Job Vacancy Tooling Operative

Job Title: Tooling Operative

Location: Blackpool

Salary: Competitive

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

About us:

The Glasdon Group is a market leader in the design and supply of a wide range of environmental and safety products. Our products have been helping make the world a cleaner, safer place for over 65 years.

Our international range includes street furniture, recycling products, road safety equipment, winter safety products, water safety products, cycle shelters and modular buildings/housings. You may just recognise the Glasdon Group product portfolio of market leading environmental and safety products!

Our success at designing innovative new products is attributable to our commitment to excellent Research, Development and Product Design. To ensure ongoing group expansion, an opportunity exists to join our engineering section within our Product Design team.

About the role:

We are ideally seeking a candidate with experience of plastic moulding, toolmaking or manufacturing. Qualifications in Engineering, Manufacturing or Design may be beneficial.

If you have a genuine desire to succeed and wish to join a progressive company, with excellent opportunities and benefits then look no further!

The successful candidate with be provided with full and comprehensive support and training.

Duties and Responsibilities:

'-Approve production tooling.'-Supply chain liaison.'-View and review tooling trials (potential for overseas travel).'-Dimensional checking of components.'-Audit and improve production assembly methods.'-Conduct time and motion studies.'-Management and control of existing tooling.'-Design and develop production jigging (3D CAD and 3D printing).'-Produce 2D component and assembly drawings.'-Produce parts lists and bills of materials.

About you:

'-Knowledge of a wide range of manufacturing processes.'-Technically minded.'-Some engineering, manufacturing or design experience.'-To be familiar with CAD software (SolidWorks)'-Be confident and pro-active.'-Ability to work to strict deadlines.'-Have a friendly and professional attitude.'-Good communicator.'-Full, clean driving licence.

Benefits:

'-33 days paid holiday (rising to 38 depending on length of service).'-Buy/sell up to 5 days holiday each year.'-Holidays can be booked flexibly in 30-minute blocks.'-Company related performance bonuses.'-Company final salary pension scheme after a minimum of two years' service.'-Pension through NEST within 3 months of start date.'-Life insurance after a minimum of two years' service.'-Private health insurance scheme after a minimum of one years' service.'-Health cashback plan.'-Company sick pay scheme.'-Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).'-Compassionate leave'-Relocation support loans.'-Long service awards.'-Subsidised on-site café/social space.'-Free on-site parking.'-Special occasion gifts.'-Cycle to Work scheme.'-On-site Gym and changing facilities.'-Team building activities / days.'-Flexitime work pattern.'-Company events.'-At cost on-site electric vehicle charging points.'-Paid charity days.'-Charity fundraising events.'-Social activities.'-Promotion opportunities'-Skills development.'-Professional study support.

'-Comprehensive training programmes

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Candidates with experience or relevant job titles of: Engineering, Product Assembly, Tooling, Manufacturing, Jigging, CAD, SolidWorks, 3D Printing, Rotational Moulding, Injection Moulding, Blow Moulding, Product Design, Industrial, Casting, Production, Product Development, Processes, Fabrications, Project Management, Pressing, Construction, Technical Drawings, TQM, 3D Modelling may also be considered for this role

The Glasdon Group Limited is an equal opportunities employer