Toolmaker: Press & Mould Tools, Precision & Progress

Travail Employment Group; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Travail Employment Group is seeking a Toolmaker for a permanent role in Gloucester. The successful candidate will be an experienced, time-served toolmaker with background in press or mould tooling and a focus on precision, quality and continuous improvement.

The role involves maintaining and developing tooling, working on conventional lathes and milling machines, reading drawings, and collaborating with the Design Engineer to improve products and tooling, all within a double day shift schedule

Qualifications

• Time served apprenticeship with toolmaking experience.
• Able to work to precision tolerances and ISO9001 standards.
• Experience with press tools, mould tools or tooling environments.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve existing press tools to reduce scrap.
• Develop and test new press tools for new products.
• Operate conventional lathes and milling machines and relay drawings to Design Engineer.
• Collaborate with Design Engineer to implement improvements on current and new tooling.

Skills

Time served

Precision tolerances

Quality standards

Education

Time served apprenticeship

Tools

CNC

Lathe

Milling machine

Job description

Travail Employment Group is seeking a Toolmaker for a permanent role in Gloucester. The successful candidate will be an experienced, time-served toolmaker with background in press or mould tooling and a focus on precision, quality and continuous improvement.

The role involves maintaining and developing tooling, working on conventional lathes and milling machines, reading drawings, and collaborating with the Design Engineer to improve products and tooling, all within a double day shift schedule