Manufacturing Engineer (CNC)

Omega Resource Group
Northway, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
5 months ago
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Manufacturing Engineer (CNC Sliding Head)

Tewkesbury (on site)

Aerospace/Advanced Manufacturing

Inside IR35

£50 - £55 per hour

THE ROLE - Manufacturing Engineer (CNC Sliding Head)

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a stand-out aerospace engineering business to support Sliding Head/Swiss Lathe Manufacturing.

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you'll need to possess excellent experience in Sliding Head lathe practices and processes including programming and CAD/CAM knowledge.

As an expert with Sliding Head machining, you should have knowledge of some of the following machines: Star ST38, Star SR10J, Star SW20, Citizen.

DUTIES - Manufacturing Engineer (CNC Sliding Head)

Authoring and approving manufacturing processes and process specifications

Online and Offline programming for CNC Activities -

Perform problem solving and root cause corrective actions (RCCA).

Provide technical, machining task planning and authorisation.

Advise and support daily shop-floor management meetings.

Develop the ME function, identifying new technology to enhance productivity & quality.

BACKGROUND -Manufacturing Engineer (CNC Sliding Head)

Manufacturing / Engineering Apprenticeship or above.

Previous Hands-on Machining experience (Sliding Head)

Experience with Star ST38, Star SR10J, Star SW20 or Citizen machines.

Confident with geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).

Offline programming using CAD/CAM software - G-Code

Omega

For more information on this role, please contact Lee Powell on (phone number removed) or send a copy of your CV to (url removed)

Candidates who are currently a Manufacturing Engineer, Senior Manufacturing Engineer, CNC Programmer, Production Engineer, Production Manager, Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Manufacturing Team Leader, Continuous Improvement Engineer and similar may be considered.

For details of other opportunities available within your chosen field please visit our website (url removed)

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