CNC Operator

Location:

Stonehouse, Gloucestershire

Salary: £33,000–£34,000 per annum including shift allowance (17.5%)

Shifts:

Double Days – 6am–2pm / 2pm–10pm

Hours:

37.5 hours per week

Our client is an established manufacturing business with a dedicated machine shop, producing precision-engineered components to demanding quality standards. They are looking for a CNC Operator to join their production team in Stonehouse, supporting efficient manufacturing operations and ensuring components are produced accurately and consistently.

As a CNC Operator, you will be responsible for operating CNC machinery within the machine shop, ensuring production targets are achieved while maintaining high standards of quality, safety and efficiency.

Working alongside CNC Setters, Charge Hands and the wider production team, you will help minimise component scrap, identify production issues and ensure all work is completed in line with engineering drawings and company procedures.

• Operate one or more CNC machines within the machine shop.
• Carry out daily machine health checks and report any issues.
• Read and interpret engineering drawings to ensure components meet the required specifications.
• Monitor component quality and minimise scrap and non-conforming parts.
• Complete production paperwork, job traveller documentation and work records accurately.
• Identify and report quality issues through the appropriate non-conformance procedures.
• Maintain a clean, tidy and safe working environment.
• Communicate machine and production issues to CNC Setters, Charge Hands and the Production Team Leader.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues to meet production schedules and delivery deadlines.
• Participate in training and support new starters or apprentices where required.

The successful candidate will have a practical approach to manufacturing, good attention to detail and the ability to work accurately in a production environment.

• Previous experience operating CNC machinery or relevant machining experience.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
• Good attention to detail and an understanding of component quality.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions.
• Good communication and teamwork skills.
• A commitment to health and safety and maintaining quality standards.
• Flexibility to work the advertised double-day shift pattern.

• Basic CNC programming or machine-setting knowledge.
• An engineering qualification or relevant apprenticeship.
• Experience operating CNC lathes, milling machines or machining centres.
• Previous experience within precision engineering or a manufacturing machine shop.

• Base Salary: £25,215-£26,215
• Salary of £33,000–£34,000 per annum, including annual shift allowance.
• Double-day shifts: 6am–2pm and 2pm–10pm.
• 37.5 hours per week.
• 25 days' annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Competitive pension scheme.
• Annual bonus scheme of up to £1,500.
• Private medical care.
• Company sick pay scheme.