Job Description

OTE 37,720.80 -39,000.80 per year
Guaranteed basic starting salary 37,720.80 per annum.
Permanent role, ongoing progression encouraged with associated skill structure pay increases, overtime at enhanced rates, plus additional standard monthly bonuses paid each month.
Introduction:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a CNC Engineering Technician to join our growing friendly team at Niftylift. The role is based at our state of art manufacturing facility in Hoyland, Barnsley.
We offer competitive pay rates, excellent working conditions, overtime premiums, business performance bonus, 25 days holiday which increases with service (plus bank holidays), healthcare & benefits scheme, 5% contributory pension, death in service / life insurance, profit related bonus scheme, and subsidised refreshments (lunch and drinks).
Niftylift Limited is one of the world's leading privately owned designers and manufacturers of mobile elevated work platforms. Our customer base is global, with products sold and locally supported in over 40 different countries. This success is comprehensively supported by a team of over 400 full time members of staff across our three UK centres of excellence sites in the UK.
The CNC Automation Technician Role requires team players to provide technical support for Production CNC and Automated processes and systems to ensure continuity of Production output. The role will primarily be shopfloor based to enable quicker reaction to issues and to improve feedback between all stakeholders.
Responsibilities and Duties:

• Provide Technical support to Production to ensure CNC Machines operate effectively, responsible for optimising functionality and ensuring equipment is maintained to correct standards.
• Control programme back up systems, make corrections and record reasons for changes to maintain historical records and references.
• Carry out and create recovery procedures when functionality errors occur, ensuring all reasons are recorded for further investigation and future mitigation of errors.
• Liaise with tooling/equipment suppliers for persistent performance concerns or functionality issues, recording outcomes and any changes made to the equipment/ tooling.
• Carry out basic maintenance of the equipment to maintain functionality and optimised up time of the equipment.
• Control shopfloor spares to ensure the production technicians have the correct consumables and availability of consumables and essential basic spares.
• Conduct audits on operator TPM's to ensure the correct level of equipment care is being carried out to prolong the life cycle of the equipment and ensure product quality is maintained.
• Liaise with Production Engineers to ensure Standard Operating Procedures, TPM instructions, Risk Assessments and Training records are maintained to the correct standard
• Where machines are running at current optimum levels, review each process and evaluate for 7 wastes and continuously improve OEE.
• Assist Quality Engineers where required to support non-conformance investigations
• Support the NPI Team with new part or Engineering Change validation for CNC Machining
• CNC ISO programming online and offline to support new parts, engineering changes and process improvements.
• Macro programming and maintenance of existing macros within a suite of Renishaw programs.

Experience:

• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a similar field
• Experience of operating, programming, and recovery systems for CNC Machining Centres
• Fully conversant with machine tools optimisation of feeds and speeds, types of material and coolant specification for Health & Safety and Environmental requirements
• CNC ISO programming on Fanuc operating systems
• Renishaw programming

Working Hours & Salary:

• Hours will be 07:30 16:30 Monday Thursday & 07:30 13:30 Friday (40 hours per week)

Guaranteed basic starting salary 17.01 x 40 hours per week plus guaranteed minimum 45 per week bonus 37,720.80 per annum plus overtime paid at premium rates outlined below:
Level A Overtime paid at premium rate of 25.52 per hour (i.e. x 1.5).
Level B Overtime paid at premium rate of 34.02 per hour (i.e. x 2.0).
Monthly bonus aligned to business performance that equates to total bonus payments of 280 350 per month on average guaranteed minimum 45 per week. (for reference only).
Pay &Benefits:

• Annual bonus (for indication only) based on recent average 500 per annum.
• 25 days holiday (increases with service, up to 30 days), plus bank holidays.
• Staff discounts
• Free onsite parking
• Subsidised refreshments.
• Free family events
• Health cover scheme for dental, optical etc. (Additional Membership available for Partners, paid for by employee. Kids membership included for free)
• 5% contributory pension
• Life insurance scheme
• Company events
• Cycle to work scheme
• Referral Programme

If you meet the above criteria, please apply online today!

Skills Required