Senior CNC Miller Setter

About the job

Job Title: Senior CNC Miller Setter

Location: Dorking Surrey

Salary: Depending on experience

Job type: Permanent - Day Shift

Carville are a well-established contract manufacturer in Surrey, UK, renowned experts in machining, bonding and finishing engineering grade plastics, especially Acrylic. They supply global, blue-chip customers in industries including life sciences, medical devices and industrial applications with solutions including fluidic manifolds and optical components.

The Role:

We are looking for a Senior CNC Setter responsible for setting up milling machines for complex, high precision plastic parts and achieving first off approval from quality. They will then conduct a hand over to an operator to take over running the machines. For some more complex jobs they may be required to run the machine for small quantities. This role can develop into a Leading Hand role over time.

Key Responsibilities:

• Setting multiple CNC machines (eg Dugard and Brother VMCs)
• Liaise with Shop Floor Manager on timescales and priorities
• Work closely with production engineering to optimise the job
• Manufacturing jigs and fixtures for work holding
• Handing over to operators to run the machines.
• Carry out work running individual complex jobs if required
• Ensure consistent quality of parts produced
• Mentoring and training less skilled staff
• Be proactive in ensuring work has all necessary tooling to avoid downtime
• Reviewing and improving the way jobs are tooled and run
• Ensure all work and raw materials in your area are correctly identified with the relevant paperwork
• Work with QA personnel on addressing any issues and supporting continuous improvement actions.

The Candidate Skills & Experience:

• Minimum 8 years CNC machining experience
• Apprenticeship or technical qualification such as an HNC/HND or City & Guilds
• Good knowledge of Fanuc and/or Siemens controls
• Setting up fixtures, tooling and programmes
• Some experience machining plastics
• Able to read and understand engineering drawings
• Very good eye for detail

Please click on the APPLY button to send your CV and Cover Letter for this role.

Candidates with the relevant experience or job title of; CNC Programmer, CNC, Operator, CNC Operator, CNC Machinist, Machine Operator, Machinist, Turner, CNC Turner, CNC Operative, CNC Engineer, CNC Miller, Miller, Machine Operative, CNC Setter, Setter, CNC Programming, Machine CNC Turner, CNC Engineering may also be considered for this role.

Overseas candidates will NOT be considered for this role. We are not sponsoring Visa's at this time, so please refrain from applying unless eligible to work in the UK.