Position: Toolroom Manager

Proactive are currently recruiting for a Toolroom Manager to join an established engineering and manufacturing business.

As a Toolroom Manager, you'll lead a skilled team of toolmakers and trainees, managing workloads, resources and production requirements while ensuring tooling is delivered to the required quality, cost and timescales.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead and manage the day-to-day activities of the Toolroom, including the development and support of skilled engineering personnel
  • Manage workloads, resources, deadlines and priorities to ensure customer and production requirements are achieved
  • Oversee the development and manufacture of new tooling from initial concept through to commissioning
  • Manage tooling development, modifications, repairs and ongoing maintenance
  • Ensure tooling and associated work meet required standards for quality, efficiency and on-time delivery
  • Establish effective preventative and predictive maintenance programmes to maximise tooling availability and minimise downtime
  • Manage labour and machine capacity to maximise efficiency and minimise lost production time
  • Monitor departmental performance against agreed targets, KPIs and operational objectives
  • Identify opportunities to improve tooling processes, equipment, capacity and capability
  • Research and support the introduction of new toolmaking technologies, equipment and processes
  • Work closely with manufacturing, production planning, sales and other departments to ensure tooling requirements are understood and delivered
  • Monitor tooling performance and investigate variations, quality issues and production problems
  • Drive a culture of continuous improvement, teamwork, collaboration and accountability within the Toolroom

Personal skills:

  • Proven experience within a Toolroom, Toolmaking or engineering management environment
  • Strong people management and leadership experience, particularly within a highly skilled technical team
  • Experience managing workloads, resources and competing priorities within a manufacturing environment
  • Strong understanding of tooling manufacture, development, repair and maintenance
  • Experience with progression press tooling would be advantageous
  • Good knowledge of Toolroom equipment such as Wire EDM, grinding, milling and turning
  • Experience managing projects and coordinating resources to achieve defined outcomes
  • Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to analyse complex technical information and provide clear direction
  • Experience working with highly skilled technical personnel and managing diverse teams
  • Knowledge or experience of 3D CAD/design software such as SolidWorks or similar would be advantageous

How to Apply:

For more information on the role, or an informal discussion regarding opportunities we have available, please contact Victoria Pseftoudis on [email protected].

Why work with Proactive?

Proactive Global is an industry leading, specialist engineering recruitment agency focused on the automation, manufacturing and robotics sectors. We offer specialist recruitment services to a niche customer base, vetting that our clients offer the best opportunities for your career. Proactive encourages and promotes equality and diversity within the workforce. We act with honesty, integrity and impartiality, ensuring your application is considered on its own merits and without bias.

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Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

£35,000.00 - £40,000.00
Per annum
GBP35000 - GBP40000 per annum
Added 21/09/2026
Reference: Toolroom Manager_1789997511

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