Flexible working hours available where required
Holiday - 20 days per year plus bank holidays
Performance-related Christmas bonus scheme linked to annual company turnover
Role Overview
A well-established manufacturing business is seeking an experienced Toolmaker to join their engineering team. This is a hands‑on role within a busy production environment, responsible for the manufacture, repair, and maintenance of press tools, jigs, and fixtures used in day-to-day operations. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring tooling reliability, reducing downtime, and supporting efficient production output across the site.
Key Responsibilities
- Manufacture, assemble, and repair press tools, jigs, and fixtures used in production.
- Strip down, inspect, fault‑find, and rebuild tooling to restore full functionality.
- Carry out preventative and reactive maintenance on press tools to minimise downtime.
- Work from engineering drawings to produce precision toolroom components.
- Set and operate manual milling, turning, and grinding machines.
- Perform bench fitting, hand finishing, and assembly to tight tolerances.
- Carry out tool trials, adjustments, and modifications to ensure correct performance.
- Use precision measuring equipment to inspect tooling and components.
- Support production teams by responding quickly to tooling breakdowns and issues.
- Ensure all tooling meets safety, quality, and production standards.
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping and workshop organisation.
Skills & Experience Required
- Proven experience as a Toolmaker in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
- Strong experience with press tools, jigs, fixtures, or similar tooling.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
- Experience with manual machining (milling, turning, grinding).
- Strong bench fitting and precision assembly skills.
- Competent using measuring equipment (micrometres, verniers, gauges).
- Strong fault‑finding and problem‑solving ability.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Press tooling experience in a production or high‑volume environment.
- Background in maintenance toolroom or production engineering support.
- CNC machining experience (advantageous but not essential).
- Experience in fast‑paced manufacturing environments.
