Toolmaker​/Toolroom Operative

Location: Oldbury

Toolmaker

Oldbury | Up to £33,000 | Permanent | 37 Hours per Week

Are you an experienced Toolmaker with hands-on experience of pre-pierce and cut-off tooling?

We're recruiting for an established manufacturing business in Oldbury who are looking to add an experienced Toolmaker to their team.

This is a hands-on toolroom position supporting a busy manufacturing operation, with responsibility for the manufacture, maintenance, repair and fault finding of tooling to ensure production runs efficiently and downtime is kept to a minimum.

The Role

You'll be responsible for:

Manufacturing, maintaining and repairing production tooling
Working specifically with pre-pierce and cut-off tools
Diagnosing tooling faults and carrying out repairs and modifications
Supporting production breakdowns and minimising downtime
Manufacturing new tooling and components
Operating manual and CNC toolroom machinery
Surface grinding, milling and turning
Working from engineering drawings to specified tolerances
Supporting tooling try-outs and continuous improvement activities

About You

We're particularly interested in hearing from experienced Toolmakers who have:

Hands-on experience of pre-pierce and cut-off tooling – essential
A background in press tooling and/or roll-forming tooling
Experience manufacturing, repairing and maintaining tooling – rather than solely machining components
Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills
Manual machining experience including milling, turning and surface grinding
The ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and work accurately to tolerances

Experience of CNC machining and/or wire EDM would be advantageous
A practical, hands-on approach and the ability to support production when tooling problems arise
If you're an experienced Toolmaker with pre-pierce and cut-off tooling experience and are looking for a permanent opportunity with an established manufacturing business, we'd love to hear from you