CNC Setter Operator

GTS Group Ltd; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

GTS Group Ltd. in South Oxfordshire is seeking a skilled CNC Setter Operator for aerospace and defence components. You will be responsible for setting, running, inspecting, and finishing parts in a small-batch, 24/7 cell, ensuring high-tolerance quality for safety-critical systems.

The role involves full responsibility for tool selection, programming insight, and direct inspection using MPI and other checks, in a permanent onsite environment with a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Proven CNC setting experience on milling and turning (setting, not just operating).
• Ability to read and understand CNC code at the machine interface.
• Ability to fully interpret detail, assembly and finishing process drawings.
• Strong knowledge of cutting tools and how different materials machine.
• Experience with inspection methods such as MPI and pressure testing.
• Some exposure to SAP systems.

Responsibilities

• Fully setting and operating new 4- and 5-axis CNC milling machines and multi-turret CNC lathes.
• Planning and loading work for both manned day production and unmanned running in a 24/7 cellular environment.
• Hand deburring and fettling detail components.
• Inspecting components, including MPI and paint finish checks.

Skills

CNC setting (milling & turning)

CNC code reading

Interpretation of drawings

Cutting tools knowledge

MPI/Pressure testing inspection

SAP exposure

Tools

CNC milling machines

CNC lathes

Job description

CNC Setter Operator | Aerospace & Defence | South Oxfordshire

Permanent | Onsite | Competitive salary + excellent benefits

Most machinists never see where their parts end up. Here, you'll know: the components you make go into safety-critical systems where failure isn't an option.

My client is a long-established UK aerospace and defence manufacturer supplying customers worldwide. It's a business with decades of history behind it and a long-term commitment to its people, which shows in how they invest in training and how long people stay.

The role

You'll join a specialist small-batch machining cell producing safety-critical components. Low volume, high mix and tight tolerances. You won't be feeding a production line; you'll set, run, inspect and finish your own work, and own the quality of what leaves your cell.

Day to day, you'll be:

• Fully setting and operating new 4- and 5-axis CNC milling machines and multi-turret CNC lathes
• Planning and loading work for both manned day production and unmanned running in a 24/7 cellular environment
• Hand deburring and fettling detail components
• Inspecting components, including pressure checking, magnetic particle inspection and paint finish checks

What you'll bring

• Proven CNC setting experience on milling and turning (setting, not just operating)
• Confidence reading and understanding CNC code at the machine interface
• The ability to fully interpret detail, assembly and finishing process drawings
• Strong knowledge of cutting tools and how different materials machine
• Experience with inspection methods such as MPI and pressure testing
• Basic PC skills, with some SAP exposure