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Job Description

We are offering an exceptional opportunity for a TOOLMAKER / BENCH HAND

We are a well- established, busy manufacturing organisation, ISO9001 accredited with the latest CADCAM technology on site.  

Are you a skilled Toolmaker Bench Hand ready to craft excellence and shape innovation? We're seeking talented individuals like YOU to strengthen our team and take your career to the next level!

Commutable from Birmingham, Walsall, Willenhall, Wednesfield, Wolverhampton, Dudley, West Bromwich, Essington, Aldridge, Brownhills, Great Barr and Cannock 

KEY BENEFITS

  • Salary: £34,500  
  • Paid Overtime
  • Day’s role
  • Lunchtime finish Fridays
  • 33 days holiday (stats included)
  • Friendly supportive team
  • Holiday purchase scheme
  • Busy, consistent, stable organisation, offering long term career certainty 

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Manufacture, assemble, and maintain precision tools, jigs, and fixtures
  • Interpret technical drawings and specifications with precision
  • Perform hand-finishing and polishing of components for a flawless finish
  • Collaborate with engineers and machinists to ensure top-tier quality
  • Troubleshoot and repair tooling to maintain smooth production flow
  • Happy to work a Days role

REQUIREMENTS

  • Proven experience in toolmaking or as a bench hand
  • Ability to hand tools and measurement instruments
  • Keen eye for detail and commitment to quality craftsmanship
  • Strong understanding of machining techniques and materials
  • A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with excellent teamwork skills
  • To be able to work from engineering drawings

Please Note: Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.

Our aim is to help you secure the best possible future for yourself & this is a totally FREE service to all our Candidates.

If you believe that your skills and experience match what we are looking for please call me or APPLY and I will be in touch.

Should you want to learn more about any of our MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION vacancies, or should you just want to discuss your particular needs, then please do not hesitate to contact me to have an informal, confidential chat.

Probe Technical Recruitment, providing Manufacturing & Production Recruitment Support since 1994

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