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Owen Daniels

Minworth, West Midlands (County)

10 months ago

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Do you have strong knowledge of injection mould tooling? Do you have previous experience working in high-volume manufacturing? If so, our client, a plastics’ manufacturing specialist, is recruiting for a Tooling Engineer for their site in Birmingham. The role will involve specifying, developing, and validating injection mould tooling to ensure successful production launch and resolving tooling issues.

Tooling Engineer

Permanent
Salary dependent on experience
Monday – Friday

Birmingham

Tooling Engineer
Job Description

Overseeing delivery of injection mould tools, ensuring they meet performance, cycle time, and quality targets for production readiness.
Leading DFM reviews, resolve manufacturing issues, and liaising with customers on part design changes and technical specifications.
Reviewing and approving tool designs to company standards, incorporating simulation findings like Moldflow to optimize tool performance.
Managing tool timing plans, sampling coordination, and graining specification reviews, ensuring smooth tool development and issue resolution.
Supporting internal and external teams during tooling development, inspection, and corrective actions to maintain high-quality output and compliance.
Tooling Engineer
Essential Experience/Skills/Qualifications

Proven experience in complex injection mould tool design, manufacture, development, troubleshooting and fault diagnosis
A working knowledge of commodity and engineering polymers
Previous experience of working within a high-volume manufacturing environment
Ability to read and interpret engineering component drawings including GD&T
Tooling Engineer
Company Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays
Employer pension contributions
Life assurance 3x salary
Free car parking
Please apply below if this role is of interest

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