CNC Programmer and Prototype Machinist

Warwick
3 weeks ago
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This is an excellent opportunity for a highly organised and professional CNC Machinist with proven experience of programming and operating 3-axis and 5-axis machines, to work for a successful, forward thinking organisation that can offer an informal, friendly but professional and hard working environment.
This role reports directly to the Technical Director, but the successful applicant will work closely with workshop colleagues as well as DCA’s project managers, designers and engineers.
Duties and responsibilities include:
·Programming and operating 3-axis and 5-axis CNC machines.
·Producing one off or low volume prototype parts, often small, complex components using a range of materials such as stainless steel, aluminium, brass and a range of engineering plastics.
·Approaching each job with efficiency and creativity, choosing the appropriate machining strategy and programming cycles.
·Producing parts to extreme levels of accuracy, taking responsibility for your own work and checking the quality of the end result.
·Assisting with the collation of external cost information relating to the CNC machining area to support the annual workshop departmental budget.
·Operating other manual machines including lathe, manual mill and surface grinder.
·Renewing annual service and maintenance contracts for the CNC machines, manual mill, lathe and surface grinder. Book and supervise planned servicing visits under these contracts.
·Carrying out your allocated machine and workshop maintenance tasks against the annual schedule provided by the Health and Safety Manager.
·Being confident to be able to set machines to run unattended, often overnight, using pallet loader.
·Supporting project managers with quoting machining work for clients, proposing solutions and estimating time frames for the programming and machining activities.
·Attend the quarterly workshop forum. Actively contribute to the meeting and, where applicable, take responsibility for the timely completion of your assigned actions.
·To raise any health and safety concerns at this meeting, or at any time directly with the Health and Safety Manager.
·In conjunction with DCA’s representative ensure relevant workshop equipment is available for off-site annual calibration when required.
·Take pride in your work environment and work with the Facilities team to ensure that it remains clean, tidy and safe for you and others to work in.
·Delivering 'Safe Working Procedure' (SWP) training to DCA colleagues, as required, on equipment such as the pillar drill, bandsaw and disc sander plus any other equipment that may be introduced and that you have been suitable trained on in order for you to deliver the training.
·Perform all work by complying the company's well established Health and Safety Policy and procedures.
·Keep a focus on safety by helping others to conduct themselves appropriately around operating machinery. Provide support with the usage of the machinery where required, subject to DCA’s health and safety guidelines.
·Willingness to learn and apply new machining strategies depending on the needs of a particular job.On the look out for ways to improve DCA’s in-house CNC machining services.
·Undertake such other tasks for which you are suitably qualified as the DCA Board may from time to time request.
Personal specification
The ideal candidate will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, experience and qualifications required to undertake the role effectively:
·Self-motivating and able to work on own initiative as part of our small CNC machining team.
·Organisation and time management skills; versatility and ability to prioritise workloads.
·Strong work ethic with a ‘can-do’ attitude.
·Ability to rapidly learn and apply new skills and knowledge.
·Awareness of health and safety issues, including risk assessments and safe working practices.
·Proven programming and CNC machining skills.
·Confident user of CAM offline programming software. Experience of using DCA’s preferred software, Hypermill, is advantageous.
·Experience of using manual lathes and milling machines as well as CNC machines.
·3-axis experience essential, 5-axis experience highly desirable.
·Heidenhain programming experience advantageous.
·Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 packages, including Teams.
Benefits

  • We offer competitive salaries, with paid overtime (time and a half).
  • 22 days holiday + (extra days for long service up to 32 days).
  • A 37 hour working week with half day on Fridays, great for work-life balance.
  • A substantial annual discretionary profit-related bonus.
  • 2 additional fixed holiday bonuses in (paid in July and December, totalling 3% of base pay).
  • Pension scheme.
  • Our Warwick town centre location is convenient for shops or grabbing a coffee.
  • Activities and Social fund, various subsidised sport activities throughout the week. Staff run Football, Badminton, Squash, running, go karting and cycling trips away.
  • Cycle to work scheme.
  • Paid parking permit

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