Toolroom Technician

Job Role: Toolroom Technician
Location: Huddersfield
Salary: £32,436

Permanent

Metalis are currently in partnership with an metal closures company. Looking to recruit aToolroom Technician to join their team working on a rotating shift pattern.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• To maintain tools and production equipment
• To correctly identify tooling issues and to work with other team members to resolve these when it looks as though a more serious problem might be developing
• To take part in improvement activities
• To behave in a manner that is safe and that promotes good manufacturing practice
• To work with team members to improve the effectiveness of the change-over processes

Candidate Requirements:

• To understand all safety rules

• To understand all quality rules

• To be able to maintain tooling and production equipment

• Carry out servicing on current tooling and production equipment

• Experienced in setting and operating lathes, milling machines, surface grinders and other workshop equipment

• To implement and understand TPM and improvement processes

• To liaise with visitors as necessary

• Ability to work under own initiative as well as part of a team

• Experience in tool manufacturing

• Experience gained within a similar working environment

• Experience with CNC milling and turning using XYZ machines

• Power press and metal forming equipment

• NVQ Level 3 Mechanical Engineering

• Abrasive wheel training

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS

• Experience in maintaining press tools, rolling and forming tools

• To take part in the Health and Safety Committee or other representation roles as and when required

Salary and Shifts:

• Monday - Friday 06.00 - 14.00 and 14.00 - 22.00 with flexibility

If this vacancy sounds of interest please apply today and one of our consultants will be in touch with suitable applications.