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Toolroom Manager

Job Posted: 6 days ago

Salary: £ 45,000 - 50,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Leicestershire

Expire in: 21 days

Job Description

Job Title: Toolroom Manager
Location: Leicestershire
Shift: Monday - Thursday, 8am - 5pm and Friday, 8am - 4pm 
Pay: Up to £50,000 per annum

Benefits: 

Permanent position
Free onsite parking
Company events
Company pension
Overtime available 

The Company

A well-established manufacturer of high-precision plastic injection moulds, supplying a range of key industries across the UK and Europe. 

The Toolroom Manager Role: 

We are currently seeking a driven and committed Toolroom Manager to join our growing team. This position has become available due to continued business growth, with projected expansion of over 50% in the next year. We're looking for motivated individuals to help us meet this demand.

We take pride in maintaining a clean, organised, and professional toolroom. The successful candidate will play a key role in sustaining and improving standards of organisation, cleanliness, and overall presentation.

Liaise with the customer to understand their needs within a project and communicate this clearly to the design and manufacturing team.
Tool design, Mould flow and DFM interrogation to check feasibility and suitability of the design against the customers and moulders needs.
Understand and interrogate part and tool designs for manufacturability and efficiency
Assign daily workload to the shopfloor staff and explain each job to them as required
Troubleshoot manufacturing issues from CNC machining, EDM machining and fitting issues.
Monitor progress and provide regular updates to customers
Create project plans showing the timeline of key activities in the project
Attend the final tool build checklist with the fitting team, making sure the quality standards are met before we despatch tooling to customers
Buying of mould bases, standard mould parts, cutting tools and other workshop equipment.
Project management of Chinese tooling, communicating with our project managers oversees to check progress and quality. International travel could be available but not essential.
Attend tool trials and provide support to the process team for troubleshooting
Review parts from trials and understand injection moulding process/tooling defects
Create tooling rework plans and oversee trial loop until approved 

About You:

Strong technical background in plastics and tooling
Experience in interpreting 2D and 3D engineering drawings
Background in tool design, mould flow analysis, and DFM reviews
Involvement in managing varied tooling projects from start to finish
Hands-on experience with CNC machining, EDM, and tool fitting processes
Proven people management and organisational skills
Excellent attention to detail and quality standards
Flexibility to adapt to different projects and changing priorities
Strong communication skills to liaise with customers and internal teams
Ability to create and manage project timelines and tooling plans 

How to Apply:

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