CNC Supervisor / CNC Team Leader

Rise Technical Recruitment; Hastings; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Matched Pension

Career progression

Great benefits

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment is seeking a CNC Supervisor / Team Leader in Hastings, East Sussex. The role focuses on guiding CNC machinists, maintaining production flow, and driving safety, quality and delivery standards in a precision environment.

You will coordinate workloads, troubleshoot machining issues, and support onboarding and skills development. The position offers leadership responsibility with progression opportunities in a well-established engineering manufacturer.

Qualifications

• Strong CNC machining background (setting, operating, troubleshooting)
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T
• Experience leading a small team and coordinating workloads

Responsibilities

• Supervise CNC machinists and operators across setup, tooling, workholding and inspection
• Coordinate daily priorities to hit production schedules
• Troubleshoot machining, tooling and programming issues and drive corrective actions
• Drive continuous improvement (setup reduction, tooling optimization, efficiency) and maintain 6S standards
• Lead and mentor the team, support onboarding and skills development

Skills

CNC machining

Leadership

GD&T interpretation

Education

HNC/HND (Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial)

Tools

CNC machines

Job description

CNC Supervisor / CNC Team Leader

c£40,000 (Negotiable) + Leadership Responsibility + Progression + Matched Pension + Great Benefits

Hastings, East Sussex (Commutable from: St Leonards-on-Sea, Bexhill, Battle, Rye, Eastbourne, Hailsham, Tunbridge Wells)

Are you a CNC Supervisor, CNC Team Leader or Senior CNC Setter, looking for a role where you can take real ownership, lead from the front and drive continuous improvement in a precision machining environment?

On offer is a permanent position reporting directly to the Production Manager, where you will guide and support CNC Machinists and Operators, keep production flowing, and help raise standards across safety, quality and delivery.

This is an opportunity to join a well-established engineering manufacturer with a strong focus on high standards, 6S and process improvement, where your leadership and technical judgement will make a visible impact.

In this role you will coordinate daily workloads, troubleshoot machining, tooling and programming issues, investigate non-conformances, monitor performance (cycle times, utilisation and efficiency) and coach the team through onboarding and skills development.

This role would suit a CNC Supervisor or experienced CNC Machinist/Setter ready to step up into a hands-on leadership position, with responsibility, autonomy and the chance to improve how a department runs. There will be further progression opportunities in the future.

The Role:

• Supervise and support CNC machinists/operators across setup, tooling, workholding and inspection standards
• Coordinate daily priorities to hit production schedules and delivery commitments
• Troubleshoot machining/tooling/programming issues and drive corrective actions
• Drive continuous improvement (setup reduction, tooling optimisation, efficiency) and maintain 6S standards
• Monday-Thursday 8:00-17:00, Fridays 8:00-14:30 (40 hours)

The Person:

• Strong CNC machining background (setting, operating and troubleshooting CNC machine tools)
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T
• HNC/HND (Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial) or equivalent relevant experience
• Reference Number: BBBH(phone number removed)

We are an equal opportunities company and welcome applications from all suitable candidates