Salary: DOE
Company Pension Scheme
Healthcare Scheme

P & B Metal Components Ltd is a high volume, high speed manufacturing company, manufacturing in the region of 550 million components annually, exporting 82% of its products. We are now looking to recruit a Toolmaker to join our team based at our Whitstable site.

Main Activities/Tasks:

• Manufacture new tooling when required to issued drawings
• Repair and service of (high speed) multi stage progression tools for production
• Preventative maintenance on tooling, all aspects of machining and bench fitting, i.e. grinding, turning milling etc.
• Utilisation of precision/optical measuring equipment to maintain tooling to produce parts to drawing tolerance
• Trying out tooling prior to release
• Attending power press to identify or overcome problem whilst tooling is in a running condition, report to those above to identify problem or requirements for spares /replacements or backup
• To assess the life of a press tool and to order any new parts or make new parts that need replacing.
• Replace pilots, probe pins, springs, designing and making special fixtures to fit to tools
• Observe Health and Safety Regulation at all times.

Person Specification:

We are looking for an experienced toolmaker to join our team in Whitstable. The ideal person must be self-motivated and ideally the candidate will have the skills to:

• Manufacture new tooling when required to issued drawings;
• Repair and service tools for production;
• Sustain preventative maintenance on tooling, all aspects of machining and bench fitting;
• Utilise precision/optical measuring equipment to maintain tooling; and
• Maintain press tool equipment.


*Please note that this role will involve working a shift pattern (rotating early and late shifts)


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