Toolroom Technician

3 weeks ago

Elland, United Kingdom Venatu Full time

**Toolroom Technician**

**Location**: Elland (HX5)

**Salary**: Up to £34k per annum

**PLEASE NOTE - THIS IS A CONTINENTAL SHIFT PATTERN: (4 days on 7am-7pm, 4 days off then 4 nights on 7pm-7am, 4 nights off - 12 hour shifts)*.**

**Your duties will include, but aren’t limited to**:

- Help create, maintain and review the routine maintenance schedule for all tooling.
- Help create and maintain a tooling checklist to be used in all routine maintenance activities.
- Monitor tooling spares, ensuring stock is always available.
- Carry out tooling modifications to deliver tangible scrap & process improvements.
- Successfully and quickly diagnose tool failures and any effects on component quality.
- Support all tooling related CAD/CAM activities.
- Support the NPI process for all tooling requirements.
- Assist the Toolroom and Process Engineers in the training and development of apprentices.
- Attend off-site trials as required.
- Liaise with external toolmakers to discuss repairs and modifications.
- Ensure all health, safety and environmental policies are always adhered to.

**Essential**:

- Extensive injection mould toolmaking (ideally 10 years +) experience.
- Apprentice trained Toolmaker.
- Skilled in the use of manual machinery for tooling repairs and modifications (turret mill, lathe and surface grinder).
- Comfortable working on a continental shift basis (4 on 4 off).
- Able to read and interpret engineering drawings.
- Flexible and adaptable in approach with the ability to learn quickly.
- Detailed and meticulous whilst seeing the bigger picture.
- Able to work safely on own initiative and someone who owns problems and finds solutions.
- A team player able to effectively communicate with a range of stakeholders across the business.

**Desirable**:

- Previous rotational moulding, extrusion & PU elastomer pouring experience.
- Experience of Crane use to manipulate, strip and assemble large moulds up to 40 tonnes.
- Skilled in the use of CNC milling machines for tooling repairs and modifications
- Basic electrical knowledge to enable work on heater elements within moulds.

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