CNC Manual Lathe Turner in Bradford
Posted by Castle Employment
£30,000 – £40,000 a year
Bradford · Permanent
Castle Employment Group is recruiting an experienced Manual Lathe Turner to join an established precision engineering company based in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled Manual Turner who enjoys working on large, varied engineering components and is looking for a permanent, days-based position with flexible working hours and an early Friday finish.
The role will primarily involve setting up and operating a Broadbent Stanley manual lathe with a 4-metre bed, machining large, often heavy workpieces to precise engineering specifications.
With a variety of materials, components and machining processes, this position offers plenty of variety, alongside opportunities to utilise additional CNC milling, turning and inspection skills.
The Role As a Manual Lathe Turner, your responsibilities will include:
- Setting up and operating a large Broadbent Stanley manual lathe.
- Machining large and heavy components to engineering drawings.
- Working to specified tolerances, dimensions and surface finishes.
- Selecting appropriate tooling, speeds and feeds for different materials.
- Carrying out dimensional checks and quality inspections.
- Working with a wide variety of materials and engineering components.
- Supporting other workshop activities, including CNC milling and inspection, where required.
- Strong hands-on manual lathe turning experience.
- Confidence setting up and operating manual lathes independently.
- The ability to read and interpret technical engineering drawings.
- Good knowledge of machining tolerances and surface finishes.
- Experience working within a precision engineering or machining environment.
- A flexible, practical approach to workshop activities.
- Experience machining large or heavy components.
- Experience operating Broadbent or Stanley lathes.
- CNC milling experience, particularly Haas.
- Mazak CNC turning or Mazatrol programming experience.
- Engineering inspection experience.
Manual turning experience is the priority. CNC experience is an advantage, not a requirement.
Salary & Benefits
- £30,000 - £40,000 per annum, depending on experience.
- Permanent, full-time position.
- 37.5-hour working week.
- Monday to Friday, days only.
- Early finish every Friday.
- Flexible start and finish times.
- Christmas bonus.
- Overtime opportunities depending on workload.
- Workplace pension scheme.
- Annual leave entitlement with additional days awarded for long service.
- Monday to Thursday: 7:45am - 4:30pm
- Friday: 7:45am - 12:00pm
- Flexibility available around working hours.
Apply today or contact Castle Employment Group to discuss the opportunity in more detail.
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