Senior CNC Applications Lead - Process Excellence Mentorship

Accounting Search; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Accounting Search is seeking an experienced CNC Applications Engineering Lead in Cincinnati, OH. This senior role guides a seasoned applications engineering team, hands-on with machining challenges, demonstrations, and production transitions.

You will direct technical strategy, projects, and team development while mentoring engineers and coordinating complex customer initiatives across multiple platforms.

Qualifications

• Hands-on CNC metal-cutting experience on multiple platforms.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading teams.
• Ability to read prints and develop production-ready processes.
• Travel up to 25% regionally.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a technical lead and senior resource for the CNC Applications Engineering team.
• Mentor and develop Applications Engineers, sharing machining knowledge, troubleshooting techniques, programming strategies, and applications best practices.
• Coordinate team workload, priorities, customer projects, machine installations, demonstrations, training, and other applications activities.
• Take the lead on complex or technically challenging applications projects, serving as an escalation point when additional expertise is needed.
• Develop and optimize CNC machining processes, including programming strategy, tooling, workholding, feeds and speeds, cycle-time optimization, and overall process efficiency.
• Support CNC machine installations, prove-outs, runoff activities, and customer acceptance as needed.
• Partner with customers to evaluate parts, prints, tolerances, materials, production requirements, and manufacturing challenges to develop effective machining solutions.
• Support Sales with technical expertise during customer evaluations, machine demonstrations, test cuts, benchmarking, and solution development.
• Help evaluate machine configurations, tooling, workholding, automation, and peripheral equipment based on customer applications.
• Deliver or oversee customer training related to machine operation, programming, machining processes, and applications best practices.
• Collaborate closely with Sales, Service, Engineering, Product Management, and other internal teams to resolve technical issues and ensure successful customer outcomes.
• Establish and improve applications engineering standards, processes, documentation, and workflows to create greater consistency across the team.
• Identify opportunities to improve machine performance, cycle times, part quality, process reliability, and customer productivity.
• Stay current on CNC technology, controls, tooling, CAM software, automation, and advanced machining strategies.

Skills

CNC machining

G-code programming

Mentoring / technical leadership

Project coordination

Customer training

Tools

Fanuc control

Siemens control

Mazak control

OSP control

Haas control

CAM software

Offline CNC programming

Job description

Accounting Search is seeking an experienced CNC Applications Engineering Lead in Cincinnati, OH. This senior role guides a seasoned applications engineering team, hands-on with machining challenges, demonstrations, and production transitions.

You will direct technical strategy, projects, and team development while mentoring engineers and coordinating complex customer initiatives across multiple platforms.