Toolmaker

Toolmaker

Salary: £50,000 - £60,000 DOE

Monday - Thursday: 7:30am - 4:30pm

Friday: 7:30am - 1:00pm

Flexible working hours available where required

Holiday - 20 days per year plus bank holidays

Performance-related Christmas bonus scheme linked to annual company turnover

Role Overview

A well-established manufacturing business is seeking an experienced Toolmaker to join their engineering team. This is a hands-on role within a busy production environment, responsible for the manufacture, repair, and maintenance of press tools, jigs, and fixtures used in day-to-day operations. The successful candidate will play a key role in ensuring tooling reliability, reducing downtime, and supporting efficient production output across the site.

Key Responsibilities

• Manufacture, assemble, and repair press tools, jigs, and fixtures used in production.
• Strip down, inspect, fault-find, and rebuild tooling to restore full functionality.
• Carry out preventative and reactive maintenance on press tools to minimise downtime.
• Work from engineering drawings to produce precision toolroom components.
• Set and operate manual milling, turning, and grinding machines.
• Perform bench fitting, hand finishing, and assembly to tight tolerances.
• Carry out tool trials, adjustments, and modifications to ensure correct performance.
• Use precision measuring equipment to inspect tooling and components.
• Support production teams by responding quickly to tooling breakdowns and issues.
• Ensure all tooling meets safety, quality, and production standards.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping and workshop organisation.

Skills & Experience Required

• Proven experience as a Toolmaker in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
• Strong experience with press tools, jigs, fixtures, or similar tooling.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Experience with manual machining (milling, turning, grinding).
• Strong bench fitting and precision assembly skills.
• Competent using measuring equipment (micrometres, verniers, gauges).
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving ability.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Desirable Experience

• Press tooling experience in a production or high-volume environment.
• Background in maintenance toolroom or production engineering support.
• CNC machining experience (advantageous but not essential).
• Experience in fast-paced manufacturing environments.