Toolmaker

Toolmaker 

Shifts: 3 Shifts 

Salary: c£50,000 (including shift allowance)

Benefits: Gold Healthcare and £1200 stakeholder pension 

Reporting To: Tool Room Shift Coordinator

Introduction

Working a 3-shift pattern in a busy, well equipped toolroom, supporting plastic injection mould tooling in a high volume automotive component production. Although part of a close team, you will be expected to work 
independently and to deadlines, sometimes under pressure. You should be a creative thinker and good at problem solving. Strong communication skills are required to be able to report effectively.

Responsibilities in the Toolroom

• Working with minimal supervision, reviewed by the Toolroom Supervisor your role will include:
• Servicing and maintenance of injection mould tools to TPM schedules.
• Repairs to injection mould tools following breakdown.
• Supporting production at the moulding press with repairs / maintenance as required.
• Carrying out minor modifications and improvements to existing injection mould tools

Toolmaker Tasks 

• It is expected that you can comply with all health and safety legislation, minimising risk and ensuring that all tasks are completed in a 
• safe manner.
• Carry out injection mould tool service by following set procedures.
• Have knowledge of all electrical, hydraulic and water systems on injection mould tools.
• Demonstrate your fault finding and problem-solving ability when working to tight deadlines.
• Work on production injection mould tools in the moulding press where necessary.
• Organise your time effectively & be proficient at record keeping.
• Use a computer (training available if required)

Toolmaker Qualifications and Experience 

• Ideally a time served Apprentice Toolmaker with ONC/HNC in Mechanical Engineering or similar
• or have a minimum 5 years hands-on experience of plastic injection mould tooling
• Have good bench hand skills
• Can operate milling, turning, and grinding machines competently.

In addition, the following would be advantageous, although training will be given where necessary:

• Knowledge of injection mould hot runner systems
• Mould tool polishing
• Laser/MIG/TIG welding
• Overhead gantry crane certification
• Safe tool handling

About 5S Recruitment Limited

This role is being managed by 5S Recruitment a specialist, one-man-band operation focused purely on engineering and manufacturing.

No call centres. No resourcer's firing CVs blindly. Just 16 years of hands-on recruitment within plastics and technical manufacturing.

The approach is simple:

• Quality over quantity
• Proper understanding of tooling, moulding, and shopfloor realities
• Long-term placements that actually stick

If you’re fed up with being treated like a number, you’ll notice the difference straight away.