CNC Section Team Leader – Late Shift

Leidos; Essex; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the automotive sector is seeking a CNC Section Team Leader for their Wickford facility. The role involves leading a team in the machining of jigs and fixtures, ensuring quality standards are met, and adapting to a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have proven CNC experience and strong leadership skills, with a competitive salary and benefits package offered.

Benefits

Pension scheme (contribution matched up to 8%)

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Flexible benefits including dental insurance

Gym flex and shopping discounts

Paid overtime over 40 hours per week

Qualifications

• Proven experience of operating 3 and 4 axis CNC Machining.
• Ability to read engineering drawings and set CNC machines.
• Good understanding of fine engineering tolerances.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small shift team in machining jigs and fixtures.
• Ensure manufacturing meets Quality Management standards.
• Supervise completion of job records and inspection sheets.

Skills

CNC Machining

Quality Management

Engineering Drawings

Inspection

Team Leadership

Education

Apprentice trained or qualified through experience

Tools

Fanuc

Siemens

Job description

Description

CNC Section Team Leader – Late Shift

Wickford

Permanent.

Leidos are currently seeking an experienced CNC Team Leader, to work on an early shift (2pm to 10.15pm Monday to Friday)

Why should you join our CNC Team?

We are problem solvers – we often have to think on our feet to solve engineering problems, improve efficiency, performance and profitability.

Fast Paced Industry – technology is evolving, our customers are evolving. We have to be adaptable in our approach, finding new ways to constantly evolve our processes and products.

Reward – we offer a competitive package with great benefits from a pension scheme (contribution matched up to 8%), private medical insurance and life assurance with loads of flexible benefits including dental insurance, gym flex and shopping discounts.

We offer paid overtime over 40 hours per week.

Leidos supplies the automotive industry with special purpose tooling and equipment including jigs and fixtures used in car manufacturing.

You’ll lead a small, shift team in machining jigs and fixtures both for prototype and batch manufacturing. You’ll be involved in CNC programming, setting and operating various machinery and supporting the team of CNC setter/operators in managing their workload.

Some of your duties will include:

• Completing Inspection and Daily sheets.
• Ensuring manufacturing is completed in line with our Quality Brief and products adhere to Quality Management standards (ISO9001, ISO14001 and Q1)
• Ensure the team achieves production targets and deadlines.
• Reading, interpreting, and working to drawings supplied.

CNC scheduling, methods and set ups including:

• Ensuring component inspection is carried out and take an active role in the quality of Leidos products being produced.
• Producing Jigs, fixtures, and tooling methods to ensure safe, cost-efficient production of components.
• Preparing cutting tools.

Supervision of:

• Completion of Job record sheets for each component.
• Timecards.
• Inspection sheets.
• Ensure the Setters/Operators are working efficiently when the machine is running where possible, de-burring, inspecting, or running more than one machine.

About You

• Ideally apprentice trained or qualified through experience.
• Proven experience of operating 3 and 4 axis CNC Machining, Milling and Lathe machinery (ideally Fanuc or Siemens controlled).
• Accustomed to working in a fast paced, engineering environment.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, set CNC machines and use measuring equipment.
• Ability to work using Metric and Imperial measurements.
• Good understanding of fine engineering tolerances and quality inspections requirements.
• Due to the nature of our business, you will need to pass and maintain a BPSS security check.

Original Posting:

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range:

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.