Salary: £35,000 - £38,000
Hours: Monday – Thursday 7:45 – 16:15, Fridays 7:45 – 12:45
Benefits: Canteen, Company pension, Cycle to work scheme
Job description
About us We aim to redefine the possibilities within packaging, open up the consumer experiences of the future and deliver ground-breaking advances in packaging sustainability, integrity and aesthetics. By applying the highest engineering standards, we aim to consistently deliver world-class, futureproofed machinery that meets our customers' ever-evolving production demands.
The Role We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Precision Tool Fitter to join our expanding team. The ideal candidate will take great pride in their work and be responsible for mechanical assembly, testing and acceptance of tool units that produce foil caps at rates of up to seven hundred and fifty per minute. Typically, a tool unit will take around one week to complete and the fitter builds and tests the complete unit from start to finish. The units are incorporated in our range of bespoke capping and sealing equipment which are sold worldwide. The average tool unit will be used for up to seventy five million punches in its lifetime before reconditioning.
The ideal candidate would have press tooling or precision engineering experience combined with excellent machining and hand fitting skills. All components for the units are pre-manufactured prior to the start of the build, On units being refurbished a certain amount of rework of existing parts may be required, part of the build requires machining skills including surface grinding, honing, turning and milling all to close tolerances. Whilst the majority of the build is assembly all of the employees in this role at present have a tool making background, although this is not essential it gives some idea of the level of finesse required to perform the role effectively.
Key Duties
· To fit, assemble, and test new tool units and all associated parts and assemblies.
· To ensure that all parts and assemblies are correctly fitted and assembled together in accordance with the agreed tolerances and procedures.
· To build new tool unit assemblies and repair and refurbish existing tool units to an as new condition. · To carry out testing of the tool units in accordance with agreed procedures.
· To assist with the building or repair of complete press assemblies when required.
· To work as part of the highly skilled mechanical assembly team.
A typical tool unit build comprises of the following main activities:
· Honing.
· Surface grinding.
· Drilling.
· Milling.
· Fitting.
· Assembly.
· Setting of punches and dies.
· Building and setting of forming assembly.
· Building and setting of ejection systems (mechanical and air).
· Achieving critical dimensions via machining.
· Functional testing at operational speeds.
· Fault finding and rectification. Person Specification
· Excellent attention to detail
· Thorough and accurate approach
· Shows pride and quality in their work
· A team player, willing to support others
· Proactive and able to work independently as required