Toolmaker - Wokingham

Surelock McGill Ltd; Greater Manchester; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sage employee benefits

Cycle to Work Scheme

On-site parking

Friendly family-run business

Job summary

Surelock McGill Ltd. in the UK seeks a full-time experienced Toolmaker to join a small, friendly toolroom in a high-security manufacturing environment. You will manufacture form and cutting tools, jigs, and fixings to support production and repair/maintain tooling to precise tolerances.

Reading engineering drawings and hands-on use of milling machines, lathes, and surface grinders are essential. A flexible, unsupervised worker with strong communication skills will thrive here.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• Experience with toolroom machinery: milling, lathe, surface grinder.
• Hands-on, practical approach to problem-solving.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.

Responsibilities

• Operate and repair press tools to tight tolerances.
• Manufacture form and cutting tools, jigs, and fixings.
• Inspect tooling to ensure production readiness.
• Report faults and root causes to management.

Skills

Reading drawings

Hand tools

Problem solving

Communication skills

Teamwork

Time management

Tools

Milling machine

Lathe

Surface grinder

Precision measuring

Job description

• 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. Experienced in the use of hand tool skills.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• Experience in working with Toolroom machinery and equipment milling machine, lathe, surface grinder, etc.
• Practical hands‑on approach to problem solving.
• Possess strong communication skills
• Able to manage and prioritise multiple skills., 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.
• 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. Competitive salaries for a 37.5‑hour week
• 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
• On‑site parking
• Friendly environment in a family run business