Toolmaker in King's Lynn

Bespak are looking for a Toolmaker for the Kings Lynn site, PE30 2JJ. The salary range for this permanent onsite role is between £43k and £49k (The salary includes the shift allowance). Our generous benefits package includes 28 days leave plus bank holidays, 8% company pension contribution to employees 3%, onsite parking and medical / dental / health / life assurance.

Working Pattern – 3 Shift Mon to Fri 2pm to 10:30pm / 6am to 2:30pm / 10pm to 6:30am, alternates each week.

As a Toolmaker, you will be responsible for the end-to-end servicing, troubleshooting, and repair of complex injection mould tools to ensure maximum production efficiency and product integrity. You will manufacture precision parts from drawings using a full range of workshop equipment, always maintaining a “right first time” approach and strict adherence to quality standards. Beyond technical maintenance, you will manage documentation, obtain external quotations, and provide expert feedback to leadership to improve manufacturing robustness. Your role also involves a leadership element, as you will coach apprentices and assistants while identifying continuous improvement opportunities to enhance functional outputs. Throughout all activities, you will act as a guardian of site safety and cGMP compliance, ensuring that every task is completed diligently and safely.

Your duties will include:

• Maintain high safety, quality, and environmental standards.
• Service, repair, and troubleshoot complex injection mould tools.
• Manufacture tooling parts using various toolroom equipment.
• Support the validation and manufacture of new tooling.
• Maintain equipment and update essential technical documentation.
• Coach assistants and apprentices to ensure safe operations.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Maintain high standards of safety, quality, and environmental compliance, ensuring all work meets company and regulatory requirements.
• Service, repair, and troubleshoot complex injection mould tools, including fault diagnosis, component replacement, and performance optimisation.
• Manufacture precision tooling components using a range of toolroom equipment such as mills, lathes, grinders, CNC machines, and EDM processes.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to assistants, apprentices, and other team members to promote safe, skilled, and knowledgeable toolroom operations.

Preferred key skills and experience:

• Completed Toolmaker Apprenticeship or equivalent with proven experience within a precision toolroom environment.
• Strong ability to interpret complex technical drawings, including detailed 2D and 3D mould tool schematics.
• Hands‑on experience with hot runner, cold runner, including assembly, maintenance, repair and fault diagnosis.
• Excellent analytical and problem‑solving skills, particularly in identifying and resolving tooling and moulding faults.
• Ability to plan, prioritise, and complete tasks independently, demonstrating accuracy, efficiency, and ownership of work.
• HNC qualification in a relevant engineering discipline or practical experience in CAD/CAM machining (e.g., CNC programming, toolpath optimisation).

Benefits:

• 28 days holiday + bank holidays
• 8% employer contribution added to employee’s 3%
• Private medical insurance
• Private dental insurance
• Permanent health insurance
• Group life assurance
• Free will service
• Active well‑being programme
• Employee retail discount platform
• Recognition awards
• Free parking

We are a pharmaceutical Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) that offers development and manufacturing solutions for a variety of medications, including medical devices such as pressurized metered dose inhalers (pMDI), soft mist inhalers (SMI), dry powder inhalers (DPI), nasal sprays and medical check valves.

King’s Lynn is a market town steeped in history with an hourly direct rail link to Cambridge (1 hour) and London (2 hours). The location is close to the beautiful Norfolk coastline and is an hour’s drive to the cities of Norwich and Peterborough. The population is nearly 43,000 and offers various amenities, including supermarkets, a shopping centre, restaurants, junior schools, high schools, GP practices, a hospital and College.

As an ethical employer we align our BZero sustainability initiative aim to be accredited to SBTI which means we are on a road to carbon reduction targeting net zero and are proud to be ISO certified in 14001, 45001 and 13485.

We are flexible. We understand that there is a life outside of work, so we aim to support you in attaining a happy work/life balance. To cater for employees’ individual circumstances, and where possible, we agree flexible working arrangements. We value our inclusivity as we believe diversity should be embraced and celebrated. We live and work by these values and that is what makes our company a great place to work. We are proud to be a disability positive employer. We will support you throughout the recruitment process with any adjustments you require therefore please contact the Recruitment Team if you require support.