Wood Machinist

Fantastic modern, clean working environment with excellent facilities on site.
Secure position within a market leading manufacturer who have experienced significant growth over recent years.
Opportunity for progression over time, learning specific programming skills and developing a career with high earning potential.
Located in Long Eaton, responsible for operating a 5 axis CNC Machine for the regrinding of carbide tooling.

Are you an experienced Wood Machinist looking to work withing a very modern, clean environment that offers significant stability and scope to develop over time? We are working with a highly reputable, established manufacturer of tooling who are experiencing strong growth.

As a Wood Machinist, you will primarily be operating a specialist brand of 5 axis CNC machinery to regrind tooling that has already been manufactured. You will be working on very modern machinery and typically running two machines at any given point. This could be a fantastic opportunity for a Machinist from the woodwork sector who wants to develop their CNC skills and work within a cleaner engineering facility. Several long-term employees within the business have come from this background. Additionally, we can look at more conventional CNC Miller or Grinders due to the similarity of machining processes used for regrinding.

Package: Competitive Salary depending on your level of experience + 25% shift premium. 22 days holiday + bank holidays. Scope for some overtime at x1.5 hourly rate.

Hours: Please note this position does operate on a rotating shift pattern across 2 weeks of days, and 2 weeks of nights. Specific patterns as follows.

·Days: 6:00am to 3:00pm Monday – Thursday, 6:00am to 12:00pm Friday

·Nights: 9:15pm to 6:15am Sunday – Wednesday, 4:00pm to 10:00pm Thursday

This Wood Machinist job will suit:

An Operator that has some prior CNC experience, preferably across either milling or grinding.
Could suit a woodworking Machinist that has some basic CNC experience but would like to develop further skills within a precision engineering environment. The tooling that is manufactured is supplied into the woodworking sector hence why the product knowledge would help when developing these skills.
An eye for detail and some form of inspection experience.
Flexibility to work a rotating shift pattern and be comfortable running two machines with fairly short machining cycles.

The Wood Machinist job’s working environment, opportunities and rewards:

Highly reputable business with excellent staff length of tenure throughout the business. Some of the Machinists have been there over 20 years!
The business is very stable having operated for over 50 years.
Year on year double digit growth which is set to continue.
Significant levels of investment have been made into new manufacturing machinery and site refurbishment. A very clean, modern, professional environment – including a recreational area with pool table for the team!

The Wood Machinist job will involve:

Operating a 5 axis CNC machine to regrind carbide tooling.
Using various inspection equipment to ensure parts meet the required quality standards and tolerances.
Working alongside wider Machinists as part of team to ensure production targets are achieved collectively.
Scope to learn advanced machining skills, such as programming, and over time develop a career as a skilled Machinist / Engineer.

This job is commutable from Long Eaton, Beeston, Nottingham, Ilkeston, Castle Donington, Loughborough.

To apply please contact Joe Parker at Euro Projects Recruitment Ltd.

This job is posted by Euro Projects Recruitment, a recruitment consultancy specialising in engineering and manufacturing appointments from tool room to boardroom. We combine over 100 years of technical knowledge and recruitment expertise to introduce the best candidates to the best companies. We are passionate about your future and persistent in our efforts to secure you the right job.

Reference: JP-LEMO