Tool Room Technician

Location: Brierley Hill, West Midlands.
Role: Full Time, Permanent.
Hours: 6am - 2pm, 2pm - 10pm rotating shift. Monday - Friday.
Salary: £15.24 p/h + £1.53 p/h shift allowance. DOE.

I am pleased to be recruiting for a market leading client based in Brierley Hill, West Midlands.
We are looking for a tool room technician to join an experienced and expanding team.

The main outline of this role is to safely maintain and prepare Injection moulding tools to enable products to be manufactured in optimum time with correct dimensions and quality required by the customer manufacturing.
You would ensure that a strict TPM schedule is adhered to while repairing Injection moulding tools where required, and to advise when external repairs are necessary. This would include insert changes, and support production where required to keep tooling operational to meet demands.

The successful candidate will be expected to:
Carry out all work activities in a manner which maintains the well-being of self and others to standard Health and Safety practices.
Responsible for ensuring that stored water is evacuated from the tools in line with Legionella requirements and the Tool Evacuation log is maintained.
Identify potential tool breakdown issues and report to relevant department to decrease the downtime of tools e.g., hot runners, water fittings, core fittings and electrical connections tool wear and damage.
Ability to complete basic machining tasks using milling machines, lathes, and general hand tools where required.
Basic benching ability to bring injection moulding tools back to production standard when required.
Carry out tooling TPM's in line with the schedule laid out and maintain the relevant database.
Ensure high standards of cleanliness and housekeeping.
The successful candidate will be self-motivated, able to demonstrate excellent communication skills and feel comfortable interacting with colleagues across all levels within the business. Candidates must have a proactive and hands on technical approach to tasks alongside high levels of problem-solving skills. You should be capable of working to your own initiatives, and competent in satisfying demanding deadlines.

Qualifications:
Previous basic machining / technical experience.
Experience of injection moulding tooling.
Min level 3 engineering qualification / equivalent experience.
Significant experience working in a fast-paced Tier 1 Manufacturing environment.
High level of Literacy & Numeracy.
Proficient in Microsoft Excel & Office packages.
Location: Brierley Hill, West Midlands.
Role: Full Time, Permanent.
Hours: 6am - 2pm, 2pm - 10pm rotating shift. Monday - Friday.
Salary: £15.24 p/h + £1.53 p/h shift allowance. DOE.

If you wish to be considered for the position of tool room technician, please apply now with your CV