Toolmaker/Fitter

Duration: 6 months

This position is responsible for the day to day maintenance of mould tooling and basic machine maintenance required to optimise Industrial Stator production. This also includes the assembly of new tooling. In addition, the successful applicant fitter will be expected to set moulds as and when required. You will be keen to take on challenges, develop your leadership and or skills potential as well as expand your knowledge and experience through a variety of exciting initiatives.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Fitting and assembly of new mould tools and associated equipment.
• The day to day refurbishment and maintenance of Industrial and Oilfield mould tooling utilizing Engineering Machine Tools including Milling / Turning / Radial Arm Drill etc.
• Perform set-up changes, operate and conduct first article inspections on production runs where required.
• Interpreting Engineering Drawings and make recommendations on improvements to tooling and component designs
• Undertakes audits on appropriate machines, equipment and work areas to ensure the continued compliance with internal Safety procedures.
• Keep equipment and work area clean and orderly and perform basic preventative maintenance functions on equipment.
• Perform any other work related tasks and duties in accordance with the business needs.
• Comply with all Company, Quality + HSE policies and procedures.
• Travel as and when required
• Carry out other duties as and when business requirements dictate as may be reasonably expected by line manager

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Must have served a recognized apprenticeship.

 Strategic

• Able to adeptly learn the context of a challenge and quickly integrate new skills (Learning on the fly)
• Has and uses the required functional and technical knowledge and skills to do job at a high level of accomplishment (Functional &Technical)

 Operating

• Able to apportion time effectively to complete tasks (Time management)
• Able to define, work within and improve business processes based on immediate and future business needs (Process management)

Energy

• Performs work with energy and drive while exploring other opportunities to contribute (Action oriented)

 Organisational

• Communicates effectively, both inside and outside the organisation, on both simple and complex topics (Presentation skills)

Personal and Interpersonal

• Imbued with a strong sense of customer focus (internal/external) (Customer focus)
• Committed to self-improvement and development through the role in order to achieve career goals (Self development)

Education & Qualifications:

Essential:

• Time Served apprenticeship within a engineering environment, equivalent to either City and Guilds Level 3, or NVQ Level 3

Desirable:

• ONC/HNC  in Mechanical and Production Engineering.

Skills:

Essential:

• Operating a variety of manual machines
• General fitting experience including tooling refurbishment.
• Mould changes on Rubber injection machines. 
• Familiar in working within a high productivity rubber injection process environment.

Desirable:

• 4+ years
• Multi discipline manual machining experience.
• Setting parameters on Rubber injection machines.

Experience:

Essential:

• General fitting experience including tooling refurbishment.
• Operating a variety of Manual machines
• Computer literacy 
• Manual handling, slinging and lifting
• HSE awareness

Desirable:

• Multi discipline manual machining experience.
• Setting parameters on Rubber injection machines.

Carry out all duties in accordance with the Quality Assurance procedures and department/area work instructions. 

Contribute to general improvements in the quality and key activities of the department/area.

Participate in training where required.

Carry out all duties safely and in accordance with the Health & Safety Policy, Employee Handbook, procedures, training and instruction.

To be safety conscious and report any safety hazards to the HSE representative.