Toolmaker/Toolroom Operative

Toolmaker Oldbury Up to £33,000 Permanent 37 Hours per Week Are you an experienced Toolmaker with hands-on experience of pre-pierce and cut-off tooling? We''re recruiting for an established manufacturing business in Oldbury who are looking to add an experienced Toolmaker to their team. This is a hands-on toolroom position supporting a busy manufacturing operation, with responsibility for the manufacture, maintenance, repair and fault finding of tooling to ensure production runs efficiently and downtime is kept to a minimum. The Role You''ll be responsible for: Manufacturing, maintaining and repairing production tooling Working specifically with pre-pierce and cut-off tools Diagnosing tooling faults and carrying out repairs and modifications Supporting production breakdowns and minimising downtime Manufacturing new tooling and components Operating manual and CNC toolroom machinery Surface grinding, milling and turning Working from engineering drawings to specified tolerances Supporting tooling try-outs and continuous improvement activities About You We''re particularly interested in hearing from experienced Toolmakers who have: Hands-on experience of pre-pierce and cut-off tooling - essential A background in press tooling and/or roll-forming tooling Experience manufacturing, repairing and maintaining tooling - rather than solely machining components Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills Manual machining experience including milling, turning and surface grinding ..... full job details .....