Tooling Engineer

Tooling Engineer

Are you an experienced Tool Maker looking for a varied, hands-on role within a growing technical manufacturing business?

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a specialist plastic injection moulding manufacturer in the search for a Tool Maker to join their established Tool Room team. Supplying a diverse customer base across multiple sectors. This business operates a modern, fast-paced production environment where tooling performance is critical to quality, efficiency and customer delivery.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled Tool Maker, Mould Toolmaker or Toolroom Engineer to play a key role in maintaining, repairing and improving a wide range of injection mould tools, while contributing to continuous improvement, new product introduction and manufacturing excellence.

Key responsibilities:

• Carry out preventative maintenance, servicing and repair of injection mould tools to ensure optimal performance and minimise downtime
• Diagnose and resolve tooling faults impacting production, quality, cycle times and overall manufacturing efficiency
• Support tool modifications, engineering changes and customer-driven improvement projects across a wide range of injection mould tools
• Operate toolroom machinery including CNC mills, lathes, grinders and manual toolmaking equipment to produce precision components
• Strip down, clean, assemble and test injection mould tools, ensuring correct electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic functionality before return to production
• Work closely with Production, Engineering, Technical and Quality teams to troubleshoot and resolve moulding and tooling issues
• Record all tooling activity accurately using ERP and quality management systems, ensuring compliance with ISO standards.

This is what you'll need:

• Previous experience as a Tool Maker, Mould Toolmaker, Toolroom Engineer or similar role
• Strong understanding of plastic injection mould tools, maintenance and repair processes
• Experience operating CNC and manual toolroom machinery
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills within a manufacturing or production environment

And this is what you'll get:

• Competitive salary
• Early finish on Friday's
• Healthcare cash plan
• Company bonus