Fully conversant with typical machine shop equipment, e.g: turning, milling, surface & cylindrical grinding, heat treatment/quenching, wire and spark eroding, welding.
Experienced with working with a wide range of materials, e.g Tungsten Carbide, Brass, Steel, Stainless steel and some plastics.
The ability to provide rapid response to breakdown where local manufacturing team require assistance
The ability to read and work to design drawings involving precise tolerances in the manufacture of all types of final product gauges.
Communicate to all levels across all shifts
Ensuring lean and 5S practices are adhered to
Undertake specialist project work to assist the manufacturing team
Provide on the job training to apprentices or trainees as required.
To process work through the toolroom in line with agreed priorities
To ensure by inspection that incorrectly manufactured tooling (both outsourced and internally made) is not issued to production departments
Capable of raising requisitions in an ERP system for steel, machine parts, spares etc
Understanding of the Calibration system involving Tool gauges & measuring instruments in line with BSI standard practice requirements
To demonstrate operation, controls and compliance of toolroom systems during internal and external audits

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