Toolmaker (Foam Mould Tooling)

Location: Kempston, Bedford (MK42)
Salary: £35,000-£42,000 per annum (DOE)
Job Type: Permanent, Full-time
Hours: Monday-Thursday 07:00-16:00 | Friday 07:00-13:00 (40 hours/week)

The role:

We're recruiting an experienced Toolmaker to design, build, maintain and repair moulds and tooling used to produce moulded foam products (e.g., seating, packaging/inserts, insulation, automotive components and protective pieces).

This is a hands-on toolroom role with a genuine long-term opportunity: the successful candidate may progress to Machine Shop Manager in the next couple of years due to planned retirement/succession.

Key responsibilities:

Build, modify, maintain and repair moulds and tooling used for foam production
Work from engineering drawings/specs and produce tooling to required tolerances
Fault-find tooling-related production issues and implement effective fixes
Carry out tooling modifications...