CNC Milling Supervisor

Optima UK Inc Ltd; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Permanent position

40-hour Monday to Friday day shift

Progression to supervisory role

Job summary

Optima UK Inc Ltd in Nuneaton is seeking an experienced CNC Milling Supervisor for a permanent day shift. The role combines hands-on machining with supervisory responsibilities, ensuring FANUC controlled mills are correctly set, programmed, and produced to exact drawings.

You should bring proven CNC milling setting and operating experience with FANUC controls, strong problem-solving skills, and a focus on quality, safety and continuous production flow.

Qualifications

• Proven CNC milling setting and operating experience.
• Strong working knowledge of FANUC controls.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Experience maintaining quality and tolerances in a production environment.

Responsibilities

• Setting and operating CNC milling machines using FANUC controls.
• Selecting and setting appropriate tooling after establishing datum faces.
• Proving out CNC programs and ensuring first-off components meet specs.
• Inspecting first-off components and performing dimensional checks.
• Maintaining tool wear and adjusting offsets for dimensional accuracy.
• Supporting production teams with machining expertise and problem solving.

Skills

CNC Milling

FANUC Controls

Team Leadership

Machining Knowledge

Reading Drawings

Education

Engineering apprenticeship or equivalent

Tools

CNC Milling Machines

Job description

CNC Milling Supervisor

Location: Nuneaton

Commutable from: Nuneaton, Coventry, Bedworth, Atherstone, Hinckley, Tamworth, Leicester

Salary: £18.00 per hour - Days

Hours: 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday

Permanent Role | Days | FANUC CNC Milling

About the Company

Our client is a well-established precision engineering and manufacturing business with a strong reputation for producing high-quality, precision-machined components.

Operating within a busy production environment, the company combines experienced engineering expertise with modern CNC machining capability to deliver components to demanding quality and customer standards.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced CNC Milling professional to join a stable business in a key supervisory position, providing hands-on technical support while helping to maintain quality, productivity and smooth production flow.

The Role

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced CNC Milling Supervisor to join the business on a permanent day shift.

The successful candidate will have strong CNC milling setting and operating experience, with particular experience using FANUC controls. You will take a hands-on role within the machining department, ensuring machines are correctly set, programmes are safely proven and components are produced consistently to specification.

This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced CNC Miller who is ready to take the next step into a supervisory position while remaining hands-on and technically involved in the machining process.

Key responsibilities include:

• Setting and operating CNC milling machines using FANUC controls
• Selecting and setting appropriate tooling after establishing datum faces
• Safely proving out both proven and unproven CNC programmes
• Fully inspecting first-off components before submitting them for first-off approval
• Carrying out dimensional and visual inspection of components in accordance with inspection plans
• Adjusting machine offsets as necessary to achieve dimensional compliance
• Monitoring tool wear and changing or resetting tooling as required
• Ensuring components are consistently manufactured to drawing and customer specifications
• Supporting production teams with technical advice and machining expertise
• Identifying and resolving machining and quality issues
• Maintaining high standards of quality, safety and housekeeping within the machining area
• Supporting production targets and ensuring work is completed within agreed timescales
• Providing hands-on guidance and support to CNC machining personnel where required

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have strong practical experience setting and operating CNC milling machinery and be confident working with FANUC controls.

You will have a strong understanding of CNC machining processes and be able to work confidently with tooling, datums, offsets and inspection requirements.

You will also have:

• Proven CNC milling setting and operating experience
• Strong working knowledge of FANUC controls
• Ability to select and set appropriate cutting tools
• Good understanding of establishing datum faces
• Experience safely proving out CNC programmes
• Ability to carry out first-off inspection and submit components for approval
• Experience carrying out dimensional and visual inspectionAbility to adjust machine offsets to achieve dimensional compliance
• Good understanding of tool wear and tool replacement/resetting
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings
• Strong understanding of machining tolerances and quality requirements
• Good problem-solving skills
• Ability to work effectively within a busy production environment

The following would be advantageous:

• Previous experience in a CNC supervisory or team-leading position preferred but not essential
• Experience working within a precision engineering environment
• Experience working to formal inspection plans
• Experience supporting continuous improvement and production efficiency
• Relevant engineering qualification or apprenticeship

Key Attributes

• Strong technical CNC knowledge
• Excellent attention to detail
• Quality-focused approach
• Confident and decisive
• Reliable and self-motivated
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to lead and support others
• Methodical approach to problem-solving
• Positive and proactive attitude
• Strong commitment to health, safety and production standards

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Permanent position
• 40-hour Monday to Friday day shift
• Opportunity to progress within a supervisory position
• Hands-on role within a busy CNC machining environment
• Stable and long-term employment
• Opportunity to work with modern CNC machining technology
• Supportive engineering and production environment
• Career development opportunities