Tool Maker

TieTalent; Shifnal; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Tool Maker in Shifnal, England. The candidate will be responsible for tool maintenance and troubleshooting in a manufacturing environment. Successful candidates should have a minimum of an apprenticeship and experience with die casting processes. If you have the required skills, please apply now.

Qualifications

• Must have a minimum of an Apprenticeship.
• Familiar with die casting processes.
• Ability to follow HSE policies.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and maintain existing tooling.
• Identify and resolve tooling issues.
• Clean all production tooling.
• Ensure tooling is safe for production.
• Support engineering changes.

Skills

Tool maintenance

Troubleshooting

Machining tools

Die casting processes

Education

Minimum Apprenticeship

Job description

About

Tool Maker - Double Days

A recognized high-volume manufacturer is currently looking to strengthen their Tooling department with the appointment of a Tool Maker.

Working from their manufacturing facility in Shropshire, the Tool Maker will be responsible for:

1. Preparation and maintenance of existing tooling according to requirements.
2. Effectively identifying day-to-day tooling issues and implementing corrective actions where necessary.
3. Cleaning all production tooling to ensure on-time delivery and schedule adherence.
4. Ensuring all tooling is safe and production-ready at the time of return for production use, following correct preventative maintenance (PM) processes.
5. Advising the leader when assignments cannot be completed as planned.
6. Supporting the coordination of engineering changes and maintenance of spare parts.
7. Preparing and testing tools by laying out, setting up, and machining.
8. Designing/making tools or templates to produce prototype parts of various materials, including generating bills of material and completing fabrication and validation.
9. Verifying conformance of machined or repaired tools to specifications by checking dimensions, clearances, and alignments.
10. Making parts of various plant machines and tools as required.
11. Fitting and assembling parts and testing completed tools for proper operation.
12. Setting up and carefully monitoring tools and performing inspections prior to removing tooling from the machine.
13. Following up on repair work by seeking feedback from production and quality departments and recording work undertaken.
14. Promoting the company's HSE policies across the department and plant.

The successful candidate should have a minimum of an Apprenticeship and be familiar with die casting processes.

If you believe you have the required skills and experience, please apply now.

M-Tec Engineering Solutions is a leading supplier of permanent, interim, and project management recruitment solutions to the automotive and general engineering sectors.

Due to the overwhelming response to vacancies in this current climate, if you have not heard from us within the next two weeks, you have been unsuccessful at this time.

Location: Shifnal, England, United Kingdom

Work experience: Electronics Engineering

Languages: English