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Toolroom Machinist
Telford
36,000
Yolk Recruitment is partnered with one of the UK's largest specialist UK manufacturers who are continuing to grow and have created a new opportunity for a Toolroom Engineer to join their team. This is a great opportunity for someone with a background in manual machining or toolmaking, while experience of CNC machining is advantageous it can be developed here.
This is a future proof business that dominates its field, known for producing high quality products and consistently investing to maintain its competitive lead. There are significant opportunities to continue your development, learning from experience around you and a structured development programme and a role that will continue to grow as you do.
This is what you'll be doing
- Working a 4 on / 4 off rota, days, 6am - 6pm.
- Carrying out repair, maintenance and modification of manufacturing tooling
- Interpreting engineering drawings and working to tolerances of 0.05mm
- Using a range of workshop machinery including vertical mills, manual lathes, surface grinders and CNC equipment
- Working with bench tools and finishing techniques (filing, polishing etc.)
- Supporting general engineering and tooling tasks across the site
- Collaborating with engineers across the business to ensure tooling quality and availability
The experience you'll need
- Experience with manual machining (milling, turning, bench work)
- Comfortable working to tight tolerances
- Able to read and interpret technical drawings
- A good approach to problem solving and methodical work
- CNC experience would be a bonus, but not essential
- Ideally time-served or with a recognised engineering apprenticeship - but practical ability and learning mindset matter most
If you feel you have the experience to make the most of this opportunity, apply now with your CV.
Please note, whilst we do our best to contact all candidates, due to the high number of applications we receive, we cannot guarantee this for every role. If you have not heard anything from us within 7 days of applying, then unfortunately, you have been unsuccessful. Please keep an eye on our website for more opportunities.
