A Toolmaker

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