Tool Maker

Injection Mould Toolmaker

Wickford, Essex
£35,000 to £40,000 per annum

Benefits:

* 20 days holiday plus Bank holidays

* With the owner/management team looking to retire within 5 to 10 years, the ideal candidate will have the aptitude and ambition to succeed them with the opportunity to progress to ownership of the business

Company Profile
A small but successful injection mould tool making company based in Essex who specialise in the design & manufacturing of mould tools for various industry sectors including Aerospace & Automotive, are looking for a skilled Toolmaker to join their team of other highly skilled and friendly engineers.

Job Profile
The successful candidate will be a skilled Toolmaker with extensive experience working within a mould toolroom environment working with various machinery. The company is offering competitive pay with genuine opportunities for progression for the right candidate. The position has come about due to continued growth in both customer base and orders. The workload will be interesting and varied producing small to medium batches.

Duties:

* Manufacture new injection mould tools from technical drawings, creating CADCAM programs from 3D cad models/data to a high level of workmanship in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

* Operating conventional mills, lathes, surface and cylindrical grinders, spark erosion machines, and fitting.

* CNC Milling experience is a must (Heidenhain controls would be an advantage).

* Editing, Setting and Operating CNC Mills (3 axis).

* Reading technical drawings and machining mould tool components, jigs, and fixtures.

* Repairing and improving mould tools.

Skills & Attributes:

* CADCAM Programming (ideally experience with Pro-Engineer, but will consider other CADCAM Software experience)

* CNC Milling (editing, setting and operating 3 axis Mills)

* Must be confident using all manual workshop machinery including Lathes, Mills, Grinding and Spark Erosion machines.

* Experience with Injection Mould Toolmaking is essential.

Hours:

* 40 hrs per week

* 7:30am to 4pm, Monday to Friday (1/2 hr lunch)