Die Maintenance Toolmaker

REQ ID: 133170
JOB TITLE: Die Maintenance Toolmaker
SALARY: £46,272 + Shift Allowance + Overtime
POSTING START DATE: 13/11/2026
POSTING END DATE: 27/11/2026
LOCATION: Birmingham

As a qualified skilled professional at JLR, you’ll bring to life era-defining vehicles that people across the world know and love. You’ll collaborate with other expert technicians and leaders in skilled roles, who lend their insight to help realise our vision of modern luxury. Your dedication to excellence will ensure our production lines run smoothly and meet the highest quality standards. Craft an exceptional career with us.

Operating from our Castle Bromwich Press Shop Tool Room you'll have the opportunity to work on JLR's newly introduced tooling for our new models being commissioned into production. This will give you an opportunity to operate as part of a dynamic team of 34 toolmakers giving rise to opportunity to share knowledge and support continuous improvement.

WHAT TO EXPECT

This is also an opportunity to optimise current tooling activities including corrective and preventative maintenance, support engineering changes, and be a part of quality improvements along with the opportunity to ‘try out’ activities in the press lines and supporting production teams across the West Midlands Press Shop Tool Room, including the Blanking line. Day to day you'll get to:

• Carrying out scheduled Preventative Maintenance activities
• Support and drive performance on all press and blanking lines–die related
• Working as an individual and part of a team addressing die repair and reconditioning activities
• Engineering change activities and die modifications
• Problem solving and route cause analysis for reliability and quality requirements
• Machining background would be advantageous
• Die movements using overhead cranes with die weights of up to 55T

WHAT YOU'LL NEED

This opportunity is well suited to those who can work independently and proactively and relish taking ownership and responsibility for delivering their own high-quality work. Someone who can see things from a team perspective rather than an individual project level. Someone who can come to the role with developed interpersonal, engagement and positive communication skills and are capable of positively influencing others.

You will need the skills, experience, and qualifications:

• Government Approved Apprenticeship, Craftsman Certificate, or a Level 3 in one of the following - BTEC, NVQ, or an OCR Cambridge Nationals or National Diploma in tool making or an engineering related discipline
• An engineering or toolmaking background
• You'll have worked in a press tool manufacturing / maintenance environment
• A proven track record of successful delivery against key performance indicators
• Worked in a Press Tool manufacturing / maintenance environment
• Used to working to high safety standards
• Used to operating as part of a high performing team contributing to press performance and continuous improvement
• You will also be able to understand material formability issues

BENEFITS

This role is rewarding in more ways than one. On top of our core offering, you’ll do extraordinary work with amazing people. In addition, you can expect a wide range of benefits:

• Discounted car purchase scheme (open to family members, too)
• A 52 week maternity leave policy and a 4 week paternity leave policy. Other parental leave policies are available.
• A competitive pension
• A JLR company performance-related bonus
• An employee learning scheme providing funding for; education, training and other activities which support the development of personal skills and promote lifelong learning.
• Access to open, employee-led support and social networks

We work hard to nurture a culture that is inclusive and welcoming to all. We understand candidates may require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process. Please discuss these with your recruiter so we can accommodate your needs.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application, as this role is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.

JLR is committed to equal opportunity for all.