Toolmaker

Why You Should Apply

Enjoy your evenings and weekends:
If you're a toolmaker near Brecon, Merthyr, Tredegar, or Ebbw Vale and want to avoid shifts and constant overtime, this days-only job lets you have more time for yourself.

Join a team where people stick around:
The workshop has about 20 people who work closely together. Most stay for years. Even the current managing director started here as a graduate design engineer and moved up.

Work with modern equipment:
The company invests in the latest technology, such as a £250,000 water jet cutter, a new £125,000 press brake, and an innovation centre currently under construction.

Job Security:
Stable business, with a proven 60-plus-year track record. Turnover is between £3 and £4 million, with a clear plan to reach £5 million in the next three years.

Salary, benefits and hours of work:

You'll earn £32,000 to £35,000, plus a profit share scheme, medical insurance, pension, 25 days of holiday, and all bank holidays.

Your hours will be Monday to Thursday, 8:00 to 16:30, and Friday, 8:00 to 15:30.

What you'll do as the Toolmaker

This is a practical machining job in a small, flexible workshop. About 80% of your time will be spent making precision-turned and milled parts in the machine shop, and the other 20% will be spent helping the assembly team put machines together before they go out.

You'll turn parts such as shafts, pins, and bosses on the lathe, and mill parts and features on the milling machine, including keyways and circlip grooves.
You'll use a Harrison lathe, an XYZ milling machine, and a Haas CNC turning centre, moving easily between manual and CNC work.
You'll handle CAM programming, using Fusion 360. The work isn't too complex, but you should understand the basics.
You'll fit turned parts into the machines, add wheels and mechanical assemblies, helping the assembly team get machines ready for customers.

What you'll need to apply for the Toolmaker

You should have solid experience in machining/toolmaking and be able to produce parts such as shafts, pins, bosses, keyways and circlip grooves.
You need to be confident using both manual lathes and milling machines, as well as CNC turning centres.
You should have a working understanding of CAM programming. Fusion 360 is preferred, but experience with other packages is also acceptable.

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