Cnc Turner

CNC Turner

Location: Bishop Auckland / County Durham area
Salary: £43,000 – £47,000 per annum
Job Type: Permanent
Hours: 38 hours per week
Shift: Late shift, Monday to Thursday, 2:30pm – 12:30am
Break: 30-minute unpaid lunch break, 8:30pm – 9:00pm

CDM Recruitment are working exclusively with a successful precision engineering business in County Durham who are looking to recruit an experienced CNC Turner on a permanent basis.

This is a stable, long-term opportunity within a busy machine shop. The role would suit a CNC Turner who is confident programming, setting and operating CNC lathes, reading engineering drawings, making offset adjustments and quality checking their own work.

The package is based on £18.00 per hour plus a 21% shift allowance, equivalent to circa £43,000 per annum before overtime.

Key Responsibilities:

• Programme, set and operate CNC lathes.
• Read and interpret technical engineering drawings.
• Read, understand and edit CNC programmes using the machine interface.
• Carry out quality checks on your own work.
• Troubleshoot and make adjustments to offset coordinates.
• Deburr and fettle detailed components by hand.
• Use the manufacturing system to check material availability, part requirements, routings and job information.
• Operate within a 5S manufacturing cell environment.
• Support the accurate and efficient manufacture of precision engineered components.

The Person:

• Experienced CNC Turner.
• Confident programming, setting and operating CNC lathes independently.
• Strong background working with CNC turning machine tools.
• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Able to read, understand and edit CNC programmes.
• Confident making offset adjustments.
• Able to quality check own work.
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a similar CNC turning role.
• Experience with Fanuc controls would be desirable but is not essential.
• Experience with other CNC controls will also be considered.
• Proactive team player with a positive attitude.
• Engineering apprenticeship, City & Guilds, NVQ or equivalent engineering qualification would be beneficial.

This is a strong opportunity for an experienced CNC Turner looking for a stable permanent role with a well-established engineering business.