Tooling Engineer

Tooling Engineer

Are you an experienced Tool Maker looking for a varied, hands-on role within a growing technical manufacturing business?

Yolk Recruitment is supporting a specialist plastic injection moulding manufacturer in the search for a Tool Maker to join their established Tool Room team. Supplying a diverse customer base across multiple sectors. This business operates a modern, fast-paced production environment where tooling performance is critical to quality, efficiency and customer delivery.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled Tool Maker, Mould Toolmaker or Toolroom Engineer to play a key role in maintaining, repairing and improving a wide range of injection mould tools, while contributing to continuous improvement, new product introduction and manufacturing excellence.

Key responsibilities:

Carry out preventative maintenance, servicing and repair of injection mould tools to ensure optimal performance and minimise downtime
Diagnose and resolve tooling faults impacting production, quality, cycle times and overall manufacturing efficiency
Support tool modifications, engineering changes and customer-driven improvement projects across a wide range of injection mould tools
Operate toolroom machinery including CNC mills, lathes, grinders and manual toolmaking equipment to produce precision components
Strip down, clean, assemble and test injection mould tools, ensuring correct electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic functionality before return to production
Work closely with Production, Engineering, Technical and Quality teams to troubleshoot and resolve moulding and tooling issues
Record all tooling activity accurately using ERP and quality management systems, ensuring compliance with ISO standards.This is what you'll need:

Previous experience as a Tool Maker, Mould Toolmaker, Toolroom Engineer or similar role
Strong understanding of plastic injection mould tools, maintenance and repair processes
Experience operating CNC and manual toolroom machinery
Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills within a manufacturing or production environmentAnd this is what you'll get:

Competitive salary
Early finish on Friday's
Healthcare cash plan
Company bonus
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed