Toolroom Technician: Hands-On Tooling & Maintenance

A-Safe; Calverley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A-SAFE is seeking a hands-on Toolroom Technician to maintain and improve our tooling across a global manufacturing operation. You will work closely with Toolroom, Process Engineers and production teams to keep tooling reliable and safe, supporting NPI and apprentices in a busy shop floor.

This hands-on role requires extensive toolroom experience, apprentice training, and the ability to read engineering drawings.

Qualifications

• 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.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain and review the routine maintenance schedule for all tooling.
• Create and maintain a tooling checklist for routine maintenance activities.
• Monitor tooling spares and ensure stock is available.
• Carry out tooling modifications that deliver scrap and process improvements.
• Diagnose tool failures quickly and assess impact on component quality.
• Support tooling-related CAD/CAM activities.
• Assist NPIs for tooling requirements.
• Support training and development of apprentices.
• Attend off-site trials as required.
• Liaise with external toolmakers for repairs/modifications.
• Adhere to health, safety and environmental policies.

Skills

Toolroom experience

Apprentice-trained

Manual machining

Engineering drawings

Team player

Problem solving

Tools

CNC milling

Job description

A-SAFE is seeking a hands-on Toolroom Technician to maintain and improve our tooling across a global manufacturing operation. You will work closely with Toolroom, Process Engineers and production teams to keep tooling reliable and safe, supporting NPI and apprentices in a busy shop floor.

This hands-on role requires extensive toolroom experience, apprentice training, and the ability to read engineering drawings.