Machine Shop Manager

I am currently working with a highly successful, specialist engineering company, based just outside Colchester, who require a Machine Shop Manager with the confidence, ability and initiative to lead a small team of CNC machine operators. The machine shop is modern, clean, well laid out and contains six CNC machines comprising lathes, mills and other specialised machines.

The role:

In this Machine Shop Manager role, you will manage the day-to-day planning and operation of the machine shop, including scheduling, prioritising, and delegating work. The role will include:

Supervising and leading a small team of machinists
Material cutting
Turning, milling and manual machining
Preparing and producing quality, precision machined components from engineering drawings within set tolerances
Identifying tooling and programming solutions
Offline programming
CNC programming Siemens, Protrak and other CNC machines for new parts
Overseeing development of new parts
Managing stocks of cutting tools and other key consumables
Carrying out quality checks
The candidate we are looking for:

The successful candidate will have been a hands-on Machine Shop Manager within a precision engineering company or be looking for the first step into management. Specifically:

Leadership qualities, including the ability to motivate and develop team members
Able to program, set and operator CNC machinery
Ability to read and interpret drawings, schematics and manuals
Able to produce precision parts in volume across various metals and from raw castings
Have a basic level understanding of G-Code
Have a good knowledge of creating jigs and fixtures
Ideally a basic understanding of machine workings i.e. sensors, pneumatics, hydraulics etc.
The company are offering:

An excellent opportunity for an experienced CNC professional
Long established company offering real stability
A varied, interesting, daily workload
Supportive, collaborative management
A very quiet rural location
If you are interested in this Machine Shop Manager role and believe you have the experience my client requires then please forward your CV