CNC Setter Operator

Salary: £30,000 - £37,400, Plus bonus and company benefits

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Location: Crewkerne

Are you a skilled CNC Operator looking to step up into more responsibility?

Do you have the right skills and experience for this role Read on to find out, and make your application.
Or an experienced Setter looking for a stable, high-precision production environment?

We're recruiting for a CNC Operator / Setter to join the machine shop team a global engineering business manufacturing high-precision components for the off-road sector, supporting leading OEMs including JCB and Caterpillar.

If you enjoy working to tight tolerances, producing quality components, and being part of a structured production environment, this could be the role for you.

The Role

You'll be working within a machine shop team focused on CNC turning operations. The site operates a range of CNC automatic lathes, particularly sliding head machines.

Depending on your experience level, you'll be:

• Operating CNC sliding or fixed head machines
• Setting machines (if experienced or keen to develop)
• Working to tight tolerances on high-precision components
• Reading and working from engineering drawings
• Using micrometres and precision measuring equipment
• Supporting high-volume production output
• Working with tooling and fixtures

This is a production-focused environment where quality and consistency matters every time. xbpsjku

Machinery & Controls

You may have experience with:

• Citizen sliding head machines
• Star sliding head machines
• Tsugami machines
• CNC fixed head lathes

Controls include:

• Fanuc
• Siemens
• Mitsubishi

Fanuc experience is particularly desirable, but other systems will be considered if you can demonstrate CNC competence.

What We're Looking For

We welcome applications from both:

CNC Operators

• Experience operating CNC lathes (turning environment preferred)
• Comfortable using measuring equipment
• Able to work from engineering drawings
• Keen to develop into setting

CNC Setters

• Experience setting CNC lathes (sliding head highly advantageous)
• Strong understanding of tooling and fixtures
• Able to work independently in a production environment
• Experience working to tight tolerances