CNC Operator

Dover Corporation; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading industrial manufacturing firm is seeking a Skilled CNC Operator to join their facility in Glasgow. The ideal candidate will have a time-served apprenticeship in a machining discipline and at least five years of experience operating CNC machine tools in a lean-manufacturing work environment. Responsibilities include setting up machines, interpreting blueprints, and ensuring high precision in manufacturing. This role offers an annual salary of £44,919.62 plus bonuses and benefits.

Benefits

Productivity bonuses

Pension and life insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience operating CNC machine tools.
• Ability to hold machining tolerances of less than .0025mm.
• Experience in power generation, oil & gas, or aerospace industries.

Responsibilities

• Set up and operate CNC machine tools for machining operations.
• Read and interpret blueprints and machining specifications.
• Perform quality checks using precision measuring instruments.

Skills

CNC machine operation

Milling experience

Precision inspection

Lean manufacturing principles

Education

Time-served apprenticeship in machining or equivalent

Tools

Fanuc

Mazak

Micro-meters

Bores gauges

Job description

CNC Operator

Location: Glasgow, GLG, GB

Work Arrangement: Onsite

Working for Waukesha Bearings, a part of Dover Precision Components, as aSkilled CNC Operator you will be part of a fully integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing facility, utilising CNC machining centres for turning, milling and grinding operations to produce customised designs from a variety of steel grades, copper, brass, aluminium and bronze.

The facility has a broad range of multi‑axis machine tools, lathes, mills and associated equipment, The workload being a high‑mix of customised fluid‑film bearings, seals and isolators with typical applications in turbo and industrial machinery, where we are supplying customers throughout Europe and further afield.

Annual Salary for working a rotating shift pattern of 2 weeks on early (6am) and then 2 weeks on backshift (2pm) which, including 18% shift premium gives total earnings of £44,919.62, plus productivity bonuses, pension & life insurance

What You Will Bring

• Time‑served apprenticeship in a machining discipline or SVQ/NVQ level 3 or HNC in Mechanical Engineering
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience operating CNC machine tools within a lean‑manufacturing work environment
• Established milling experience utilising multi‑axis machine tools, ideally Correa and/or Doosan or similar
• Experience working with machine control systems such as Fanuc, Mazak, Heidenhaim or Haas
• Proven ability to hold tight machining tolerances of less than .0025mm
• Experienced with precision inspection equipment including, but not limited to, micrometres, callipers, height gauges and bore gauges
• Ideally with experience in the power generation, oil & gas, aerospace or similar environment

What You Will Do

• Read process sheets, blueprints and sketches of part to determine machining to be done, dimensional specifications, set up and operating requirements
• Locate and download programs from a DNC storage system
• Interpret work instructions, identify, select and install proper tooling for operations being performed
• Calculate proper feeds and speeds for a variety of steel grades, copper, brass, aluminium and bronze
• Read, understand, edit or write complete programs
• Intuitively understand capabilities of tooling and machinery
• Understand applicable quality systems and perform necessary quality inspections
• Apply principles of Lean Manufacturing to reduce setup times and improve productivity
• Visually inspect final components
• Perform boxing of parts to include cleaning, oiling, wrapping and boxing the final product for shipment
• Perform clean‑ing, fitting, filing, tapping, reaming, blending, polishing and aligning to ensure free action of movable parts and operating requirements
• Use precision measuring instruments and gauging devices and perform various quality inspection type procedures to include dimensional verification
• Properly identify components after assembly/manufacture

Dover Precision Components, who deliver performance‑critical solutions for rotating and reciprocating machinery across the oil & gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical, and general processing markets. Comprising Waukesha Bearings, Bearings Plus, InproSeal and Cook Compression brands, our portfolio includes hydrodynamic bearings, active magnetic bearings, system and bearing protection, and reciprocating compressor valves, sealing technologies, pistons, rods and more. Each solution is custom engineered to provide optimum efficiency, reliability, and productivity, and backed by comprehensive aftermarket services. Dover Precision Components serves its global customer base through facilities in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as technical sales representatives around the world.

We consider several job‑related, non‑discriminatory factors when determining the pay rate for a position, including, but not limited to, the position’s responsibilities, a candidate’s work experience, a candidate’s education/training, the position’s location, and the key skills needed for the position. Pay is one of the Total Rewards that we provide to compensate and recognize employees for their work.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, age, genetic information, or any other factors prohibited by law.

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