Tool Maintenance Technician
MDE Group
- Dudley, Tyne and Wear
- £33,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Perform first-line maintenance and repair of injection moulding tools.
- Ensure evacuation of stored water from tools in line with Legionella requirements and maintain the Tool Evacuation log.
- Identify potential tool breakdown issues and report to the relevant department to minimize downtime (e.g., hot runners, water fittings, core fittings, electrical connections, tool wear, and damage).
- Record and maintain data to achieve manufacturing metrics.
- Maintain high standards of cleanliness and housekeeping.
- Kit production tools and ancillaries for efficient changeovers and minimal production downtime.
- Ensure correct storage and validation of 5S cleaning and inspection of equipment.
- Carry out insert changes in and out of injection moulding machines.
- Clean tools before production runs.
- Self-motivated with excellent communication skills.
- Comfortable interacting with colleagues at all levels within the business.
- Proactive and hands-on technical approach.
- Strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet demanding deadlines.
- Previous basic machining/technical experience.
- Knowledge of injection mould tools is an advantage.
- Minimum Level 3 engineering qualification/equivalent experience or recognized apprenticeship.
- Significant experience working in a fast-paced Tier 1 Manufacturing environment.
- High level of literacy and numeracy.
- Proficient in Microsoft Excel and Office packages.
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