Senior CNC Technician (Prismatic)

Ricardo; Royal Leamington Spa; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A global engineering consulting company seeks a Senior CNC Technician in Leamington Spa to enhance its manufacturing capabilities. The ideal candidate will have strong machining experience, be proficient in CNC programming, and contribute to high-quality production in motorsport and aerospace sectors. This role promotes flexible working and values diversity in the workplace.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Competitive pension scheme

Life assurance

Professional subscriptions reimbursement

Wide range of flexible benefits

Qualifications

• Proven ability to produce components from technical drawings and planning route cards.
• Strong experience machining a variety of materials on 4- and 5-axis CNC machines.
• Capable of on-machine programming with support from offline programmers.

Responsibilities

• Increase capability/capacity in CNC Prismatic Machining.
• Deliver high quality transmission components.
• Support team with EdgeCam and Delcam programming.

Skills

Technical drawing interpretation

4- and 5-axis CNC machining

Fanuc/ISO programming

Inspection using measuring equipment

Deburring components

Problem solving

Flexibility in manufacturing support

Job description

Role: Senior CNC Technician (Prismatic)

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Leamington Spa

Salary: £36,000 - £38,000 per annum depending on experience

Role ID: 2025-2992

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world.

Ricardo plc is a global strategic, environmental, and engineering consulting company. With over 100 years of engineering excellence and employing close to 3,000 employees in more than 20 countries, we provide exceptional levels of expertise in delivering leading-edge and innovative cross-sector sustainable products and solutions. Every day, we enable our customers to solve the most complex and dynamic challenges to help achieve a safe and sustainable world.

The Role

We are seeking a CNC Prismatic Machining Setter Operator, to increase our capability / capacity in this area.

This role involves working in a small team to deliver high quality transmission components, mainly for the motorsport / aerospace industries, with a right first-time philosophy. You will be supported by our EdgeCam and Delcam offline programming, as well as your team leader.

Key Competencies and Experience

• Proven ability to produce components from technical drawings and planning route cards to a high standard, working to tight tolerances and within routed timeframes
• Strong experience machining a variety of materials on 4- and 5-axis CNC machines
• Proficient in reading and understanding Fanuc/ISO programming machine code; capable of on-machine programming with support from offline programmers
• Able to read, understand, and edit CNC programmes, including adjusting speeds and feeds as required
• Skilled in using measuring equipment to inspect parts against planning and drawing specifications
• Able to deburr and fettle components during production to meet required standards
• Demonstrates a proactive and innovative approach to team support, problem solving, and continuous improvement
• Flexible in supporting other areas of manufacturing operations
• Willingness to work overtime and operate multiple machines to meet KPIs and delivery deadlines
• Knowledge of wire erosion is advantageous but not essential

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on. Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.

Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer.

Next steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer please advise the recruitment team via [e-mail] if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.