Toolmaker / Tooling Engineer

Probe UK; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 32.000 - 39.000; Jornada completa

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Pension

Annual Leave

Descripción de la vacante

Probe UK Limited is seeking an experienced Toolmaker / Tooling Engineer in Derbyshire. The role covers manufacture, assembly, maintenance and modification of specialist tooling, working closely with engineering and development teams.

Key duties include operating milling machines, lathes, spark erosion and precision surface grinders, interpreting tooling drawings, and supporting tooling manufacture with 2D AutoCAD. You will join a small, skilled toolmaking team with opportunities for progression.

Formación

• Interpreting complex tooling drawings and translating into finished components and tools.
• Manufacturing, assembling and finishing tools to high accuracy and quality standards.
• Experience using 2D AutoCAD to support tooling manufacture and modifications.

Responsabilidades

• Operate milling machines, lathes, spark erosion equipment and precision surface grinders.
• Interpret drawings and convert them into final tooling and components.
• Program and operate FANUC-controlled wire EDM, CNC equipment, EDM die sinking and CNC spark drilling machinery.
• Collaborate with engineering and development teams during trials and testing.

Conocimientos

Toolmaking

Reading drawings

Machining operations

CNC programming

EDM tooling experience

Herramientas

AutoCAD 2D

FANUC controls

EDM/CNC machinery

Descripción del empleo

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Toolmaker / Tooling Engineer to join a well-established and technically focused manufacturing business in Derbyshire. The role will involve the manufacture, assembly, maintenance and modification of specialist production tooling, working closely with the wider engineering and development teams.

Key Responsibilities and Experience will Include

• Operating a range of milling machines, lathes, spark erosion equipment and precision surface grinders.
• Interpreting both straightforward and complex tooling and engineering drawings and translating these into finished components and complete tools.
• Using 2D AutoCAD to support tooling manufacture and modifications.
• Manufacturing, assembling and completing tools from start to finish, working to the required standards of accuracy and quality.
• The Toolmaker / Tooling Engineer will make tooling alterations and improvements following tool trials and testing.
• Programming and operating FANUC-controlled wire EDM, CNC equipment, EDM die sinking and CNC spark drilling machinery.
• Working as part of a small, skilled toolmaking team while collaborating closely with the on-site engineering and development teams during trials and testing.

Salary, Benefits and Working hours

• £35,798 to start, with the opportunity to progress into a Senior role
• 45 hours per week, days only hours Monday to Friday
• Pension
• Annual Leave
• This role is commutable from: Derby ? Ashbourne ? Burton ? Uttoxeter ? Stoke ? Matlock ? Belper ? Ilkeston ? Nottingham

Why Join This Business?

This is an opportunity to join a business where technical expertise, craftsmanship and engineering quality are genuinely valued. The Toolmaker / Tooling Engineer will work within a close-knit team, have the opportunity to work on varied and technically interesting tooling projects, and play a hands-on role in taking designs through to finished production equipment. The environment offers scope for someone with strong practical skills to broaden their experience across machining, EDM, tooling development and problem-solving, rather than being restricted to repetitive production work. The company is looking for someone who takes pride in producing high-quality work, enjoys solving practical engineering challenges and wants to be part of a technically capable team where their contribution has a visible impact on the finished product.

Please Note: Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.