A plastic injection moulding and tooling business offering a complete tooling service to a diverse customer base spanning many industries, is seeking a Toolmaker to join their extensive production moulding facility.
Reporting to the Tooling Manager, the main purpose of this role is to manufacture and assemble mould tooling and carry out routine repairs and maintenance where required.
As a Toolmaker, your duties will include -
* Working on single, family and multi-cavity tools
* Modifications, refurbishment, servicing and repairs of existing mould tooling
* Manufacturing full mould tooling and modular systems in steels and alloys
* Assembly and fitting of tooling elements and Machining on a range of toolroom machines
* Manufacture of jigs & fixtures to support the mould shop
* Inspection of own work and accountability for quality of work produced
To be successful in the role of Toolmaker, the ideal candidate will -
* Have extensive knowledge and experience of working on and manufacturing injection mould tools
* Be able to read and interpret technical drawings
* Have experience with standard toolroom machinery such as surface grinder, cylindrical grinder, manual lathes, and mills to a high standard
* Have knowledge of CAD CAM software such as VISI, AutoCAD and Solidworks
On offer -
1. A salary £38-45K open to ne...