Job Title: Toolmaker / Toolroom Engineer / Manual Machinist
Location: Pickering, North Yorkshire
Salary: £18.27ph - £19.90ph + Overtime
Benefits:
- Overtime opportunities available
- Pension scheme
- Long-term career stability
- Training and development opportunities
- Career progression within a growing engineering business
- Secure automotive manufacturing environment
The Company:
Our client is a leading Tier 1 automotive manufacturer supplying complex components into some of the world's most recognised automotive brands.
Following continued growth, investment and the recent acquisition of additional manufacturing operations, they are looking to strengthen their Toolroom team with the appointment of a Toolmaker / Toolroom Engineer.
This is an excellent opportunity to join a financially stable business that continues to expand its engineering capabilities whilst bringing previously subcontracted tooling work back in-house.
You'll become part of a close-knit engineering team where experience, practical ability and problem-solving skills are genuinely valued.
Working Hours:
Shift pattern continental shifts (no weekends)
Regular overtime opportunities are available
Job Description:
This Toolmaker / Toolroom Engineer position focuses primarily on the repair, refurbishment, modification and maintenance of injection mould tooling used within a busy automotive manufacturing environment.
Unlike many traditional Toolmaker positions, this role is heavily focused on keeping production-critical tooling operational and responding to breakdowns, repairs and engineering improvements.
Tooling sizes range from approximately 50kg through to 40-tonne mould tools, providing a genuinely varied workload.
Responsibilities include:
- Repairing and servicing injection mould tooling
- Diagnosing tooling faults and failures
- Modifying and improving existing tooling
- Manual milling and turning using Bridgeport and Colchester machines
- Bench fitting and assembly work
- Fabrication and repair activities where required
- Supporting production during breakdown situations
- Preventative maintenance of tooling assets
- Working safely with large tooling and overhead cranes
- Supporting continuous improvement projects
This Toolmaker / Toolroom Engineer role offers a huge amount of variety and would suit someone who enjoys practical engineering challenges and problem-solving.
Skills & Experience:
We are keen to speak with candidates from backgrounds including:
- Toolmaker
- Toolroom Engineer
- Tool Repair Technician
- Manual Machinist
- Manual Miller
- Manual Turner
- Mechanical Fitter
- Fabricator / Welder
Essential:
- Strong manual machining experience
- Experience using manual milling and turning machines
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings
- Practical engineering and fault-finding skills
Desirable:
- Injection mould tooling experience
- Fabrication or welding experience
- Apprenticeship-trained engineering background
- Crane or lifting experience
Candidates without mould tooling experience are encouraged to apply, as training can be provided for individuals with strong manual machining and fabrication skills.
Why Should You Apply?
This Toolmaker / Toolroom Engineer opportunity offers far more than a standard toolroom role.
You'll be joining a growing Tier 1 automotive manufacturer with significant investment plans, strong future growth and a genuine commitment to developing engineering talent.
The business actively values practical engineering ability over industry-specific experience and is willing to train the right Toolmaker / Toolroom Engineer on the mould tooling side of the role.
If you're looking for a Toolmaker / Toolroom Engineer position where you'll work on varied projects, solve real engineering problems and join a business with a secure future, we'd love to hear from you.
