Location: Hythe, Kent

Salary: £30,000 £34,000 (negotiable dependent on experience)

Hours: Monday to Friday 8am-5pm with a 1pm finish on Fridays!

Contacts: Emily Powell & Sammy Messenger, Pearson Whiffin Recruitment Manufacturing, Engineering & Technical

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Pearson Whiffin Recruitment is working with a long-established precision engineering business operating within a high-quality, safety-critical manufacturing environment. The organisation specialises in producing complex metal components and tooling to exacting standards and has built a strong reputation for stability, craftsmanship and continuous improvement.

This role is ideal for an experienced Toolmaker who enjoys hands-on problem solving, working closely with production teams and taking genuine pride in the reliability and performance of the tooling they produce and maintain.

• Manufacture, maintain and repair press tools and production tooling to a high standard
• Diagnose tooling issues and carry out modifications to improve performance and reliability
• Work from detailed engineering drawings and specifications to produce accurate tooling components
• Support continuous improvement by applying knowledge gained from historic tool failures and repairs
• Use a range of toolroom equipment including lathes, milling machines, grinders and wire erosion
• Work collaboratively with production and engineering teams to support manufacturing output
• Maintain safe working practices and high standards of housekeeping within the toolroom

• Proven experience working as a Toolmaker within a manufacturing or toolroom environment
• Strong background in press tooling or precision metal components
• Ability to confidently read and interpret engineering drawings
• Experience using both manual and CNC toolroom machinery
• Methodical approach with excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Comfortable working as part of a close-knit, hands-on engineering team
• Time-served apprenticeship or equivalent engineering training preferred

• Stable, long-established manufacturing business with strong staff retention
• Day shift role with an early finish every Friday
• Supportive, family-oriented working environment
• Varied, technically interesting tooling work
• Competitive salary based on experience
• Pension scheme and additional benefits
• Free on-site parking