Tooling Engineer
Telford, Shropshire
Monday to Thursday: 8:30am - 5:00pm | Friday: 8:30am - 4:00pm
Salary: £36,000 DOE
Overtime Available
Bonus Scheme
Are you an experienced Toolmaker looking to join a well-established manufacturing business with a strong reputation for quality and innovation?
We are recruiting for a skilled Tooling Engineer to join a busy and supportive engineering team in Telford. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with injection mould tooling experience who enjoys problem-solving, preventative maintenance, and supporting production operations.
You’ll play a vital role in maintaining and repairing injection moulding tools, ensuring maximum uptime and supporting continuous improvement initiatives throughout the toolroom.
Key Responsibilities
- Service, maintain and repair injection moulding tools to support production requirements.
- Respond to tool breakdowns, diagnose faults, and carry out corrective repairs.
- Perform planned preventative maintenance activities on tooling equipment.
- Conduct routine safety checks on power tools and workshop equipment.
- Work closely with the Tooling Leader to minimise production downtime.
- Monitor tooling spare parts usage and report low stock levels.
- Support production during new tool and product trials.
- Maintain excellent housekeeping standards within the workshop and around machinery.
- Identify opportunities to improve tooling systems, processes and working practices.
- Ensure full compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental standards.
- Complete all tasks efficiently and within agreed timescales.
Skills & Experience Required
- Mechanical or fitting apprenticeship/training.
- Previous Toolmaker experience within an injection moulding environment.
- Knowledge of sequential gate hot runner systems.
- Understanding of hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders relating to tooling cores and hot runner systems.
- Experience using lathes, milling machines and surface grinding equipment.
- Basic electrical knowledge relating to tool heating systems and controls.
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Good planning and organisational skills.
- Crane operating experience would be advantageous but is not essential.
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