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Toolroom Technician / Toolroom Operative
Oldbury
Competitive Salary
Are you an experienced Toolmaker, Press Toolmaker or Toolroom Technician looking for a hands-on role within a busy manufacturing environment? Our Client is looking for a multi-skilled Toolroom Technician to join its Toolroom team, supporting day-to-day manufacturing operations through the manufacture, maintenance, repair and fault-finding of production tooling. This is a hands-on position suited to an experienced Toolmaker who is confident working with press and shear tools, precision machining and engineering drawings, and who enjoys working in a fast-paced production environment where tooling availability is critical to keeping manufacturing running efficiently.
The Role
Working as part of the Toolroom team, you will manufacture new tooling and components, carry out repairs and maintenance, and respond to tooling breakdowns across the company’s manufacturing divisions.
You Will Be Involved In
- Manufacturing, repairing and maintaining press and shear tooling
- Fault finding and diagnosing tooling issues
- Machining new parts and tooling components
- Operating CNC and manual machine tools
- Milling, turning and surface grinding
- Wire EDM / wire erosion
- Setting up and using tooling, fixtures and associated equipment
- Reading and working accurately from engineering drawings
- Working to specified dimensions and tight engineering tolerances
- Supporting production with tooling repairs and breakdown response
- Helping ensure tooling is manufactured and repaired in time to meet production and try-out requirements
- Working towards a right-first-time approach to quality and accuracy
- Liaising with external contractors and suppliers where specialist support is required
- Supporting continuous improvement across the Toolroom and manufacturing operation
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You will work closely with production and engineering colleagues to minimise downtime and ensure tooling is available when required.
What We’re Looking For
We are particularly interested in candidates with experience as a:
- Toolmaker
- Press Toolmaker
- Toolroom Technician
- Tooling Technician
- Toolroom Engineer
- Press Tool Technician
- CNC Toolmaker
- Precision Toolmaker
You should have practical experience in a busy engineering or manufacturing Toolroom and be comfortable working across a range of machining and tooling activities.
Essential Experience
- Experience manufacturing, maintaining and repairing press and/or shear tools
- Strong tooling fault-finding and maintenance experience
- Experience with CNC and manual machining
- Practical experience of milling, turning and surface grinding
- Experience with wire EDM / wire erosion
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
- Experience working accurately to engineering tolerances
- Ability to prioritise workload and work effectively to tight deadlines
- Strong attention to detail and a right-first-time approach
- Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team
- A self-motivated, organised and professional approach
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Advantageous
- Experience supporting a production/press shop environment
- Experience responding to tooling breakdowns in a manufacturing environment
- Forklift Truck experience
- Overhead crane experience
- Experience working with continuous improvement or manufacturing KPIs
Forklift Truck and overhead crane training will be provided where required.
Hours Of Work
Monday to Thursday 7.30am to 4.00pm with half hour lunch break each day and 7.30am to 12.30pm with no lunch break on Friday of each week – 37 hours in total, paid monthly.
What You’ll Bring
This role will suit someone who enjoys practical engineering and wants to be involved in the complete tooling process – from manufacturing new parts and tooling through to maintenance, repair, fault finding and production support.
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