Toolmaker

Toolmaker

Location: Wokingham - Berkshire - RG41 2QY
Salary: Competitive, DOE + Benefits
Contract: Permanent, Full Time
Hours: 37.5 per week

Toolmaker - Benefits:

Permanent position
25 days annual holiday entitlement, plus bank holidays
Employer contributed pension scheme
Competitive salaries for a 37.5-hour week
Excellent overtime rates
Sage employee benefits including discounts across a range of retailers, restaurants, gym, and cinema as well as 24 x7 online GP and Confidential Employee Assistance programme.
Cycle to Work Scheme
Progression & development opportunities
On-site parking
Friendly environment in a family run business

Surelock McGill Ltd is a world leader in high security locking systems that protect the nation from threats. As a family run business for over 60 years we have a busy team that we are looking to expand and have a variety of full and part time production roles available.

An exciting position has become available for a full-time experienced press Toolmaker based in Wokingham, to work in a small friendly Toolroom within a high security manufacturing company.

Toolmaker - The Role:

The position requirements will be the manufacture of form and cutting tools, jigs, and fixings to support production.

Our Toolroom has a mixture of manual and CNC machines including wire erosion.

All new tooling has fully dimensioned drawings to work from, however the ability to understand tooling functionality is essential.

Due to workload and machine capacity the Toolroom works as a team so you may not start and finish the same job, a flexible attitude to work is important along with the ability to work unsupervised.

So, what would you be doing?

Working to engineering drawings, precise tolerances and operating a range of manual and CNC machinery.
Repair and maintain press tools.
Routine servicing and regrinding tools.
Verifies conformance of machined and /or repaired tools to specifications by checking dimensions/clearances/alignments.
Report breakdown root causes, equipment faults and concerns to management.
Ensure all work is undertaken to a high-quality standard and adheres to all quality standard regulations.
Ensures al tooling is safe and production ready at the time returned for production use, following correct preventative maintenance (PM) process.

Toolmaker - Skills/Qualifications:

The Ideal Candidate will have a flexible attitude to work, along with the ability to work unsupervised.

Essential skills - Tools & Technology

All new tooling has fully dimensioned drawings to work from, however the ability to understand tooling functionality is essential.

Experienced in the use of hand tool skills.
Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
Experience in working with Toolroom machinery and equipment milling machine, lathe, surface grinder, etc.

Desirable Skills

Practical hands-on approach to problem solving.
Possess strong communication skills
Able to manage and prioritise multiple skills.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and experience to be successful in this role click on APPLY today, forwarding an up to date copy of your CV for consideration in the first instance.

We are an Equal Opportunity Company

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