Production Engineer

First Achieve; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

First Achieve is recruiting on behalf of a successful manufacturing business to appoint an experienced CNC Production Engineer. This role offers the chance to work across the complete manufacturing process—from reviewing drawings and planning the most effective approach, through offline CNC programming and problem solving, to proving processes and producing high-quality components.

You will set and operate CNC machinery, develop machining strategies, create CNC programmes using CAM, and help

Qualifications

• Experience reviewing engineering drawings and manufacturing requirements.
• Ability to develop machining strategies, tooling and workholding solutions.
• Proficiency creating and optimising CNC programmes using CAM.
• Strong problem-solving skills to identify and resolve production issues.

Responsibilities

• Review engineering drawings and manufacturing requirements.
• Develop machining strategies, tooling and workholding solutions.
• Create and optimise CNC programmes using CAM.
• Identify and resolve potential manufacturing issues before production.
• Plan efficient and practical manufacturing processes.
• Set and operate CNC machinery as required.
• Prove, test and refine CNC programmes.
• Support first-off and production runs.
• Produce components to drawing and required quality standards.
• Troubleshoot machining and production issues.
• CNC programming and CAM.
• Tooling and workholding.
• Machining processes and manufacturing methods.
• Setting and operating CNC machinery.
• Problem solving within a production environment.

Skills

CNC programming

CAM

Machining

Problem solving

Tools

CNC

CAM

Job description

Competitive Salary – Dependent on Experience

First Achieve are acting on behalf of our client, a successful manufacturing business, who are

looking to appoint an experienced CNC Production Engineer to join their team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working across the complete

manufacturing process — from reviewing drawings and planning the most effective

approach, through offline CNC programming and problem solving, to proving processes and

producing high-quality components.

The Role

Planning & Programming

• Review engineering drawings and manufacturing requirements.
• Develop effective machining strategies, tooling and workholding solutions.
• Create and optimise CNC programmes using CAM.
• Identify and resolve potential manufacturing issues before production.
• Plan efficient and practical manufacturing processes.

Machining & Production

• Set and operate CNC machinery as required.
• Prove, test and refine CNC programmes.
• Support first-off and production runs.
• Produce components to drawing and required quality standards.
• Troubleshoot machining and production issues.
• CNC programming and CAM.
• Tooling and workholding.
• Machining processes and manufacturing methods.
• Setting and operating CNC machinery.
• Problem solving within a production environment.