Advanced Technician - Milling

The MTC (Manufacturing Technology Centre) is a major success story. One of the UK s most advanced Research & Technology Organisations, championing world leading manufacturing and engineering innovation.

Created in 2011, it represents one of the largest public sector investments in UK manufacturing and has since grown to a team of over 800 spread several facilities covering not only R&D, but also Training, Advanced Manufacturing Management and Factory Design across multiple businesses and sectors.

Working in partnership with Consilium Recruit from launch, we seek career driven and agile talent from industry, academia, and other leading organisations to work in this truly unique centre of excellence.

Benefits beyond salary, the MTC provides one of the most extensive and progressive benefits packages available, designed to inspire, develop and reward employees to the full including:

• Fully flexible working including compressed hours, remote working, part-time hours, flexible start and finish times. And career breaks. Tell us what works for you and don t let anything stop you from applying!
• Enhanced Holiday leave with accumulated days plus option to buy & sell
• Private Health Insurance from Vitality Health
• Life Insurance
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Income Protection in the event of long-term illness or incapacity to work
• Salary Sacrifice (tax efficient Bike 2 Work plus Car Lease Scheme including competitive on-site EV charging)
• Enhanced Maternity, Adoption and Paternity support
• Professional subscriptions paid plus access to Leadership Academy
• Long service recognition plus contribution awards
• Envious working environment with free parking, excellent public transport links, employee discounts and on-site canteen, plus more

The Role

The role of Advanced Technician Milling will involve supporting the Subtractive Manufacturing processes from job request through to component delivery, including but not limited to:

• Supporting Manufacturing Engineers on delivering products and services
• Providing technical input into manufacturing feasibility reviews
• Machine tool programming, setting and operation.

Main Responsibilities:

The ideal candidate will be apprentice trained or have equivalent experience in:

• Producing components on a variety of CNC lathes / machining centres.
• Programming, setting and operating CNC lathes.
• Mentoring of apprentices.

The Person

Essential Skills/Qualifications/Experience

• Setting and operation of 2 & 3 axis CNC lathes
• Programming of CNC Lathes preferably on Siemens ShopTurn.
• Reading and understanding Engineering Drawings
• Fully confident with the use of measuring equipment

Desirable Skills/Qualifications/Experience

• Setting and operation of 3 & 5 axis machining centres.
• CAD / CAM knowledge / understanding

Equality, diversity, and inclusion are integral to everything that we do. We are committed to these values and they are central to our mission. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and communities, and we are more than happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments that you may require.

To apply for the position of Advanced Technician Milling, forward an up to date copy of your CV to Matthew Fielding.

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