Toolmaker
Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Salary: up to £38,000 per annum (Negotiable dependent on experience)
Benefits:
* 23 days holiday, plus bank holidays
* Company pension scheme
* Flexible schedule
* On-site parking
* Excellent working conditions
* Great team ethos
* Busy and growing business
* Well-equipped Toolroom
* Approachable management
* Structured working atmosphere
* Relaxed, yet busy environment
* Lots of overtime available
Company Profile
One of the UK’s leading injection moulding and mould tooling companies who have been established for over 40 years is looking for an experienced Toolmaker due to recent investment in larger and modern premises, state-of-the-art machinery, and making great additions to their already highly skilled workforce. The company offers excellent working conditions alongside a highly skilled and friendly team. The workload will be interesting and varied, using various machinery and providing full turnkey solutions for all moulding requirements.
Job Profile
As the successful Injection Mould Toolmaker, your main functions will be to manufacture and modify Injection mould tools in a modern well-equipped toolroom, with Hurco machining centres, Sodick Wire eroders, Sodick CNC Spark eroders, and Jones & Shipman surface grinders.
Duties:
* Use of manual milling and turning machines (conventional mills and lathes)
* Use of surface and cylindrical grinders
* Use of manual and CNC spark eroders
* Use of CNC wire eroder
* Modification & repair of Injection Mould Tools
* Manufacture and fitting of new injection mould tools
* Using hand tools such as files, hacksaws, and grinders
* Experience in general toolmaking, milling, grinding, and fitting
* Wiring of Hot runner systems and fault finding
Skills & Attributes:
* Experience in injection mould Toolmaking and high precision machining
* Understanding and experience of fitting and assembly of complex mould tools including their repair
* Ability to work to tight timescales without compromising quality and safety
* Modification of Injection Mould Tools in a well-equipped modern tool room
* Preparing new Mould Tools for Production
* Maintenance, repair, and modification of Injection Mould Tools
* Experience in general toolmaking, milling, grinding, and fitting
* Manufacture of Injection Mould Tools using the latest technology in a newly fitted out toolroom
* Experience in toolmaking, manual milling, turning, grinding, EDM Wire and spark erosion, and fitting; CNC Machining experience an advantage
* Must have the ability to communicate well and be part of a team in a small business
Hours of Work:
* 41.5 hrs per week
* Core Hours of Work: Mon-Thurs 8-5pm, Friday 8-4pm
* Overtime rate: + 10%
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