Senior Toolmaker

Role: Senior Toolmaker

Location: Cheltenham

£40,000 - £45,000

Day Shift 7.45am 4.45pm (12.30pm finish on Friday)

Benefits:

flexible working and excellent benefits including 27 days holiday allowance (before bank holidays), 3 days paid volunteering leave, comprehensive private healthcare, enhanced pension plan, life assurance, optional participation in a Share Ownership Plan, free onsite parking.

Overview:

This market leading engineering company are recruiting for a Senior Toolmaker to join their site in Cheltenham. The company manufacture and supply a range of specialist products to various industries across the globe.

In this hands-on role, you will be responsible for producing and maintaining tooling and ancillary equipment used in the manufacture, assembly, and testing of our product range.

Responsibilities:

• Supervision of Toolroom staff and control of areas of responsibility.
• Maintain good Housekeeping and high 5S standards in all areas of the Toolroom.
• Ensure H&S regulations & procedures are adhered to at all time.
• Fully support the Production Engineering Dept. with the delivery of the departmental strategy and associated Key Performance Indicators (KPI s).
• Manage all aspects of Tool Orders (Breakdowns, Planned Maintenance and general) and drive to complete punctually with prompt closure of jobs.
• Sub-Contractor Management.
• Identify, drive and support Continuous Improvement and Reliability initiatives.
• Manage the Backlog with proactive planning.
• Actively support Projects.
• Awareness of costs and expenditure to support budget control.

Requirements:

• Tool and Fixture manufacture experience
• Experience in a production environment and familiarity with CNC and conventional manufacturing methods.

• Strong knowledge of manufacturing engineering principles.
• Ability or experience of leading a team
• Demonstrable problem-solving ability
• Experience of working with a Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system

For further details, please contact Nick Sollis (phone number removed) or email your cv (url removed)

Omega Resource Group are an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing sectors.

We are always seeking Engineering Staff, Senior Managers, Skilled and Semi-Skilled Machinists, Mechanical Fitters, Electrical Fitters, Quality Engineers, Materials Science Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Electronics Engineers, Test Technicians, Technical Authors and Laboratory Technicians to name but a few.

Omega is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors.