CNC Setter / Operator

Osprey Engineering Solutions; England; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected precision engineering company is looking for an experienced CNC Setter/Operator based in Hertfordshire. This role involves joining a skilled team to produce complex components for industries such as aerospace and motorsport, ensuring high precision and minimal downtime on machining processes.

Qualifications

• 4 years experience setting and operating CNC machines.
• Background in aerospace or motorsport industries with high standards.
• Self-management and good timekeeping skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure minimal downtime of mills and produce high precision components.
• Set tools, edit machine offsets, and perform first off inspection checks.
• Collaborate with inspectors to meet drawing tolerances.

Skills

CNC Setting

CNC Operating

Time Keeping

Education

Level 3 B-Tech Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Heidenhain Controls

DMG Machines

Job description

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Our Principal Consultant Robin Thomas, is looking for a highly experienced CNC Setter/Operator to join one of the UKs most respected precision engineering companies.

Our client services blue-chip clients across a broad range of sectors including Aerospace, Defence, Motorsport, and Robotics.

All out of their Hertfordshire based, high-quality engineering facility that offers a clinical and precise working environment, utilising state of the art machine tools and supporting equipment.

As a CNC Setter/Operator, youll join a well-established team of CNC Engineers, and have the chance to produce highly complex components that test your abilities on the cutting edge of machined componentry.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

Day to day, youll be ensuring mills have minimal downtime, working efficiently to produce high precision components to drawing specifications, always keeping the mills in a clean operational condition.

• Working from tooling information given by programmer
• Setting Tools
• Prove out new jobs
• Editing machine offsets
• Carrying out first off inspection checks
• Maintaining machining tolerances
• Collaborating with inspectors to ensure drawings tolerances are met
• Self-management of workload to work efficiently
• Working to 5S

Key Skills & Experience

• 4 Years previous experience Setting and operating
• Background producing CNC components for motorsport, aerospace or similar industries requiring high standards
• Operating Lathes and Mills
• Good time keeping
• Carrying out first off inspection checks

Preferred

• Experience using Heidenhain controls and DMG Machines
• Level 3 B-Tech Mechanical Engineering
• Apprentice Trained

Contact Robin today to learn more about this CNC Setter/Operator role, or click below to get started with your application right away.