Our Principal Consultant Robin Thomas, is looking for a highly experienced CNC Setter/Operator to join one of the UK’s most respected precision engineering companies.
Our client services blue-chip clients across a broad range of sectors including Aerospace, Defence, Motorsport, and Robotics.
All out of their Hertfordshire based, high-quality engineering facility that offers a clinical and precise working environment, utilising state of the art machine tools and supporting equipment.
As a CNC Setter/Operator, you'll join a well-established team of CNC Engineers, and have the chance to produce highly complex components that test your abilities on the cutting edge of machined componentry.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Day to day, you'll be ensuring mills have minimal downtime, working efficiently to produce high precision components to drawing specifications, always keeping the mills in a clean operational condition.
- Working from tooling information given by programmer
- Setting Tools
- Defining machine datums
- Prove out new jobs
- Editing machine offsets
- Carrying out first off inspection checks
- Maintaining machining tolerances
- Interpreting engineering drawings
- Collaborating with inspectors to ensure drawings tolerances are met
- Self-management of workload to work efficiently
- Working to 5S
Key Skills & Experience
- 4 Years previous experience Operating CNC Mills
- 4 Years previous experience Setting and operating
- Background producing CNC components for motorsport, aerospace or similar industries requiring high standards
- Operating Lathes and Mills
- Good time keeping
- Understanding engineering drawings
- Carrying out first off inspection checks
- Acute attention to detail
Preferred
- Experience using Heidenhain controls and DMG Machines
- Level 3 B-Tech Mechanical Engineering
- NVQ Level 3
- Apprentice Trained
Contact Robin today to learn more about this CNC Setter/Operator role, or click below to get started with your application right away.