Toolmaker

TOOLMAKER
* Telford
* £38,000
* Permanent
* Days
* Earlier Friday finish
* Outstanding future prospects
* Thriving busy manufacturing business
* Bonus scheme
* Paid Overtime
* Reward scheme
* On-site parking
Are you an experienced Tooling Engineer / Toolmaker with hands-on experience maintaining and repairing injection moulding tooling?
We’re looking for a skilled engineer to join the Tooling team, working on a wide range of injection moulding tools, hot runner systems and tooling equipment in a busy manufacturing environment.
Commutable from Wolverhampton, Oswestry, Market Drayton, Shrewsbury, Rugeley, Cannock, Telford, Bridgnorth, Stafford and Penkridge
Duties
* You’ll be responsible for keeping production tooling running smoothly
* Carrying out both planned preventative maintenance and reactive repairs, diagnosing breakdowns and supporting new tool and product trials.
* Servicing, maintaining and repairing injection moulding tools
* Diagnosing and resolving tooling breakdowns to minimise production downtime
* Working with sequential gate hot runner systems
* Working with hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders associated with tooling and hot runner systems
* Using lathes, milling machines and surface grinding equipment
* Basic electrical knowledge relating to tool heating and controls
* Planning jobs and ensuring the correct tools, equipment and spares are available
* Supporting production during new tool and product trials
Requirements
* Mechanical / fitting apprenticeship or equivalent engineering training
* Previous experience working with injection moulding tooling
* Good knowledge of hot runner systems, ideally sequential gate systems
* Experience with hydraulic and pneumatic tooling systems
* Practical workshop experience using lathes, milling machines and surface grinders
* Basic electrical understanding
* Ability to diagnose problems and work efficiently under pressure
* Crane operating experience would be advantageous, but not essential
If you are a Hands-on Toolmaker looking for a stable, days- based role, where your skills will be genuinely valued, apply now! We are waiting to hear from you.
Please Note: Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.
Our aim is to help you secure the best possible future for yourself & this is a totally FREE service to all our Candidates.
If you believe that your skills and experience match what we are looking for please call me or APPLY and I will be in touch.
Should you want to learn more about any of our MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION vacancies, or should you just want to discuss your particular needs, then please do not hesitate to contact me to have an informal, confidential chat.
Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Manufacturing & Production Recruitment Support since 1994