Toolmaker

Yolk Recruitment; Burnham-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Holiday + bank holidays

Company pension

Long service awards

Training & development

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment is recruiting for an experienced Toolmaker to join a growing engineering team in a precision manufacturing environment. This role offers a varied workload, combining tool manufacture, refurbishment, tooling improvements and engineering support.

You will work closely with Production, Product Engineering and Manufacturing teams to ensure tooling meets the demands of a fast-moving operation. Rotating two-shift pattern applies.

Qualifications

• Toolmaker or toolroom experience required.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
• Strong manual and CNC machining capabilities.
• Good communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture new tooling and tooling components from drawings.
• Refurbish, modify and improve existing tooling.
• Support tooling projects for new products and manufacturing developments.
• Provide practical engineering solutions to manufacturing challenges.
• Contribute to tooling innovation and process improvements.

Skills

Toolmaking experience

CNC machining

Interpreting drawings

Problem-solving

Education

Apprentice-trained or equivalent engineering background

Tools

Milling

Turning

Job description

Toolmaker

Burnham on Sea

£42,000

Rotating 2 Shift Pattern

Would you enjoy a Toolmaker role where you're not just repairing tooling but helping develop new tooling solutions and improve manufacturing processes?

Yolk Recruitment is recruiting for an experienced Toolmaker to join a growing engineering team within a precision manufacturing environment.

This role offers a varied workload, combining precision tool manufacture, refurbishment, tooling improvements and engineering support. You'll work closely with Production, Product Engineering and Manufacturing teams to ensure tooling meets the demands of a fast-moving manufacturing operation.

This is what you'll be doing

• Manufacture new tooling and tooling components from engineering drawings
• Refurbish, modify and improve existing tooling
• Work on tooling projects supporting new products and manufacturing developments
• Provide practical engineering solutions to manufacturing challenges
• Contribute to tooling innovation, process improvement and operational efficiency

The experience you'll bring to the team

• Proven Toolmaker or Toolroom Engineering experience
• Strong manual and CNC machining capability
• Experience producing precision tooling to demanding tolerances
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills

There's also some must haves

• Apprentice-trained or equivalent engineering background
• Milling and turning experience
• Ability to work a rotating two-shift pattern

And this is what you'll get in return

• £42,000 salary
• Rotating two-shift pattern
• Up to 4% annual performance bonus
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Company pension scheme
• Long service recognition awards
• Ongoing training and development
• Stable manufacturing environment with future investment planned

Are you up to the challenge?

Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying, then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.