CNC Programmer

CNC Programmer (Sheet Metal)

Based South of Warrington, my client is a leading sheet metal manufacturing company who are market leaders in their field. They rarely recruit due to their excellent work environment, on offer is a salary of £40,000 - £47,500, 33 holidays, pension, life assurance and an early finish at lunchtime every Friday.
This is a Monday to Friday (38 hr week) based position with no shift work.

My client is offering a secure, well paid and exciting job for the rest of your career with a focus on having a good work life balance.

To be considered you must have proven experience programming CNC laser cutting AND/OR punching machines within a sheet metal manufacturing environment and strong working knowledge of sheet metal software i.e. RADAN, SigmaNEST or JETCAM.

• Produce and optimise CNC programs for laser cutting and punching machines using sheet metal software (RADAN).
• Create efficient nests to maximise material utilisation and minimise waste.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings, CAD files and customer specifications.
• Maintain and develop the part libraries, tooling libraries and manufacturing database to ensure programming consistency, accuracy and efficiency.
• Ensure all programs are production-ready and meet quality requirements.
• Identify opportunities to reduce cycle times, improve machine utilisation and enhance production processes.
• Troubleshoot programming and production issues to minimise downtime.