Polypipe Building Products focuses on delivering solutions to the residential sector. Our work spans national and local developers, plumbing and heating engineers, general builders and groundworkers to provide above and below ground drainage systems, rainwater solutions, and hot and cold plastic plumbing products.
Location: Mason Pinder Toolmakers site, Thorne, DN8.
About the Role
You will be responsible for repair, maintenance, and improvement of all tooling to meet production and customer requirements, ensuring a fit‑for‑purpose condition. You will support new tooling for product introductions to ensure robustness of product builds and develop onsite spares to support moulds and production needs.
Your Day To Day
* Contribute to a strong culture that prioritises health and safety, encourages continuous improvement, and delivers product to strict quality criteria.
* Manufacture, modify, repair, and refurbish tooling up to 15 tonnes across the Genuit Group.
* Manufacture and develop EOAT.
* Produce spare parts from drawings and by own initiative.
* Inspect externally manufactured components to drawing and check compatibility with existing moulds.
* Follow engineering drawings to measure and mark out designs for tools.
* Use machinery such as lathes, presses, milling machines, and grinders to cut and shape tools.
* Monitor tools used in production to ensure efficient run rates and identify necessary repairs or possible improvements.
* Check and measure parts with precision measuring devices to assure quality specifications and record quality checks.
* Ensure manufacturing adheres to and conforms with required technical and quality specifications in line with the company’s ISO 9000 quality systems.
* Support the development of 5S activities to maintain the highest levels of hygiene and housekeeping.
* Support lean manufacturing programme in conjunction with the Continuous Improvement team.
Skills & Experience We Require
* Apprentice trained engineer/toolmaker with recognised qualifications.
* Knowledge of manufacturing, tooling, cutting tools, and machine parts.
* Ability to manufacture a variety of replacement parts, from angle pins to new inserts.
* Strong understanding of manufacturing new tooling from detailed technical drawings.
* Good understanding of CNC and EDM machining.
* Metallurgical skills and knowledge of material strength.
* Ability to follow technical detailed drawings and instructions.
* Knowledge or ability to use 2D and 3D CAD/CAM software.
* Use recognised problem solving techniques to analyse tooling problems.
* Working knowledge of project management.
* Hot runner electrical and installation knowledge.
What We Can Offer You
* £18.55 per hour.
* Monday – Friday, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.
* 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
* Matched pension contributions up to 8 %.
* Sharesave scheme.
* Team days and events.
* Life assurance.
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