Toolroom Manager

Position: Toolroom Manager - 45223

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £35,000 - £45,000 (DOE)

Toolroom manager required to join a well-established Injection Moulding company based in Birmingham. The successful candidate will comes from a Toolmaker background and have some form of senior experience behind them.

Toolroom manager Job Overview

• Oversee daily toolroom operations, including scheduling, prioritising, and task delegation.
• Lead and support toolmakers and machinists, providing training and performance feedback.
• Manage workflow through the toolroom, including material ordering, progress monitoring, schedule updates, and issue resolution.
• Work with internal teams to develop and improve tooling designs that meet quality and production needs.
• Coordinate fabrication, repair, and maintenance of tooling such as moulds, dies, jigs, fixtures, and gauges.
• Manage relationships with subcontract toolmakers and external partners.
• Ensure full compliance with safety standards and best practices.
• Monitor tooling inventory and work with procurement to maintain adequate stock levels.
• Implement TPM and preventive maintenance in line with IATF requirements.
• Analyse production data to identify process and efficiency improvements.
• Maintain accurate documentation, including SOPs, work instructions, and equipment manuals.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives to enhance quality, productivity, and operations.
• Perform additional ad-hoc duties when required.

Toolroom manager Job Requirements

• Have experience of managing a Toolroom, however applications are welcome from Toolroom foremen, Supervisors and Team-leaders.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in a toolroom or manufacturing environment, with a proven track record of leadership and time-served technical expertise, with a background in Injection Mould Tooling.
• Have a background in both new tooling and maintenance/repair.
• Strong knowledge of tooling materials, manufacturing processes, and machining techniques.
• Proficiency in CAD/CAM software for tool design and programming (e.g., SolidWorks and AutoCAD).
• Experience with CNC machining, EDM, grinding, and other conventional toolroom equipment and processes.

Toolroom manager Salary & Benefits

• Permanent position
• Salary - £35,000 to £45,000 (DOE)
• Monday to Thursday – 40 hour week
• Competitive holiday allowance
• Pension scheme

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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