Senior Toolroom Technician - On-site Precision Mould Tooling

A-SAFE UK; Elland; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Pension

Flexible start times

Cycle to work scheme

Childcare vouchers

Job summary

A-SAFE is seeking a Toolroom Technician to join our Halifax/Elland operation. You will maintain, modify and manage tooling across the business, ensuring reliability and safety for tooling used in our global manufacturing environment.

Collaborating with Toolroom Engineers, Production, Quality and NPI teams, you will also mentor apprentices and support CAD/CAM activities. The role starts days-based with potential shift patterns to provide 24‑hour production support.

Qualifications

• Extensive injection mould toolroom experience, ideally 10 years or more.
• Apprentice-trained toolmaker.
• Skilled in the use of manual machinery for tooling repairs and modifications (turret mill, lathe and surface grinder).
• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Flexible and adaptable in approach, with the ability to learn quickly.
• Able to work safely on your own initiative, owning problems and finding solutions.
• A team player who communicates effectively with a range of stakeholders across the business.
• The role is initially days based, with a view to moving to a shift pattern in the future to help provide 24‑hour support to production.

Responsibilities

• You’ll help create, maintain and review the routine maintenance schedule for all A‑SAFE tooling.
• You’ll help create and maintain a tooling checklist to be used in all routine maintenance activities.
• You’ll monitor tooling spares, ensuring stock is always available.
• You’ll carry out tooling modifications that deliver tangible scrap and process improvements.
• You’ll diagnose tool failures quickly and accurately, understanding the effect on component quality.
• You’ll support all tooling‑related CAD/CAM activities.
• You’ll support the New Product Introduction process for all tooling requirements.
• You’ll assist the Toolroom and Process Engineers in the training and development of apprentices.

Skills

Toolroom experience

Apprentice-trained

Reading drawings

Team player

Problem solving

Education

Apprentice-trained toolmaker

Tools

Turret mill

Lathe

Surface grinder

CNC milling machines

Job description

A-SAFE is seeking a Toolroom Technician to join our Halifax/Elland operation. You will maintain, modify and manage tooling across the business, ensuring reliability and safety for tooling used in our global manufacturing environment.

Collaborating with Toolroom Engineers, Production, Quality and NPI teams, you will also mentor apprentices and support CAD/CAM activities. The role starts days-based with potential shift patterns to provide 24‑hour production support.