Toolroom Manager: Lead Toolmakers to Peak Efficiency

Proactive Global; Greater London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Proactive Global is seeking a Toolroom Manager to lead a skilled tooling team in our established engineering and manufacturing facility in London. You will oversee workloads, resources and production targets while ensuring tooling quality, cost and on-time delivery.

Key strengths include strategic planning, tooling development, maintenance programs and continuous improvement within a high-precision environment.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in toolroom or engineering management.
• Experience leading highly skilled technical teams.
• Ability to manage workloads and priorities in manufacturing.
• Solid understanding of tooling manufacture, repair and maintenance.
• Experience with progression press tooling (advantageous).
• Knowledge of toolroom equipment (Wire EDM, grinding, milling, turning).
• Experience coordinating resources to achieve targets.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Exposure to 3D CAD/design software such as SolidWorks (advantageous).

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day Toolroom operations and develop skilled personnel.
• Manage workloads, resources, deadlines and priorities to meet requirements.
• Oversee development and manufacture of new tooling from concept to commissioning.
• Maintain tooling development, repairs and ongoing maintenance.
• Ensure tooling meets quality, efficiency and delivery standards.
• Implement preventative and predictive maintenance to maximise availability.
• Optimize labour and machine capacity for efficiency and minimal downtime.
• Track performance against KPIs and objectives.
• Identify opportunities to improve tooling processes and capacity.
• Research new tooling technologies, equipment and processes.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, planning and sales to meet tooling needs.
• Investigate variations and quality issues affecting tooling performance.
• Promote continuous improvement, teamwork and accountability.

Skills

People management

Workload management

Tooling knowledge

SolidWorks

Wire EDM

Grinding

Milling

Turning

Engineering mgmt

Tools

SolidWorks

Job description

Proactive Global is seeking a Toolroom Manager to lead a skilled tooling team in our established engineering and manufacturing facility in London. You will oversee workloads, resources and production targets while ensuring tooling quality, cost and on-time delivery.

Key strengths include strategic planning, tooling development, maintenance programs and continuous improvement within a high-precision environment.