Toolroom Technician - Maintain & Improve Critical Tooling

A-SAFE; Elland; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension

Flexible start/finish times

Childcare vouchers

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

A-SAFE is seeking a Toolroom Technician to maintain and manage tooling across our manufacturing operation in Halifax/Elland. You’ll work with Toolroom, Process Engineers, Production, Quality and NPI teams to keep tooling reliable and safe, while supporting apprentices and tooling projects.

Extensive toolroom experience and apprentice training are essential, with a hands-on, detail-oriented approach. Initially days, with potential shift changes to support 24-hour production.

Qualifications

• Extensive injection mould toolroom experience (10+ years).
• Apprentice-trained toolmaker.
• Skilled with manual tooling repairs using turret mill, lathe and grinder.
• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Flexible, quick learner who works safely on own initiative.
• Team player with strong stakeholder communication.

Responsibilities

• Help create, maintain and review the routine maintenance schedule for all tooling.
• Help create and maintain a tooling checklist for routine maintenance.
• Monitor tooling spares to ensure stock is available.
• Carry out tooling modifications delivering scrap and process improvements.
• Diagnose tool failures quickly and understand effects on component quality.
• Support tooling-related CAD/CAM activities.
• Support the New Product Introduction process for tooling requirements.
• Assist in training apprentices.
• Attend off-site trials as required.
• Liaise with external toolmakers for repairs/modifications.
• Ensure health, safety and environmental policies are adhered to.

Skills

Tooling maintenance

Reading drawings

Safety compliance

Team collaboration

Education

Apprentice-trained toolmaker

Tools

Turret mill

Lathe

Surface grinder

CNC milling

CAD/CAM

Job description

A-SAFE is seeking a Toolroom Technician to maintain and manage tooling across our manufacturing operation in Halifax/Elland. You’ll work with Toolroom, Process Engineers, Production, Quality and NPI teams to keep tooling reliable and safe, while supporting apprentices and tooling projects.

Extensive toolroom experience and apprentice training are essential, with a hands-on, detail-oriented approach. Initially days, with potential shift changes to support 24-hour production.