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CNC Turner Setter Operator
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CNC Turner Setter Operator
Tewkesbury | Permanent | up to £39,000 + Overtime
Focus on premium quality. Friendly, encouraging environment, not high-pressure production
- Advanced earnings + Overtime available
- Early finish every Friday + Real work-life balance
- Long-term job security and career progression with a growing company
- Modern machines. Smart, clean shop floor. All the tooling and equipment you need.
- Real opportunity to develop programming skills.
- Producing premium quality patented products which truly make a difference to peoples lives.
3 brand new vacancies available on the growing day shift
UPDATE - We've hired two new CNC Machinists on the day shift who joined last week and this week, and we're looking to hire another three Machinists for the day shift and one further CNC Machinist for the twilight shift! Feedback from the two new members of the team has been excellent. They've been made to feel very welcome and are being given all the support, tools and equipment they need to do their best work.
The Opportunity
We're recruiting for experienced CNC Turner Setter Operators to join a long-established, precision engineering company who have been producing their own premium quality products in Tewkesbury for over 60 years.
These are CNC turning-focused roles working on high-precision components in a clean, organised and well-equipped machine shop. The patented products you'll be making will go on to truly make a difference in peoples lives.
You'll be joining a business where people stay long-term, with vacancies only arising through growth or retirement rather than turnover.
With plans in place for the company to grow over the next five years, you'll have the opportunity to develop your career in the direction you want this might be taking on more responsibility, or developing your CNC programming skills if that's a path you would like to take.
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Pay & Shifts
Day Shift
- Monday Thursday: 08:00 17:00
- Friday: 08:00 13:00
Salary: To give you an idea, the salary budget for these roles will be around £31,000 to £39,000 per annum but please do get in touch with your earnings requirements. The broad salary range is to welcome machinists with a wide range of experiences so if you have just a few years under your belt or if you have more skills and experience, we will welcome your application.
Salaries are reviewed regularly taking your progression into account and you will have the opportunity to earn a lot more than this.
What you'll be doing
- Set and operate CNC lathes producing precision-engineered components
- Carry out full machine set-ups including tooling selection and program loading
- Work with Fanuc and/or Mazak controls (if you have used different controls before, you will be given all the support and training you need until you're fully happy)
- Inspect your own work using verniers, gauges and measuring equipment
- Read and work from engineering drawings to tight tolerances
- Support continuous improvement and develop programming skills over time
What we're looking for
- Proven experience as a CNC Turner
- Ability to complete full CNC lathe set-ups
- Experience working with engineering drawings and inspection tools
- The type of control panel you've used isn't important, we use Fanuc and Mazatrol
- Attention to detail and pride in your work
Benefits & culture
This is a stable, long-term opportunity with a company that invests heavily in its people and equipment. The workshop is modern, bright and well-maintained, with all the tools and equipment you need to do your job properly.
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You'll be supported from day one, working alongside experienced engineers in a team-focused environment where quality is the number one priority.
What's on offer:
- Competitive earnings
- Formal pay review every year
- Lunch time finish every Friday
- Long-term job security
- Great long-term career prospects
- Regular overtime opportunities to boost your earnings
- 24 days holiday + all bank holidays (increasing with service)
- 6% company pension contributions
- Life insurance policy 2 x your annual salary at no cost to you
- Christmas shutdown
- Christmas bonus
- Clean, bright and modern working environment
- Free on-site parking
- Clear progression, including CNC programming development
If you think this might be the job for you
Great, I'm pleased you've read this far. I'd love to hear from you.
You can either use the apply button on this advert to send in your CV or send an email asking for more information directly to tandrews(at)meridianbs.co.uk or call and ask for Tom on 01242-246-020.
We'll start with an informal chat where you can ask any questions you like to see if this job might be what you're looking for. If you're still keen, we'll arrange an appointment for you to meet with the Manager, which will include a factory tour so you can see what the jobs really like, what the machines are like, and take a look at the components and facilities too (I think you'll be impressed!).
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Keywords: CNC Turner Setter Operator, CNC Machinist, CNC lathe
Meridian Business Support is a recruitment specialist acting on behalf of our client as an Employment Agency for this vacancy.
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