Details:
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Location: North Yorkshire
- Date: 6 hours ago
Description:
CNC Team Leader – Heavy Engineering
Location: North Yorkshire
Salary: £37,000 – £45,000 + Overtime (1.5x) + Company Bonus
About the Role
We are recruiting for an experienced CNC Team Leader to join a leading heavy engineering manufacturer. This is an excellent opportunity to lead a skilled machining team within a modern, well-invested production facility serving high-integrity industries including Marine Defence, Subsea Energy and Nuclear.
Key Responsibilities
* Shift Leadership: Coordinate shift activities, allocate work to skilled machinists, and ensure smooth shift handovers.
* Hands-On Technical Support: Assist operators with complex setups, fixture alignments, prove-outs, and G-code edits at the machine controls.
* Mentorship: Support junior machinists and apprentices, maintaining high standards of workmanship and continuous development.
* Health & Safety / Quality: Promote safe working practices, oversee heavy lifting and rigging operations using overhead gantry cranes, and ensure compliance with ISO 9001 quality standards.
* Troubleshooting: Act as the primary shop-floor contact for production issues, working closely with Inspection and Production Control to resolve bottlenecks.
Required Skills & Experience
* Time-served apprenticeship (NVQ Level 3 / ONC in Mechanical Engineering or Machining).
* Proven experience setting, operating or programming Horizontal Boring Mills (HBMs) or Vertical Turning Lathes (VTLs).
* Experience with Fanuc, Heidenhain, Siemens or Hartrol control systems.
* Competent in overhead gantry crane operations and heavy engineering environments.
* Strong leadership, communication and decision-making skills with the ability to motivate and support a machining team.
What's on Offer
* Salary: £37,000 – £45,000 depending on experience.
* Enhanced overtime paid at 1.5x.
* Company bonus scheme.
* Modern, continuously invested heavy machining facility.
* Long-term job security supported by multi-year defence and energy contracts.
* Company pension scheme.
* Life assurance.
* Excellent workshop facilities and working environment.
If you are interested please get in touch for more information