Toolmaker: Injection Moulding & Toolroom (Early Finish)

Yolk Recruitment; Hengoed; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Early finish Friday

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Company pension

Free parking

Job summary

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a well-established toolmaking operation in South Wales seeking an experienced Toolmaker. Based in Hengoed, the role focuses on injection mould tooling, tool repairs, maintenance and continuous improvement across a multi-tool environment.

You will work from engineering drawings, mentor an apprentice, and contribute to tooling reliability across more than 400 mould tools. Competitive salary with overtime and early finish Fridays.

Qualifications

• Time served toolmaker with proven ability to work from engineering drawings and diagnose tooling faults.
• Apprenticeship background and ongoing commitment to craft excellence.
• Experience in injection mould tooling; press tools considered.

Responsibilities

• Inject mould tool repairs and preventative maintenance.
• Strip-downs, rebuilds and modifications of tooling.
• Manufacture of replacement tooling components from drawings.
• Support trials and recommissioning activities and maintain repair history.
• Contribute to continuous improvement within the toolroom.
• Mentor and develop an apprentice Toolmaker.

Skills

Time served toolmaker

Apprenticeship trained

Injection mould tooling experience

Press tool background considered

Tool repair and maintenance

Machining: milling, turning, grinding

Engineering drawings

Fault finding & problem solving

Mentoring apprentices

Education

Apprenticeship completed

Tools

Milling

Turning

Grinding

Engineering drawings

Tool modifications

Job description

Yolk Recruitment are supporting a well-established toolmaking operation in South Wales seeking an experienced Toolmaker. Based in Hengoed, the role focuses on injection mould tooling, tool repairs, maintenance and continuous improvement across a multi-tool environment.

You will work from engineering drawings, mentor an apprentice, and contribute to tooling reliability across more than 400 mould tools. Competitive salary with overtime and early finish Fridays.