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Job Opportunity: Tooling Engineer Location: Near Swadlincote / Church Gresley Salary: £40,000 - £45,000 Start Date: ASAP Working Hours: Days Only Flexi Time Early Finish Friday Join a global aerospace manufacturer as a Tooling Engineer , supporting the repair, maintenance and continuous improvement of specialist compression mould tooling. About the Role: As a Tooling Engineer, you'll: • Repair and maintain tooling using CNC and conventional machinery• Manage internal and external tooling repairs• Support tooling improvements and root cause investigations• Assist with CAD design and tooling modifications (around 20% of the role)• Work closely with production and quality teams What We're Looking For: • 3+ years' tooling or conventional machining experience• CNC and manual machining experience• Tooling, mould tool, jig or fixture experience• Ability to read engineering drawings• CAD (CATIA), MIG/TIG welding or injection/compression mould tooling experience is advantageous What's in It for You: • £40,000-£45,000 salary• Flexi-time with an early finish every Friday• Permanent days role - no shifts or weekends• Excellent long-term progression opportunities If you're an experienced Toolmaker, Tooling Engineer or Toolroom Engineer looking for your next challenge, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!

Why You Should Apply Enjoy your evenings and weekends: If you're a toolmaker near Brecon, Merthyr, Tredegar, or Ebbw Vale and want to avoid shifts and constant overtime, this days-only job lets you have more time for yourself. Join a team where people stick around: The workshop has about 20 people who work closely together. Most stay for years. Even the current managing director started here as a graduate design engineer and moved up. Work with modern equipment: The company invests in the latest technology, such as a 250,000 water jet cutter, a new 125,000 press brake, and an innovation centre currently under construction. Job Security: Stable business, with a proven 60-plus-year track record. Turnover is between 3 and 4 million, with a clear plan to reach 5 million in the next three years. Salary, benefits and hours of work: You'll earn 32,000 to 35,000, plus a profit share scheme, medical insurance, pension, 25 days of holiday, and all bank holidays. Your hours will be Monday to Thursday, 8:00 to 16:30, and Friday, 8:00 to 15:30. What you'll do as the Toolmaker This is a practical machining job in a small, flexible workshop. About 80% of your time will be spent making precision-turned and milled parts in the machine shop, and the other 20% will be spent helping the assembly team put machines together before they go out. You'll turn parts such as shafts, pins, and bosses on the lathe, and mill parts and features on the milling machine, including keyways and circlip grooves. You'll use a Harrison lathe, an XYZ milling machine, and a Haas CNC turning centre, moving easily between manual and CNC work. You'll handle CAM programming, using Fusion 360. The work isn't too complex, but you should understand the basics. You'll fit turned parts into the machines, add wheels and mechanical assemblies, helping the assembly team get machines ready for customers. What you'll need to apply for the Toolmaker You should have solid experience in machining/toolmaking and be able to produce parts such as shafts, pins, bosses, keyways and circlip grooves. You need to be confident using both manual lathes and milling machines, as well as CNC turning centres. You should have a working understanding of CAM programming. Fusion 360 is preferred, but experience with other packages is also acceptable. Interested? Click Apply to learn more. If you click ' Apply ', we may contact you via email, phone & text message regarding this job, other jobs (current and future), and related recruitment services. You can OPT OUT at any time; full details are in our Privacy Policy at (url removed) or find the policy in the Sigma website footer. Location & postcode of advert are approximate. If you don't hear from us within 14 days of application, you have not been shortlisted. We use AI to triage applications.

Toolmaker / Grinder Location: Ash Vale Job Type: Permanent Salary: 33,000 - 39,000 per annum DOE About the Role We are looking for an experienced Toolmaker / Grinder to join our clients busy engineering team in Ash Vale. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled manual/CNC machinist or toolroom engineer with a strong background in precision grinding to work within a well-established manufacturing environment. Working a 39-hour week with an early finish every Friday, you'll be responsible for producing high-quality precision components to exact customer specifications while maintaining the highest standards of workmanship. Key Responsibilities Surface grinding Cylindrical grinding Bore/Internal grinding Ring grinding Honing Working to fine tolerances Reading and interpreting engineering drawings Using precision measuring equipment to inspect finished components Working independently and as part of a team Meeting production schedules and customer deadlines while maintaining quality standards What We're Looking For Experience as a manual/CNC machinist, toolmaker or toolroom engineer Strong grinding experience across a range of precision grinding processes The ability to work to tight tolerances Confidence reading and interpreting technical/engineering drawings Experience using precision measuring and inspection equipment A proactive approach with excellent attention to detail The ability to work effectively both independently and within a team This position would suit someone who is apprentice trained or has gained equivalent qualifications through extensive hands-on experience in a precision engineering or manufacturing environment. What's on Offer Competitive salary of 33,000 - 39,000, depending on experience 39-hour working week Early finish every Friday (1:15pm) Overtime available: Weekdays paid at 1.3x basic hourly rate Weekends paid at 1.5x basic hourly rate 25 days' annual leave, with some holidays taken during the Christmas shutdown Company pension scheme Permanent, full-time position with opportunities to develop within a skilled engineering team If you're a skilled precision grinder or toolmaker looking for your next opportunity with a company that values quality, craftsmanship and teamwork, we'd love to hear from you. Please note: As you can appreciate we are currently overwhelmed with applications of individuals looking for both short term and permanent work and we can therefore only contact those applications that have relevant skills for positions that we currently have available. Should you not hear from us within a week, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. In line with GDPR regulations, we are making you aware that to proceed with your application we will need to contact you via email, telephone and/or text message. To receive future job alerts from us, you will be required to provide consent within our marketing preference options. The link will be provided in an email to you. Source4 are an equal opportunities employer and complies with all relevant UK legislation. If you are successful in your application, you will be required to attend a full registration with one of our Consultants which will involve you providing a current passport, any relevant visas, a proof of address and completing relevant tests and a full competency based interview.