Toolmaker
| Company: | The Selection Partnership Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £35,000 to £40,000 a year |
| Hours: | Full-time |
| Location: | Walsall, WS9 8UY |
| Working pattern: | On-site |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Closing date: | 26 Sept 2026 |
Summary
Toolmaker – Walsall – up to £40k
My client is an established manufacturing company producing a wide range of plastics and metal components for a variety of customers and industries.
They are currently looking for a proven toolmaker to join their business. You will be responsible for: -
• Manufacturing of new diecast / plastic mould tooling and tooling modifications from 2D tool drawings and 3D CAD.
• Provide lead-times and hours on the scope of work required as and when requested.
• Consult with Engineering and advise on tooling design where applicable.
• Liaise with subcontractors and service providers as and when required.
• Setting up tooling to produce die castings / plastic mouldings.
• Assessment of tooling condition – ensuring they are safe and can run right first time on set up.
• Repair damaged tooling as appropriate.
• Reporting, when necessary, large repairs that will result in downtime, and external costs.
• Work closely with quality identifying tool corrections to meet customer drawing requirements.
• Support maintenance toolmakers as when requested to ensure production demands are met.
Primary Tasks/Activities – include, but not limited to: -
• Grinding of parting lines and cavity pins.
• Polishing of cores, cavities and runner systems using various media including diamond paste and polishing stones to achieve desired finish.
• Use of all tool room machinery and equipment – for example, lathe, milling and grinding machines, CNC machinery, EDM machinery and measuring equipment such as shadowgraph, digital DRO and DTI, slip gauges micrometre and vernier callipers.
• Final fitting of seal off faces, pins and moving cores.
• Validation of external, incoming supplier process’s where applicable to tooling.
• Preparing new tools for sampling including completion of necessary paperwork.
• Where appropriate, complete dimensional checks of works completed.
• Review of tool modification requests and reporting of scope of work to engineering dpt.
• Stripping down, cleaning and bluing out of tooling to determine tooling condition, and longevity and repairing as appropriate.
• Use of overhead crane and other toolroom lifting equipment.
• Changing cores, slides and inserts of tooling variations in toolroom or production environment.
• Assessment and problem solving with setters on diecasting machines to resolve production issues.
• Replacing ejector pins, date codes and other cavity parts to meet deadlines and the safe efficient running of tools.
• Repair, adjustment or correction of tools to meet customer drawings.
• Consider and share ideas on tooling improvements to reduce running costs, improve efficiencies and prevent breakages.
• Complete appropriate paperwork to maintain records as required and in line with company management document system.
Miscellaneous Tasks/Activities: -
• Attend design review meetings as required.
• Evaluate new tooling and report findings.
• Attend and support engineering and engineering meetings.
Skills/Knowledge Required: -
• Ideally you will be an apprentice trained toolmaker with ideally supporting qualifications in engineering and engineering practices.
• An in-depth knowledge of die casting and or injection moulding environment or press tooling.
• Can demonstrate previous experience of new tool manufacture.
• Can demonstrate experience in mechanical engineering.
• Ability to read blueprints, drawings and interpret 3D CAD models.
• Knowledge of CAD software AutoCAD / SolidWorks would be an advantage but is not essential.
• Attention to detail.
• The ability or knowledge of CAD/CAM software would be great but again is not essential.
• Good analytical problem-solving skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively and have good interpersonal skills with peers and work colleagues around you.
❗ You must be UK based and have full right to work in the UK.
Visa sponsorship is not available at any time.
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