Toolmaker

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POSITION INFO:

Role Purpose 
Responsible for maintaining and repairing customer owned tooling, aid in troubleshooting tooling issues, as well as creating simple fixtures and any other duties as requested by the Plant & Facilities Manager.

Requirements 

• Relevant qualification or equivalent
• 3 – 5 years relevant experience in Plastic Injection Moulding in a tool room environment
• Proficient in all tool room machinery and equipment including, lathes, mills, EDMs, grinders, etc.

Responsibilities

• Assessing/diagnosing problems and implementing corrective modifications to injection moulds
• Maintaining adequate repair supplies, tracking and recording repairs, modifications and inventory
• Conduct change over and maintenance of production moulds and peripheral equipment
• Support production needs through enhancing and upgrading existing production moulds.
• Debug new tooling and offer design enhancements as required
• Operate all types of tool room equipment required to manufacture inserts as needed
• Assisting in the reviewing new products and moulds for design for manufacturability
• Assess and advance the development of current standards and practices
• Autonomously plans and schedules own daily tasks, develops solutions to problems
• Ability to read and interpret die, mould, and product drawings.
• Excellent communication skills and demonstrated problem solving ability
• Identify complex tooling issues and effectively find solutions
• Fabricate and maintain a variety of tools consistent with standard tool configuration.
• Make new parts for existing moulds using sketches, blueprints and CAD models
• Aid in the preventative and routine maintenance of tooling and moulds.
• Use precise measuring equipment to hold medium and tight tolerances
• Work efficiently under pressure
• Follow maintenance procedures and record data
• Work effectively with the quality department and all stakeholders for continuous improvements
• Maintain optimal mould performance by identifying mould performance issues
• Excellent mathematical skills and mechanical aptitude

Should you wish to apply please email your CV through to Meriek Robinson at

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not receive a response within 14 days please consider your application unsuccessful. We will keep your CV on our database for any other relevant roles that may arise.