Toolroom Operative

Company: ALPLA Group
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Location: Golborne
Job Description:

What you will enjoy doing

You will work as part of a closely skilled team ensuring all injection tools are maintained to the highest standard. You will be a key team player but will also be able to work under your own initiative, ensuring the highest standards at all times.

Job Purpose

It is essential that the person has a strong engineering background and the ability to read drawings and use equipment such as hand tools and measuring equipment is essential.

Key Responsibilities

  • You will carry out the servicing work of injection moulding tools and other associated tooling.
  • Good bench working skills and the ability to use associated tools.
  • The ability to read and understand engineering drawings is essential.
  • Carry out in-house tooling service checks as specified; to report results on the computer system provided and to highlight any deviations from specification for correction.
  • The ability to work on tools in the production environment as and when required as part of the tooling team.
  • Work at the highest safety standards at all times.
  • The ability to use lifting equipment such as cranes is an advantage but training will be given.

Qualifications & Experience

  • You will have an engineering background (qualifications or equivalent experience).
  • Experience in injection moulding tools would be advantageous.
  • You will have strong manufacturing experience or have worked in a support function supporting manufacturing.

What you can expect working with us

Toolroom Operative

£35,000 – £40,000 dependent on experience

Golborne Location (WA3)

Benefits package

  • Generous pension contributions
  • Life Assurance
  • Employee Christmas vouchers
  • PerkBox – High Street brand discounts
  • Long service awards
  • Subsidised onsite canteen

At ALPLA, we stand for high-quality plastic packaging throughout the world. Around 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics and industrial cleaning brands for many blue-chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries – an opportunity to work for a true independent market leader and part of an established global group.

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Posted: June 1st, 2026