
Tooling Engineer
- St Neots, Cambridgeshire
- £40,000-50,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Supporting the Tool Room with technical queries related to tooling.
- Collaborating closely with overseas toolmakers to achieve robust, efficient, and reliable tool designs.
- Developing and reviewing GAs from overseas suppliers (including China) to ensure compliance with company standards and requirements.
- Advising internal and external Design Departments on optimal tooling solutions.
- Conducting assessments of mould flow analysis for both new and existing components to support process development.
- Preparing customer 3D models for tooling by marking up files and, where necessary, re-modelling.
- Producing accurate quotations based on customer modification files.
- Proven experience within the plastic injection moulding industry, with involvement across all stages of new tooling projects.
- Strong technical knowledge of injection moulding tooling and its processes, along with proven ability to prepare accurate costings, quotations, and estimates.
- Previous experience collaborating with overseas toolmakers to achieve effective tooling solutions.
- A solid understanding of tool design principles, with the ability to confidently interpret and work from engineering drawings.