Tool Maker

TOOL MAKER, £30000 - £33446 PER ANNUM, OVERTIME AND DOUBLE TIME, PERMANENT, 28 DAYS LEAVE, PENSION, PARKING

Our client is a design and manufacturer of high-quality plastic injection Mould Tools for the POS and luxury brands industry based within Loughborough. They are currently looking for a Mould Toolmaker-Cad/Cam Engineer to join the production team.

You will be highly skilled in the use of CNC Milling machinery, proficient programmer of Autodesk-Power mill and use Rhino 3D Cad software or Solid works/Fusion 360, with an ability to produce accurate and efficient NC toolpaths. Reporting to the Tooling Director you take responsibility for full hands-on manufacturing of moulds by use of manual Milling/Turning/Grinding machines, along with traditional hand fitting/bench skills

**Duties of the Tool Maker**:
Utilize the machinery for Turning, Drilling, Grinding.
Operate manual milling & grinding machines also ZNC Spark erosion machinery.
Mould assembly fitting, polishing & lifting and tool building.
CNC machine setter operator producing Power mill, programmes for mould Cavities, inserts electrodes and bolster plates using PC Cad Cam equipment.
Carry out quality checks for machined parts to ensure conformity to the specifications and mould standards using CMM machine with Renishaw probe.
Use 3d CAD software to interrogate mould drawings for the manufacture of mould tooling.
Produce 3d models for machining mould plates and electrodes with Cad software.

**Requirements Needed**:
City & Guilds or HNC in Mechanical Engineering
City & Guilds CNC Programming (parts 1&2)
Minimum of 3 years, experience in tool making or Tool Design
2D/3D computer software experience
Minimum 2 years NC programming experience

**Location**: Loughborough

**Salary**: £30000 - £33446 per annum

**Benefits**: 28 days leave, pension, parking, Overtime and double time

**Hours**: Monday to Thursday 08.30- 4.30, Friday 08.30 - 4.00 (40 hours per week)

Travail Employment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.