Senior Toolmaker - CNC & Mould Making with Leadership Path

Talent Media Ltd; Kempston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish Fridays

Annual salary reviews

Career progression

Job summary

Talent Media Ltd in the United Kingdom is partnering with an established manufacturer to recruit a Senior Toolmaker for a newly created tooling department role. The position blends hands-on toolmaking with a clear pathway to future leadership within a structured succession plan.

You will work under the Tooling Manager, shaping tooling solutions, moulds, and patterns, with exposure to CAD/CAM, CNC environments, and wide product development projects.

Qualifications

• Experience in toolmaking, mould making or pattern making.
• Familiarity with CNC machining environments.
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture, modify and repair tooling, moulds and patterns.
• Produce high-quality tooling solutions from drawings and CAD data.
• Work with metals, resins and composite materials.
• Support new product development projects from concept through to production.
• Carry out tooling maintenance and fault diagnosis.
• Collaborate with production, engineering and sales teams to optimise tooling performance.
• Operate CNC environments using CAD/CAM software (e.g., Mastercam).
• Assist with continuous improvement across tooling.
• Support Tooling Manager and contribute to department development.

Skills

Toolmaking

CNC machining

CAD/CAM

Reading drawings

Welding

Fabrication

Mastercam

Leadership potential

Tools

Mastercam

Job description

Talent Media Ltd in the United Kingdom is partnering with an established manufacturer to recruit a Senior Toolmaker for a newly created tooling department role. The position blends hands-on toolmaking with a clear pathway to future leadership within a structured succession plan.

You will work under the Tooling Manager, shaping tooling solutions, moulds, and patterns, with exposure to CAD/CAM, CNC environments, and wide product development projects.