Tool Setter

Injection Moulding Tool Setter / Technician

Hours of work - 42.5 hours per week

4 x day shifts - Tuesday - Friday 8am - 8pm

We are looking for a professional, efficient, meticulous, and self-motivated individual with excellent time management skills and the ability to prioritise workload.

**Roles & Responsibilities**:

- The Tool Setter will report to the Engineering Manager, based on the production floor.
- Setting, starting and tool changing injection moulding machines.
- Ensuring that tools are set to achieve the production plan requirements.
- Entering and maintaining all relevant information for shop floor data collection and as required to meet QC standards
- Completing autonomous maintenance tasks as per schedules
- Undertaking minor tool repairs i.e. Water & Hydraulic repairs
- Using overhead Crane transport and move tooling.
- Participating in the Continuous Improvement projects.
- Work with the sales department to trial new products and present the results of these trials to customers when required.
- Have experience of working as a Tool Setter in a plastic injection moulding environment
- Have experience with Negri Bossi, Haitian & Victor Machinery (preferred but not essential)
- Be able to set moulding machines and trouble shoot process issues.
- Experience with Hot Runners
- Have worked with a range of plastic materials including PP,ABS etc.
- Experience with 22 to 800 ton injection moulding presses.
- A Proactive work ethic.
- A Methodical approach to process data collection and customer trials.
- Maintain and develop the 5s principles and be accustomed to working in that environment.
- Overhead Crane Licence (preferred).
- Excellent attention to detail.
- Experience with pick and place robots (preferred but not essential).

**Jenkin Halls Recruitment is acting as a Recruitment Partner for this Tool Setter opportunity