Reports To: Toolroom Supervisor
Overall Purpose & Scope:
You will be a specialist technical resource for tooling maintenance, responsible for supporting production and troubleshooting activities. To optimise the output of the current multi cavity tooling in a high volume, injection moulding environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and promote high standards in health and safety and housekeeping.
- Carry out daily preventative maintenance tasks on a variety of multi cavity injection mould tooling.
- Liaise with Production team in troubleshooting mould problems and quality issues.
- Responsible for Jigs & Fixture manufacture and maintenance.
- Inspection and measurement of tooling spare parts.
- Adherence to spare part management system and accompanying documentation.
- Attends internal meetings to help establish priorities and assigned tasks.
- Promoting a teamwork culture within the facility.
- Ensure all relevant documentation is filled out as per company procedures.
- Supporting tooling transfer processes.
Technical Skills & Qualifications:
- Toolmaking qualification plus time served with a toolmaker, with experience in a mould maintenance environment.
- Knowledge of latest mould tool technology.
- Good understanding of the injection moulding process.
- Previous experience in the manufacture and/or repair/maintenance of the following mould types would be a distinct advantage:
1. Multi cavity moulds
2. Hot Runner moulds
3. Valve gated moulds
- Knowledge of Electrics, Hydraulics and Pneumatics would be an advantage.
- Possess a good understanding and application of lean principles and problem-solving techniques.
- Ability to use troubleshooting techniques.
- Knowledge of a wide variety of plastics and mould types.
- Computer literate e.g. Solid Works, MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint would be an advantage.
Personal Skills Required:
The successful candidate should possess the following character traits:
- A highly confident team player
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with people and situations at all levels
- Organised, highly motivated, enthusiastic, energetic individual with a goal focused attitude
- Able to take responsibility and work on one's own initiative
- An innovative approach to problem solving
- A quality focused approach to production
Hours of Work: Monday to Friday, 08:00 - 16:15
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