Tooling Technician

About the role
Burn is looking for a Tooling Technician who will be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and manufacture of sheet metal stamping tools, jigs, and fixtures to support efficient production operations.
The role plays a key part in minimizing downtime, improving tooling performance, and ensuring all tooling activities are carried out safely, cost-effectively, and to the highest quality standards.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain sheet metal stamping tools, jigs, and assembly fixtures.
• Carry out Planned Preventive Maintenance
• Attend breakdowns, identify faults, and problem-solve at the press with minimal downtime to aid production.
• Report breakdown of root causes, equipment faults, and management concerns.
• Ensure all work is undertaken to a high-quality standard and adheres to all quality standard regulations.
• Identify spare requirements and maintain inventory levels.
•  Take ownership of a smaller, less complex specific tool suite to develop and maintain performance with minimal supervision.
• Manufacture new press tooling, jigs, and fixtures to support production activity.
• Record all relevant data about tooling and record on the Tool Room database.
• Understand and operate within basic cost/budget measures for tooling.
• Work within the 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) methodology to maintain the workplace to a high standard.

Skills and Experience

• Ability to operate mechanical workshop machines – Lathe, milling and surface grinder.
• Excellent hands-on skills in using hand tools and bench fitting.
• Strong understanding of machining processes and materials.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Sound knowledge of Sheet metal tools manufacturing process.
• Action-oriented
• Mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical issues.
• Well organized.
• Works well in a team.