Tool Room Technician (Grinder)

Rewards and Benefits on offer;

• Working for a highly successful and well-established global company.
• Experts in leading technological products with continuous development.
• Family-owned company with strong values.
• Permanent role.
• Healthcare cash plan
• Competitive salary.
• Overtime available.
• Two Shifts (Earlies and lates, no weekends).
• Matched pension up to 6.5% (9% employer contribution)

The Company you will be working for;

Our client is an established and successful manufacturing company based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. They are currently looking for a Tool Room Technician (Grinder) to join their team on a permanent basis. The Tool Room Technician will report to the Tool Room Manager and will be required to use various Grinding machines to produce dies and machine parts to directly support the production areas of the business. If you are interested and meet the person specification of the job role, please apply below.

The Role you will be doing;

• Programming, setting, and operating Cylindrical Grinding machines.
• Programming, setting and operating Surface Grinding machines.
• Tool repair and maintenance.
• Manufacturing tooling for use in compression and injection moulding to high tolerances.
• Participating in continuous improvement activities in the tool room.
• Maintaining and managing supply of consumables.
• Working under your own initiative to interpret engineering drawings.
• Solving engineering problems to deliver on production timelines.
• Flexibly adapting to shifting priorities.

About you;

Essentials

• Time served apprenticeship in relevant Engineering discipline.
• Experience in working with Mould tools and how they fit together.
• Experience working on cylindrical and surface grinding machines.
• Can read and interpret Engineering drawings.
• Working to tight tolerances.

Desirable but not essential

• HNC in Mechanical or General Engineering.
• Significant experience working in a Toolroom environment.