Toolmaker

Travail Employment Group; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Gloucester is seeking an experienced Toolmaker to join their team. This role involves maintaining and improving press tools, developing new tooling for products, and collaborating closely with the Design Engineer. The ideal candidate will have a time served apprenticeship, experience in toolmaking, and a solid understanding of CNC and manual machinery. Opportunities for progression and development are provided in a clean, modern environment.

Qualifications

• Apprentice trained Toolmaker or Mechanical Engineer.
• Experience with press tools and ability to work to precision tolerances.
• Familiar with ISO9001 standards.

Responsibilities

• Maintain existing press tools and implement improvements.
• Develop new press tools and test them.
• Collaborate with Design Engineer for product improvements.

Skills

Understanding of press tools

CNC operation

Manual machining

Education

Time served apprenticeship

Tools

CNC machines

Conventional lathes

Milling machinery

Job description

Toolmaker - Gloucester - Permanent - Double Day Shift - 37.5 per week Monday to Friday - c£40k - Interviewing ASAP

We have an excellent opportunity for a Toolmaker to join our manufacturing client, based in Gloucester. Our client are a prestigious leading organisation and a market leader within their industry – the ideal candidate will be a time served apprentice, with experience of tool making from a Press Tool or Mould Tool background.

Key Duties

You will be a traditional time served apprentice trained Toolmaker or Mechanical Engineer who has a good understanding of press tools, CNC, lathes and manual machinery.

Able to draught and/or understand technical drawings and relay this to the Design Engineer.

The successful Toolmaker will be required to work on maintaining existing press tools making improvements for scrap savings etc.

Able to work on development of new press tools working on new products and to test and tool them.

The Toolmaker will be working with conventional lathes and tools day to day making adjustments and improvements utilising lathes, milling machinery.

Work closely with the Design Engineer and work on improvements to current and new products.

Experience

• The company would consider someone with mould tool experience looking to gain experience of tooling of press tools.
• Used to working to precision tolerances.
• Working to ISO9001 standards.

Our client offers a clean modern environment with the opportunities for progression and development.

If this sounds like you we would love to hear from you.