Details:
- Salary: £20 - 20.80 - Hour
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Kirkby in Ashfield Nottinghamshire
- Date: 17 hours ago
Description:
Toolmaker / Precision Machinist
Job type: Permanent position, immediate start
Location: Kirkby in Ashfield, Nottinghamshire
Posted: 29/7/2026
Hours: 7-30am to 4-30pm mon to thurs; 7-30am to 2pm every other Friday (9 day fortnight) – with some ad hoc overtime (obviously as this is a production support role)
Toolmaker - Benefits:
* 24 days holiday per year
* 9 day fortnight (37 hours per week average)
* 2 x basic annual salary death in service benefit
* Sickness insurance (subject to acceptance / conditions from insurance company) of 75% of basic pay for up to 12 months
* Weekday overtime at time + 1/3
* Saturday overtime at time + 1/2
The job:
* Manufacture precision tooling and machine parts to a high standard
* Support production with maintenance and refurbishment of running tools
* Support production with machining for manufacture / repair / refurbishment of machine parts
* Assist in troubleshooting and process problem solving
* Control sub-contract heat treatment / nitriding etc for tooling
* Control of tool stores including booking in bought in tooling
The Person:
* Must be experienced (at least 5 years in a toolmaker / precision machinist role)
* Must be time served (or modern equivalent)
* Skilled in use of: cnc and manual lathes, milling, cyclindrical and surface grinders, spark eroders, polishing, bench work
* Enthusiastic engineer with a positive attitude who takes pride in their work
* Willing to learn - you are unlikely to be familiar with impact extrusion tooling
* Experience of making press tooling would be an advantage
* Health and Safety conscious
You will be joining a team of engineers that take pride in and enjoy their work – if you like a moan or don’t want to get your hands dirty, don’t apply!
This is not an office job.
The Company:
Ashfield Extrusion is a successful profit making company with a very stable workforce and is a good place to work.
As the core of the business is impact extrusion and technical components – pressing, trimming, machining, degreasing, coating and printing – we have a lot of variety and, being an unusual and technically difficult process, we are secure in our markets. We have also been growing steadily for a number of years.
Size of the business: approx. 110 people; turnover around £12M
If you have a look on the website you will get a good idea of the range of processes and equipment and the working environment.
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