Toolmaker

SURELOCK MCGILL GROUP LIMITED; England; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer of locking systems in Wokingham seeks a full-time Press Toolmaker. The role involves manufacturing and repairing cutting tools, working with both manual and CNC machinery, and ensuring quality standards. Ideal candidates will have strong hand tool skills and the ability to read engineering drawings, working in a friendly team environment.

Benefits

25 days annual holiday entitlement plus bank holidays

Employer contributed pension scheme

Competitive salaries

Progression & development opportunities

Cycle to Work Scheme

On-site parking

Qualifications

• Experienced in the use of hand tool skills.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• Experience in working with Toolroom machinery and equipment.

Responsibilities

• Manufacture form and cutting tools, jigs, and fixings.
• Repair and maintain press tools.
• Verify conformance of tools to specifications.

Skills

Hand tool skills

Ability to read engineering drawings

Experience with milling machine

Experience with lathe

Experience with surface grinder

Job description

Overview

Location: Wokingham - Berkshire - RG41 2QY

Salary: Competitive, DOE + Benefits

Contract: Permanent, Full Time

Hours: 37.5 per week

Benefits:

• Permanent position
• 25 days annual holiday entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Employer contributed pension scheme
• Competitive salaries for a 37.5-hour week
• Excellent overtime rates
• Sage employee benefits including discounts across a range of retailers, restaurants, gym, and cinema as well as 24 x7 online GP and Confidential Employee Assistance programme.
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Progression & development opportunities
• On-site parking
• Friendly environment in a family run business

About the company: Surelock McGill Ltd has been designing, manufacturing and installing high performance door locking & bolting systems for over 60 years. As leaders in the field, securing the people who secure the country, we continue to see tremendous growth and we continue to expand our business. We have dozens of employees who have been with the company 25+ years and we are looking for experienced and passionate individuals to join our team.

The Role

An exciting position has become available for a full-time experienced press Toolmaker based in Wokingham, to work in a small friendly Toolroom within a high security manufacturing company. Position requirements will be the manufacture of form and cutting tools, jigs, and fixings to support production.

Our Toolroom has a mixture of manual and CNC machines including wire erosion. All new tooling has fully dimensioned drawings to work from; however the ability to understand tooling functionality is essential.

So, What Would You Be Doing

• Working to engineering drawings, precise tolerances and operating a range of manual and CNC machinery.
• Repair and maintain press tools.
• Routine servicing and regrinding tools.
• Verifies conformance of machined and/or repaired tools to specifications by checking dimensions/clearances/alignments.
• Report breakdown root causes, equipment faults and concerns to management.
• Ensure all work is undertaken to a high-quality standard and adheres to all quality standard regulations.
• Ensures all tooling is safe and production ready at the time returned for production use, following correct preventative maintenance (PM) process.

Essential Skills – Tools & Technology

• Experienced in the use of hand tool skills.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• Experience in working with Toolroom machinery and equipment such as milling machine, lathe, surface grinder, etc.

Desirable Skills

• Practical hands-on approach to problem solving.
• Possess strong communication skills
• Able to manage and prioritise multiple skills.

The Ideal Candidate

Due to workload and machine capacity the Toolroom works as a team so you may not start and finish the same job. A flexible attitude to work is important along with the ability to work unsupervised.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role click on APPLY today, forwarding an up to date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.

We Are An Equal Opportunity Company

No Agencies Please.

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