Tooling / Toolmaking Roles
Toolmaker Full Time
Job Overview: Working alongside our client, a leading injection moulding manufacturer, we are looking for a Toolmaker to support continued business growth.
Benefits:
- Life Insurance
- Training & development opportunities
- Company pension
- Opportunity to increase annual leave entitlement up to an extra 5 days
- Free parking
Remit:
- Reporting to the Technical Director as a Toolmaker you will provide a key resource to the Production and Technician team.
- The role of Toolmaker will involve working on prototype and production mould tools for the rubber and plastics indsutry alongside associated ancillary equipment and jigs.
Responsibilities:
- Manage the modification & repair of tools internally and with external toolmakers where required (including strip, clean and servicing of tools).
- Manage critical spares and ensure stock levels are maintained.
- Complete strip-down and servicing of complex injection moulds
- Work closely with the Technical and Operations team to improve efficiency and processes.
- Provide manageable timescales to relevant employees on any work being completed.
- Provide solutions to prevent reoccurring damage to certain tools.
- Manage workload independently and with the Technical Director accordingly allowing for subcontract work when required.
- Complete annual tooling reviews for Automotive products
Experience Requirements:
- Experience in toolmaking or high precision machining, mould toolmaking experience would be a distinct advantage
- HNC in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent qualification
- Experience with relevant workshop tools and equipment such as lathes, CNC milling, grinders, welding and EDM spark erosion.
- Qualified with experience of using overhead cranes
- Competent in communication both on the telephone and emails
- Resilient, reliable, and determined.
- Mature, hard-working with a keen attention to detail and willingness to get involved.
