CNC Operator in Sheffield, United Kingdom

TXM Recruit have an exciting opportunity for a CNC Operator based in Sheffield on a permanent basis.


Job Overview:
To operate the CNC Milling machine and produce machined components to the production plan, in a safe and efficient manner, within the planned production time and to the required quality.

Role Responsibilties:
  • To load/unload to/from machine the work piece in the correct order and orientation in a safe and efficient manner.
  • In accordance with the manufacturing instructions to load the required NC program (s) prior to machining. To select the correct program when required.
  • In accordance with the set-up sheet, to load the required tools correctly prepared in the correct stations on the tool carousel prior to machining. To set all required machine parameters as per the set up sheet or manufacturing instructions.
  • After loading the work-piece into the machining area, to ensure the work-piece is accurately datumed prior to machining. This must be repeated if the work-piece is moved during the machining cycle.
  • To report any damage to cutters to the Supervisor/Tooling Engineer so that action may be taken.
  • To store tooling in a secure and orderly manner.
  • To maximise tool life by carefully monitoring wear rates.
  • Whilst machining to operate the machine in a safe and responsible manner, monitoring machine and cutter performance at all times. The operator must develop a technique of thinking for the machine in order to anticipate potential problems or malfunctions.
  • The operator must not leave the machine unattended whilst it is in cycle, and must ensure that other personnel are not endangered by the operations of the machine, particularly by contact from machinery parts.
  • Programs are to be modified generally by the NC Programmer. Minor changes, which do not affect product geometry, may be undertaken by an operator, but the NC Programmer must be informed of the change. In the event of program changes the operator is responsible for saving the modified program, uploading it to the designated area for the attention of the NC Programmer.
  • To inspect products either on completion of machining or as a pre-machining or in process check as specified in the manufacturing instruction. This may involve the use of conventional measurement techniques using gauges or instruments and templates.
  • To carry out required machine parameter changes associated with the set up.
  • To test/dry run new or modified programs using appropriate machine functions and making required adjustments to machine and tool offsets to achieve the required size.
  • To use the SFDC system to record both direct and indirect works in line with the Companys procedures.
  • To report possible or known errors in manufacturing instruction or other associated documentation to the Supervisor.
  • To keep the machine (and associated rail handling equipment) and work area clean and tidy at all times and to keep walkways clear.

Role Requirements:
  • As a minimum; City & Guilds Setter/Operator and Part Programming or have completed a short course on CNC Appreciation or have;
  • CNC Operator experience, with some programming knowledge
  • Know how to load/unload problems to/from the machine;
  • Ability to carry out a syntax check and have the ability to diagnose errors;
  • How to restart a program mid-cycle by either using reposition function or block search with calculation;
  • Be capable of homing the machine after resetting;
  • To carry out tool changes in MDI;
  • Understand tool and fixture offsets; to know where to access them and how to change them to achieve the required tolerances;
  • Understand the basic structure of a program and identify spindle direction, speed and feeds, etc;
  • Understand the principle of M and G codes used within the program and give examples of their application.

Please note you must be prepared to work across a shift pattern consisting of Earlies, Lates & Nights


If you fit the above requirements and would like some more information please click 'APPLY' and we will be in touch.

JOB SEARCH

Keywords / job title / skill / company

Type any location in the box above, or select below :
ENGLAND
Birmingham
Leeds
Liverpool
London
Sheffield

Barking and Dagenham
Bath and North East Somerset
Bedfordshire
Berkshire
Bexley
Blackburn with Darwen
Bournemouth
Brent
Brighton and Hove
Bristol
Bromley
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire
Camden
Cheshire
Cornwall
Croydon
Cumbria
Darlington
Derby
Derbyshire
Devon
Dorset
Durham
Ealing
East Riding of Yorkshire
East Sussex
Enfield
Essex
Gloucestershire
Greater Manchester
Greenwich
Hackney
Halton
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hampshire
Haringey
Harrow
Hartlepool
Havering
Herefordshire
Hertfordshire
Hillingdon
Hounslow
Isle of Wight
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Kent
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Thames
Lambeth
Lancashire
Leicester
Leicestershire
Lewisham
Lincolnshire
London
Luton
Medway
Merseyside
Merton
Middlesbrough
Milton Keynes
Newham
Norfolk
North East Lincolnshire
North Lincolnshire
North Somerset
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northumberland
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Oxfordshire
Peterborough
Plymouth
Poole
Portsmouth
Redbridge
Redcar and Cleveland
Richmond upon Thames
Rutland
Shropshire
Somerset
South Gloucestershire
South Yorkshire
Southampton
Southend-on-Sea
Southwark
Staffordshire
Stockton-on-Tees
Stoke-on-Trent
Suffolk
Surrey
Sutton
Swindon
Telford and Wrekin
Thurrock
Torbay
Tower Hamlets
Tyne and Wear
Waltham Forest
Wandsworth
Warrington
Warwickshire
West Midlands
West Sussex
West Yorkshire
Westminster
Wiltshire
Worcestershire
York
NORTHERN IRELAND
Ashfield
Belfast
Derry
Londonderry
Londonderry County Borough

Antrim
Ards
Armagh
Ballymena
Ballymoney
Banbridge
Belfast
Carrickfergus
Castlereagh
Coleraine
Cookstown
Craigavon
Derry
Down
Dungannon
Fermanagh
Larne
Limavady
Lisburn
Magherafelt
Moyle
Newry and Mourne
Newtownabbey
North Down
Omagh
Strabane
SCOTLAND
Aberdeen
Dundee
East Kilbride
Edinburgh
Glasgow

Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll and Bute
City of Edinburgh
Clackmannanshire
Dumfries and Galloway
Dundee
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Eilean Siar
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayshire
North Lanarkshire
Orkney Islands
Perthshire and Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
Shetland Islands
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
WALES
Barry
Cardiff
Newport
Rhondda
Swansea

Blaenau Gwent
Bridgend
Caerphilly
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Gwynedd
Isle of Anglesey
Merthyr Tydfil
Monmouthshire
Neath Port Talbot
Newport
Pembrokeshire
Powys
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff
Swansea
Torfaen
Vale of Glamorgan
Wrexham

Country, town, city or postcode

--PrivateWeb2--