Lead Tooling Engineer - Onsite, 12-Month Contract

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Bierton; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

JAM Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Lead Tooling Engineer for a 12-month contract in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire. You will take technical ownership of tooling activities across a complex manufacturing environment and act as the key liaison between engineering, manufacturing, suppliers and tooling teams.

You will lead design, development and maintenance of production tooling, coordinate resources onsite and remotely, and drive improvements while mentoring junior engineers.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years' experience in tooling engineering within aerospace, automotive or complex manufacturing environments.
• Proficiency in CAD software.
• Experience leading technical teams or coordinating engineering resources.
• Strong stakeholder management and customer-facing communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Act as the onsite technical lead for tooling engineering activities.
• Lead the design, development, modification and maintenance of production tooling.
• Support New Product Introduction (NPI), industrialisation and manufacturing programmes.

Skills

Tooling engineering

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Independent working

Tools

CAD software

Job description

JAM Recruitment Ltd is seeking an experienced Lead Tooling Engineer for a 12-month contract in Pitstone, Buckinghamshire. You will take technical ownership of tooling activities across a complex manufacturing environment and act as the key liaison between engineering, manufacturing, suppliers and tooling teams.

You will lead design, development and maintenance of production tooling, coordinate resources onsite and remotely, and drive improvements while mentoring junior engineers.