- Carry out preventative maintenance on all mould tools, jigs, fixtures etc.
- Carry out projects associated with tools, tooling and/or manufacturing equipment as requested by the Tool Room Manager.
- Provide shift cover in the toolroom when required
- Attend college/training courses where applicable
- Ensure that housekeeping of the department is kept to a high standard
- Ensure the conformance to the company’s quality systems procedure as documented
- Ensure that mandatory PPE is worn when and where required, and that all duties are carried out in line with the Company’s Health & Safety Policy.
- Undertake any duties as assigned on either temporary or permanent basis by the Tool Rom Manager or Senior Member of Management.
Experience:
- Time served apprenticeship in tool making, machining or engineering
- Knowledge of injection mould tooling
- Knowledge of injection moulding processes
- Knowledge of health and safety, COSHH regulations etc.
- Basic electrical knowledge/Computer Aided Design (CAD) use and ability to read technical drawings.
- Experience in the use of overhead cranes would be an advantage
- Forklift license an advantage
- Ability to work effectively as part of a team or on their own
- Good literacy skills Logical problem-solving abilities
- Have a commercial awareness and understanding when making decisions
- Good problem solving and reporting abilities
