Toolmaker
Core
Maintaining and certifying critical path tooling and jigs for the assembly of flight-critical aircraft wing components.
Role type
Toolmaker (Precision Engineering)
Builds
Aircraft wings (wing box assembly)
Domain
Aerospace manufacturing
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
Precision engineering, tool room machine operation (lathes, millers, grinding machines, jig borers), Laser Tracker usage, CMM instrument operation, complex documentation adherence
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Laser Trackers, CMM instruments
Responsibilities
Reactively maintain tooling to keep production operational, proactively maintain critical path tooling and specific features of jigs using pre-defined schedules, utilise Laser Trackers and CMM instruments to check and certify tooling types, support measurements for AC concession data and essential acceptance checks
Seniority
Professional