Senior Toolmaker â?? Thin Wall Plastic Injection M

Job Summary / Purpose
The Senior Toolmaker is responsible for ensuring all planned maintenance, breakdown repairs, servicing and quality checks of injection mould tools and associated equipment are completed on time, to specification and with effective root cause resolution. This role requires an experienced all rounder who can diagnose faults, repair tooling, fabricate or modify precision components and support production with minimal downtime.

Key Responsibilities

Toolroom & Mould Maintenance

• Perform planned and breakdown maintenance on all injection mould tools, ensuring tools are ready for production and performing checks on first shot quality.
• Attend machine startups after tool maintenance to verify run off quality and confirm acceptance by Quality Control.
• Carry out regular tool inspections and maintenance between production runs.

Production Support

• Attend promptly to machine stoppages or breakdowns in production.
• Maintain quality standards for injection moulded products, with emphasis on thin wall plastic components.
• Diagnose root cause of poor product quality or tool performance issues and implement corrective actions.

Machine Operation & Fabrication

• Organize and select appropriate raw materials, tooling and cutters.
• Set up and operate CNC milling machines and conventional machines including:
• Lathes
• Milling machines
• Surface grinders
• Spark eroders
• Drill presses
• Bench grinders
• Manufacture new or replacement parts to precise tolerances.
• Perform fitting, welding and finishing as required.

Toolroom Management

• Maintain cleanliness and housekeeping of toolroom, machinery and workplace (routine cleaning schedule).
• Ensure all machine tools are serviced and maintained in optimum working condition.
• Implement and maintain the Toolroom Mandate and ensure products remain within specification after repairs or refurbishment

Communication & Reporting

• Liaise with production, sales and quality teams regarding customer complaints and tooling issues.
• Complete job cards, registers and reports accurately and on time.
• Provide training and guidance to junior staff and apprentices

Safety

• Identify safety concerns and take corrective/preventive action.
• Maintain compliance with health and safety standards and procedures.

Key Performance Areas

• Complete all toolroom work within scheduled deadlines.
• Ensure all job cards are logged, documented and filed correctly.
• Develop
  
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