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CNC Machinist – Role at Boeing Sheffield
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<p style="font-style: italic;"> *At **Boeing**, we drive meaningful progress through innovation and collaboration while fostering a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive culture. Find your potential with us.* </p>Boeing Sheffield delivers advanced engineering expertise, enabling Boeing Commercial Airplanes to produce flight-critical, complex machined hardware for today’s and tomorrow’s aircraft. We’re seeking highly skilled CNC Machinists to join dynamic shift teams as problem solvers, team players, and adaptive professionals.
About the Role
Title: CNC Machinist
Department: Operations Reports To: Operations Manager
This is a full-time, shift-based position in Sheffield, UK.
Key Responsibilities
The successful candidate will:
- Setup, Changeover & Operation: -install and adjust work holding, tooling, and detects Mill-turn/Twin-Turret, Grinding, and Sliding head machines, as well as maching centers -load and satisfy operate machines efficiently to minimise downtime -run multiple setups (multitasking) on multiple machines
- Tooling & Maintenance: -recognise and deploy inserts, work holding, and complex tooling -identify tool wear and adjust/replace cutting tools in a timely, efficient manner -perform regular maintenance tasks (daily, weekly, monthly)
- Quality & Inspection: -verify programs and settings using measuring/inspection equipment -apply adjustments to ensure component accuracy -record and document process operations electronically
- Continuous Improvement: -represent technical issues and improvements to the production manager -contribute to process optimization efforts across the machining section
- Adherence & Versatility: -maintain high standards of housekeeping in production areas -follow all company procedures and corporate safety protocols -support ad-hoc tasks across manufacturing or related business units
- Training & Leadership: -train and mentor junior machinists and apprentices -safely oversee subcontractor process work
- Safety & Risk Management: -actively manage and mitigate health, safety, and environmental risks -address any process anomalies with due diligence
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Preferred Skills & Qualifications
Basic Qualifications (Required)
- Time-served engineer with significant hands-on experience in CNC machine setup, operation, and programming
- Solid numeracy and literacy skills
- Basic IT fluency (use of machine interfaces, inspection tools, record-keeping software)
- Strong communication skills: honest, professional, inclusive, and responsive to collaboration
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, machine programs, and shifting tooling offsets
- Practical mathematical application (trigonometry, fractions, percentages, ratios, proportions)
- Regular machine cleaning & maintenance as part of daily/weekly operations
Desired (Preferred)
- Experience with tight tolerances in aerospace/metallic/medical-grade materials
- FLT licence ( Casa Part 147 certificate) is beneficial
- Aerospace machining (AS9100 experience); or alternate high-regulated industry exposure (e.g. nuclear, automotive)
- Self-directed troubleshooting capability to resolve machinery issues without supervision
- Speed-based improvements: reducing setup/machining times through process optimisation
Additional Requirements
- Legal UK work authorisation: No visa sponsorship or relocation assistance covered for this role
- Proximity/readiness: Candidates must reside in or near Sheffield due to no relocation assistance
- Applications accepted until 12 July 2026
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Compensation & Benefits
Pay and benefits scope are determined by UK local practices (non-US). Includes (with local variations):
- Shift-specific pay (e.g., evening/late shifts)
- Company-facilitated development for hands-on professionals via mentoring programs
- A professional workplace in Aerospace UK
- Direct contributions to Boeing’s operational excellence culture
Business Principles
- "Be our best" at safety performance, quality, and delivery
- Recognise that ethics matter most—commit to transparency, accountability, and honesty
- Celebrate collaboration and team sports mentality across all levels
- Partners in progress: Daily operations drive aerospace quality—especially for flight-critical components
Equal Opportunity Statement
Boeing upholds equality and inclusion for all people and actively promotes diversity as a cornerstone of innovation. We do not tolerate discrimination based on race, colour, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.
- Disability confidence: We welcome applicants with disabilities and adapt accommodation during recruitment (e.g., flexible interview formats, accessible spaces).
- Military & veteran transition: We recognise and leverage your engineering skill sets from service roles.
For further inquiries, contact your local talent acquisition representative: [boeing aerospace hires]
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