Toolmaker

Tata Steel

Toolmaker

£36000

Tata Steel, Caerffili, Caerffili - Caerphilly

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 2 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: ba93b636554d40268aa176730e0f71fc

Full Job Description

In this role, you will be a vital part of our engineering team, using your expertise in toolmaking to assist in fault analysis. Your contributions will help reduce downtime and provide practical, cost-effective solutions. The Toolmaker will be expected to respond promptly to engineering, quality, and safety issues, using your knowledge, experience, and skills to initiate corrective actions.

As a Toolmaker, you will uphold high standards in supporting Catnic and the engineering department's objectives. You will play an active role in team activities aimed at improving plant performance. Working closely with the Toolroom Supervisor, you will strive to minimise unplanned downtime and ensure that appropriate levels of spares are ready for use on all machines.

The ideal candidate for this position will have completed a Time served-approved Mechanical apprenticeship in Toolmaking. Experience in the manufacture of steel forming shear tools, cropping and piercing tools is highly desirable. Knowledge of CNC milling machines would be an advantage.

We are looking for a Toolmaker who has a good understanding of health and safety requirements, can work under pressure, and is willing to work overtime as and when required. The ability to work as part of a team is essential, as is a sound understanding of quality issues. A commitment to training and development is also important.

Tata Steel is one of the world's top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We're part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.

Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045, to find out more about our journey click here Stoves cooking less carbon - YouTube

To learn more about who we are and what we can offer our future employees, please click on the link to watch the following video: Tata Steel - A place you can thrive - YouTube

  • A market competitive salary

  • 35 days holidays per annum

  • Annual Pay Review

  • Company Bonus Scheme - subject to business performance

  • One of the UK's leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)


  • We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services.