CNC Team Leader

CNC Team Leader – Heavy Engineering

Location: North Yorkshire
Salary: £37,000 – £45,000 + Overtime (1.5x) + Company Bonus

About the Role

We are recruiting for an experienced CNC Team Leader to join a leading heavy engineering manufacturer. This is an excellent opportunity to lead a skilled machining team within a modern, well-invested production facility serving high-integrity industries including Marine Defence, Subsea Energy and Nuclear.

Key Responsibilities

• Shift Leadership: Coordinate shift activities, allocate work to skilled machinists, and ensure smooth shift handovers.
• Hands-On Technical Support: Assist operators with complex setups, fixture alignments, prove-outs, and G-code edits at the machine controls.
• Mentorship: Support junior machinists and apprentices, maintaining high standards of workmanship and continuous development.
• Health & Safety / Quality: Promote safe working practices, oversee heavy lifting and rigging operations using overhead gantry cranes, and ensure compliance with ISO 9001 quality standards.
• Troubleshooting: Act as the primary shop-floor contact for production issues, working closely with Inspection and Production Control to resolve bottlenecks.

Required Skills & Experience

• Time-served apprenticeship (NVQ Level 3 / ONC in Mechanical Engineering or Machining).
• Proven experience setting, operating or programming Horizontal Boring Mills (HBMs) or Vertical Turning Lathes (VTLs).
• Experience with Fanuc, Heidenhain, Siemens or Hartrol control systems.
• Competent in overhead gantry crane operations and heavy engineering environments.
• Strong leadership, communication and decision-making skills with the ability to motivate and support a machining team.

What's on Offer

• Salary: £37,000 – £45,000 depending on experience.
• Enhanced overtime paid at 1.5x.
• Company bonus scheme.
• Modern, continuously invested heavy machining facility.
• Long-term job security supported by multi-year defence and energy contracts.
• Company pension scheme.
• Life assurance.
• Excellent workshop facilities and working environment.

If you are interested please get in touch for more information.