Tooling Engineer

Tooling Engineer

Telford, Shropshire

Monday to Thursday: 8:30am - 5:00pm | Friday: 8:30am - 4:00pm

Salary: £36,000 DOE

Overtime Available

Bonus Scheme

Are you an experienced Toolmaker looking to join a well-established manufacturing business with a strong reputation for quality and innovation?

We are recruiting for a skilled Tooling Engineer to join a busy and supportive engineering team in Telford. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with injection mould tooling experience who enjoys problem-solving, preventative maintenance, and supporting production operations.

You’ll play a vital role in maintaining and repairing injection moulding tools, ensuring maximum uptime and supporting continuous improvement initiatives throughout the toolroom.

Key Responsibilities

• Service, maintain and repair injection moulding tools to support production requirements.


• Respond to tool breakdowns, diagnose faults, and carry out corrective repairs.


• Perform planned preventative maintenance activities on tooling equipment.


• Conduct routine safety checks on power tools and workshop equipment.


• Work closely with the Tooling Leader to minimise production downtime.


• Monitor tooling spare parts usage and report low stock levels.


• Support production during new tool and product trials.


• Maintain excellent housekeeping standards within the workshop and around machinery.


• Identify opportunities to improve tooling systems, processes and working practices.


• Ensure full compliance with Health & Safety and Environmental standards.


• Complete all tasks efficiently and within agreed timescales.

Skills & Experience Required

• Mechanical or fitting apprenticeship/training.


• Previous Toolmaker experience within an injection moulding environment.


• Knowledge of sequential gate hot runner systems.


• Understanding of hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders relating to tooling cores and hot runner systems.


• Experience using lathes, milling machines and surface grinding equipment.


• Basic electrical knowledge relating to tool heating systems and controls.


• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.


• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.


• Good planning and organisational skills.


• Crane operating experience would be advantageous but is not essential.

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