Toolroom Manager

Job Description:

Job Title: Toolroom Manager
Location: Leicestershire
Shift: Monday - Thursday, 8am - 5pm and Friday, 8am - 4pm
Pay: Up to £50,000 per annum

Benefits:

• Permanent position
• Free onsite parking
• Company events
• Company pension
• Overtime available

The Company

A well-established manufacturer of high-precision plastic injection moulds, supplying a range of key industries across the UK and Europe.

The Toolroom Manager Role:

We are currently seeking a driven and committed Toolroom Manager to join our growing team. This position has become available due to continued business growth, with projected expansion of over 50% in the next year. We're looking for motivated individuals to help us meet this demand.

We take pride in maintaining a clean, organised, and professional toolroom. The successful candidate will play a key role in sustaining and improving standards of organisation, cleanliness, and overall presentation.

• Liaise with the customer to understand their needs within a project and communicate this clearly to the design and manufacturing team.
• Tool design, Mould flow and DFM interrogation to check feasibility and suitability of the design against the customers and moulders needs.
• Understand and interrogate part and tool designs for manufacturability and efficiency
• Assign daily workload to the shopfloor staff and explain each job to them as required
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues from CNC machining, EDM machining and fitting issues.
• Monitor progress and provide regular updates to customers
• Create project plans showing the timeline of key activities in the project
• Attend the final tool build checklist with the fitting team, making sure the quality standards are met before we despatch tooling to customers
• Buying of mould bases, standard mould parts, cutting tools and other workshop equipment.
• Project management of Chinese tooling, communicating with our project managers oversees to check progress and quality. International travel could be available but not essential.
• Attend tool trials and provide support to the process team for troubleshooting
• Review parts from trials and understand injection moulding process/tooling defects
• Create tooling rework plans and oversee trial loop until approved

About You:

• Strong technical background in plastics and tooling
• Experience in interpreting 2D and 3D engineering drawings
• Background in tool design, mould flow analysis, and DFM reviews
• Involvement in managing varied tooling projects from start to finish
• Hands-on experience with CNC machining, EDM, and tool fitting processes
• Proven people management and organisational skills
• Excellent attention to detail and quality standards
• Flexibility to adapt to different projects and changing priorities
• Strong communication skills to liaise with customers and internal teams
• Ability to create and manage project timelines and tooling plans

How to Apply:

To apply for the Toolroom Manager position, click Apply Now and upload your CV. A member of our recruitment team will contact you to discuss your application and next steps.