Toolroom Technician

A-SAFE UK; Elland; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Up to 25 days holiday plus bank & hols

Pension

Flexible start and finish times

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

A-SAFE is seeking a Toolroom Technician in Halifax (Elland area) to maintain and upgrade tooling for safety-critical products. You will work on tooling maintenance schedules, spares, and modifications, collaborating with Toolroom Engineers and NPI teams on-site.

The role requires extensive toolroom experience, apprentice training, and proficiency with manual and CNC tooling. Initially days, potentially moving to shifts to support production.

Qualifications

• Extensive injection mould toolroom experience.
• Apprentice-trained toolmaker with hands-on shop floor skills.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Experience using manual tooling machinery (turret mill, lathe, surface grinder).
• Proficient in CNC milling for tooling repairs/modifications.
• Safety-conscious with collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and review routine maintenance schedule for tooling.
• Create tooling checklists for routine activities.
• Monitor tooling spares and stock levels.
• Carry out tooling modifications to improve scrap and processes.
• Diagnose tool failures and assess impact on quality.
• Support CAD/CAM activities related to tooling.
• Assist NPI process for tooling requirements.
• Train apprentices alongside engineers.
• Attend off-site trials when required.
• Liaise with external toolmakers for repairs/modifications.
• Ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental policies.

Skills

Extensive toolroom experience

Apprentice-trained

Reading engineering drawings

Manual machining (turret mill, lathe,?

CNC milling

Crane operation

Electrical knowledge

Education

Apprentice-trained toolmaker

Tools

CNC milling machines

Job description

Job Description

Location: Halifax, Elland, HX5 9JP

Hours: Full-time, day shift

Working Pattern: Full-time, On-site 5 days per week

Contract: Permanent

Are you a time-served, apprentice-trained toolmaker who enjoys hands‑on problem solving, keeping complex tooling running and seeing the difference your work makes on the shop floor?

As a Toolroom Technician at A-SAFE, you'll assist in the maintenance, modification and management of all product‑specific tooling across the business. This is a practical, hands‑on role at the heart of our manufacturing operation, where the tools you look after produce safety‑critical products used in industrial environments worldwide.

You'll work closely with our Toolroom and Process Engineers, Production, Quality and New Product Introduction teams, as well as external toolmakers, to keep our tooling reliable, safe and continuously improving.

How you will make an impact:

• You'll help create, maintain and review the routine maintenance schedule for all A-SAFE tooling.


• You'll help create and maintain a tooling checklist to be used in all routine maintenance activities.


• You'll monitor tooling spares, ensuring stock is always available.


• You'll carry out tooling modifications that deliver tangible scrap and process improvements.


• You'll diagnose tool failures quickly and accurately, understanding the effect on component quality.


• You'll support all tooling‑related CAD/CAM activities.


• You'll support the New Product Introduction process for all tooling requirements.


• You'll assist the Toolroom and Process Engineers in the training and development of apprentices.


• You'll attend off‑site trials as required.


• You'll liaise with external toolmakers to discuss repairs and modifications.


• You'll ensure all health, safety and environmental policies are always adhered to.

What we are looking for:

• Extensive injection mould toolroom experience, ideally 10 years or more.


• Apprentice‑trained toolmaker.


• Skilled in the use of manual machinery for tooling repairs and modifications (turret mill, lathe and surface grinder).


• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings.


• Flexible and adaptable in approach, with the ability to learn quickly.


• Able to work safely on your own initiative, owning problems and finding solutions.


• A team player who communicates effectively with a range of stakeholders across the business.


• The role is initially days based, with a view to moving to a shift pattern in the future to help provide 24‑hour support to production.

Desirable experience:

• Previous rotational moulding, extrusion and PU elastomer pouring experience.


• Experience of crane use to manipulate, strip and assemble large moulds up to 40 tonnes.


• Skilled in the use of CNC milling machines for tooling repairs and modifications.


• Basic electrical knowledge to enable work on heater elements within moulds.

You’ll also bring:

• A meticulous, detail‑focused approach without losing sight of the bigger picture.


• A practical, 'can-do' mindset and the confidence to get stuck in.


• Pride in the quality and reliability of your work.


• The ability to organise and prioritise planned maintenance alongside reactive repairs.


• A collaborative approach — this is not a \"work in isolation\" role.

Why you'll love working with us:

A-SAFE invented the world's first industrial‑strength polymer safety barrier, revolutionising workplace safety, and we've been improving world standards ever since — including our next generation RackEye IoT safety device. Global blue‑chip companies use our products, including Coca‑Cola, BMW, Jaguar Land Rover, Amazon and Heathrow Airport.

You’ll join a skilled, close‑knit Toolroom where your trade is genuinely valued, working on large and varied tooling in a growing manufacturing business with a true global presence across the USA, Japan, Australia, Europe and the UAE. We are known for our innovation and our ‘can‑do’ attitude — a place where talent can thrive and develop as we grow.

At A-SAFE we put our values at the heart of the business: We are Pioneers. We do the Right Thing. We are in it Together.

We have a great track record of developing talent, offering training, professional study support and career opportunities. Our benefits package includes up to 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, a competitive salary, pension, flexible start and finish times (depending on role), childcare vouchers and a cycle to work scheme.

Benefits:

• up to 25 days holiday plus bank holidays


• competitive salary


• pension


• flexible start and finish times (depending on role)