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🔧 Lead Setter

📍 Hull
🔄 4 on / 4 off rotating days & nights
💷 £19.28 per hour (annual salary £42107.52)
🌴 23 days holiday (including bank holidays)
📄 Permanent Position

Aqumen Recruitment is recruiting for an experienced Lead Setter to join a well-established manufacturing operation in Hull. This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled injection moulding professional looking to take the next step into a senior technical production role with responsibility for machine setup, optimisation, and mentoring team members.

If you thrive in a fast-paced plastics manufacturing environment and enjoy improving processes and supporting others on shift, this could be the ideal move.

🛠️ The Role

As a Lead Setter, you’ll play a key role in ensuring production machinery runs efficiently, safely, and consistently to deliver high-quality output.

Key responsibilities include:

• Setting up injection moulding machines and associated equipment
• Performing mould changes in line with production schedules
• Monitoring and adjusting process parameters to maintain product quality
• Troubleshooting machine faults, process issues, and part defects
• Carrying out routine maintenance and cleaning of moulds and equipment
• Supporting continuous improvement and lean manufacturing initiatives
• Working closely with engineering and quality teams to optimise performance
• Recording production data, maintenance activity, and process changes accurately
• Ensuring compliance with health, safety, and environmental procedures
• Supporting and mentoring junior setters and production colleagues
• Maintaining strong communication across production and technical teams

👨‍🔧 What We’re Looking For

To succeed in this role, you’ll ideally have:

• A Level 3 qualification in polymer processing (or equivalent)
• At least 2 years’ experience in injection moulding operations
• Strong knowledge of moulding machines, tooling setup, and process control
• Experience working with a variety of plastic resins and materials
• Understanding of mould setup and maintenance procedures
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and technical specifications
• Strong mechanical fault-finding and troubleshooting ability
• Experience supporting or mentoring team members on shift
• Awareness of quality inspection standards and production documentation
• Exposure to extrusion blow moulding (advantageous but not essential)

⭐ What’s in It for You?

• Competitive pay at £19.28 per hour (annual salary £42107.52)
• Structured 4 on / 4 off rotating shift pattern
• Permanent, secure position within a stable manufacturing environment
• Opportunity to take a lead technical role on shift
• Involvement in continuous improvement initiatives
• Supportive engineering and production team culture

📩 Apply Today

If you’re an experienced Injection Moulding Setter ready to step into a Lead Setter position in Hull, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now with your CV or contact Aqumen Recruitment for more information.

Aqumen Business Solutions is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

Contact information

Graham Smith