Toolmaker

Toolmaker (Injection Moulding)

Day Shift

£ATTRACTIVE

Buckinghamshire

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Job Purpose:

Responsible for the repair, maintenance and improvement of all tooling in line with production and customer requirements to support business objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Tooling strip down and diagnosis for repair.
• Tooling improvements.
• Support the production areas in technical assessment of tooling issues.
• Preventive maintenance of tooling
• Complete tool reports and ordering of spare parts.
• Maintenance data control of moulds.
• Polishing of A surface moulds to quality acceptable levels.
• Cleaning of tool faces to a quality finish within the moulding machine.
• Preventive maintenance of the shop's machinery.
• Implement modifications to moulds if applicable.
• Fabrication of fixtures and spare parts for tooling.
• Liaise with external tool shops.
• Maintain Spare parts system
• Maintain tooling standards and enhancements.
• Interface with New production tooling manager on new tooling.
• Comply with the quality and environment standards procedures and instructions.
• Involvement in all activities generated as a result of changes, requirements and/or improvement in the process of the applicable area
• Work within 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) methodology to maintain workplace to a high standard.

Experience & Qualifications:

• Considerable Previous tool making experience.
• Understanding of engineering drawings.
• Understanding of manufacturing processes
• Planning and prioritising activities.
• Good Communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to present data effectively.
• Understanding of Health & Safety practices.
• Analytical skill set.
• Understand lean manufacturing.
• Understanding of cost and financial impacts.
• Ability to work on own initiative.
• Able to work with the minimum supervision and to timescales.
• Good understanding of customer deliverables and the impact of failure/cost of poor quality.
• Practical hands-on approach to problem solving.
• Experience of working to tight production targets.
• Understanding of lean manufacturing and 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardise, Sustain) process
• Understanding of production costs to include waste, downtime, scrap and re-work

Please note all applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK