CNC Programmer Setter

JAM Recruitment Ltd; Dawley; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

JAM Recruitment Ltd seeks a full-time CNC Programmer Setter in the Telford area. The role involves creating detailed instructions that CNC machines follow to produce components, based on blueprints and CAD/CAM models.

You will translate designs into machine-readable code and select tools and cutting parameters to meet exact specifications. Two to three years' CNC programming experience is preferred, ideally with Citizen slider lathes.

Qualifications

• 2–3 years' CNC programming experience.
• Experience using a Citizen slider lathe machine.
• Self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.
• Able to finish to a high standard.
• Excellent attention to detail and a collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Create detailed CNC instructions used by machines to manufacture parts.
• Analyse blueprints and models and translate designs into machine-readable code via CAD/CAM software.
• Ensure parts meet precise dimensions and specifications.

Skills

CNC programming

Citizen lathe experience

Unsupervised work

Attention to detail

Team player

Problem solving

Tools

CAD/CAM software

Job description

Based in Telford, this full-time CNC Programmer Setter role offers £17–£18 per hour on a temporary–to–permanent basis. Working with a Stafford Park manufacturer, the successful candidate creates detailed instructions that CNC machines follow to produce components.

Duties include analysing blueprints and models, then translating designs into machine–readable code via CAD/CAM software. This output governs tool selection, cutting parameters and movement, ensuring parts meet precise dimensions.

Applicants need two to three years' programming experience, ideally with Citizen sliding–head lathes, plus the ability to work unsupervised and finish to a high standard.

Key Responsibilities

• You will be responsible for creating the detailed instructions, or code, that a CNC machine uses to manufacture their parts.
• You will be analysing blueprints and models, then translating those designs into machine–readable code using CAD/CAM software. This code dictates the machine's movements, tool selection, and cutting parameters to produce parts with precise dimensions and specifications.
• Ensuring parts meet precise dimensions and specifications.

Ideal Candidate

• 2–3 Years experience in CNC Programming.
• Experience using a Citizen Slider lathe machine.
• Self–motivated.
• Be able to work on own initiative.
• Ability to finish to a high standard.
• Attention to detail.
• Team player.
• Problem solver.

Hours: 7.30-5pm Monday – Thursday, 7.30 – 11.30 Friday.

Salary: £17.00 - £18.00 per hour, depending on experience.