Tool Maker
| Posting date: | 29 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,200.00 to £37,440.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 May 2025 |
| Location: | Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 2PZ |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Travail Employment Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JO000015122_1745932467 |
Summary
TOOL MAKER £15.00ph to £18.00ph d.o.e, REGULAR OVERTIME AT ENHANCED RATES, PERMANENT, IMMEDIATE START, 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:
- Utilise 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 CNC programming experience
Location: Loughborough
Salary: £31,200 - £37,440pa d.o.e per annual
Benefits: 28 days leave, pension, parking, regular overtime available
Hours: Monday to Friday 8am - 5pm (40 hours per week)
Travail Employment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.