CNC Setter Operator
Salary: £30,000 - £37,400, Plus bonus and company benefits
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Crewkerne
Are you a skilled CNC Operator looking to step up into more responsibility?
Or an experienced Setter looking for a stable, high-precision production environment?
We're recruiting for a CNC Operator / Setter to join the machine shop team a global engineering business manufacturing high-precision components for the off-road sector, supporting leading OEMs including JCB and Caterpillar.
If you enjoy working to tight tolerances, producing quality components, and being part of a structured production environment, this could be the role for you.
The Role
You'll be working within a machine shop team focused on CNC turning operations. The site operates a range of CNC automatic lathes, particularly sliding head machines.
Depending on your experience level, you'll be:
* Operating CNC sliding or fixed head machines
* Setting machines (if experienced or keen to develop)
* Working to tight tolerances on high-precision components
* Reading and working from engineering drawings
* Using micrometres and precision measuring equipment
* Supporting high-volume production output
* Working with tooling and fixtures
This is a production-focused environment where quality and consistency matters every time.
Machinery & Controls
You may have experience with:
* Citizen sliding head machines
* Star sliding head machines
* Tsugami machines
* CNC fixed head lathes
Controls include:
* Fanuc
* Siemens
* Mitsubishi
Fanuc experience is particularly desirable, but other systems will be considered if you can demonstrate CNC competence.
What We're Looking For
We welcome applications from both:
CNC Operators
* Experience operating CNC lathes (turning environment preferred)
* Comfortable using measuring equipment
* Able to work from engineering drawings
* Keen to develop into setting
CNC Setters
* Experience setting CNC lathes (sliding head highly advantageous)
* Strong understanding of tooling and fixtures
* Able to work independently in a production environment
* Experience working to tight tolerances
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