CNC Operator / Miller

Dover Precision Components; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 44,919 - 52,452; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Productivity bonuses

Employer pension contribution up to 13%

Life insurance

25 days holiday

Attractive overtime rates

Job summary

Dover Precision Components is seeking a Skilled CNC Operator in Glasgow, UK. This role involves using advanced CNC machinery to produce customized components from various materials with a strong emphasis on precision.

Applicants should have significant CNC machining experience, ideally within a lean manufacturing environment, and must possess a relevant technical qualification. The position offers an attractive salary with additional benefits including bonuses and pension contributions.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience operating CNC machine tools.
• Established experience with milling, grinding, or turning.
• Proven ability to hold tight machining tolerances of less than 0.0025 mm.

Responsibilities

• Read process sheets and blueprints to determine machining requirements.
• Calculate proper feeds and speeds for various materials.
• Visually inspect final components for quality.

Skills

CNC machining

Lean manufacturing

Precision inspection

Education

Time-served apprenticeship in a machining discipline or SVQ/NVQ level 3 or HNC in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Fanuc

Mazak

Heidenhaim

Haas

Job description

Working for Waukesha Bearings, a part of Dover Precision Components, as a Skilled 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, grinders and associated equipment. The workload is a high‑mix of customised fluid‑film bearings, seals and isolators with typical applications in turbo and industrial machinery, where we supply customers throughout Europe and further afield.

Annual Salaries

• £44,919.62 for weekly rotating shift pattern of early (6 am) and backshifts (2 pm) or;
• £52,452.37 for working on night shift.

These rates are inclusive of shift premium. Additional benefits include productivity bonuses, employer pension contribution up to 13%, life insurance and 25 days holiday. Plus attractive overtime rates.

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, grinding or turning 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 0.0025 mm
• Experienced with precision inspection equipment including 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 cleaning, 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

Accommodation Statement

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