Tooling Development Engineer

Job description

Tooling Development Engineer - Jigs and Tools

Location: Broughton, North Wales (fully onsite)

Contract Length: 12 months (potential for extension)

Pay Rate:

• £24.01 per hour PAYE
• £32.13 per hour Umbrella

Hours: 35 hours per week, overtime paid at premium rate

The Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Jigs & Tools / Manufacturing Engineering professional to support a major aerospace manufacturing programme.

The role focuses on the development, industrialisation and integration of jigs and tooling solutions, from concept through to final acceptance and handover to operations.

Working within a highly collaborative manufacturing environment, you will play a key role in ensuring tooling solutions meet production, quality, safety and capability requirements while supporting programme delivery and continuous improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, create, modify and industrialise jigs and tooling assets through to final acceptance
• Deliver signed‑off tooling statements of work and technical specifications
• Ensure manufacturing systems and facilities meet manufacturing engineering requirements
• Support manufacturing system design to achieve process capability and production targets
• Deploy lean manufacturing principles to drive efficiency and continuous improvement
• Interface with engineering, operations, suppliers and programme teams to integrate requirements
• Ensure all processes comply with EHS, quality and regulatory standards
• Support tooling and equipment integration with suppliers and internal stakeholders

Skills & Experience Required

• Strong background in jigs, tools or manufacturing engineering within a production environment
• Experience interpreting engineering drawings, specifications and tooling documentation
• Knowledge of manufacturing and industrialisation processes
• Understanding of product development and design‑to‑manufacture principles
• Experience working in multi‑functional teams with strong stakeholder engagement
• Awareness of health, safety and quality standards
• Project‑based engineering experience is advantageous

Qualifications

• Appropriate engineering qualification (HNC, apprenticeship or equivalent)

This role would suit engineers with experience in aerospace, advanced manufacturing or high‑volume production environments, particularly those with hands‑on tooling and industrialisation expertise.

Please apply with the latest copy of your CV for consideration. For more information please email Ellie at Carbon60 at ellie.lunenkay@carbon60global.com

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Broughton

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

19-03-2026

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English