Senior CNC Machinist Setter
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Dunedin, New Zealand · Full-Time · $38 - $45/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Dunedin, on New Zealand's South Island, is the base for a precision engineering business recruiting Senior CNC Machinist Setters on permanent full-time terms, with both day-shift and night-shift places open. The team of about 30 machines high-mix, low-run parts for sectors such as medical and aerospace, working to demanding tolerances where repeatable quality matters.
Machines range across mill-turn, Swiss-type and multi-axis CNC, cutting technically challenging parts with complex geometries. People who work well alone, make sound decisions and take ownership of results will fit best. The company is an Accredited Employer, and sponsorship (potential immigration support) is open to exceptional candidates who closely match the skills, experience and attributes it is seeking.
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Key Responsibilities
- Set up and run complex CNC machining jobs: safely, efficiently, and to specification
- Be accountable for the quality of every part, checking it against drawings, tolerances and customer expectations
- Work from engineering drawings, process documentation and job instructions
- Pick and set the tooling, workholding, fixtures and machine parameters each job needs
- Validate first-off components and inspect parts in process with the right measuring equipment
- Monitor how machines and production flow are performing and resolve issues before they become bottlenecks
- Raise programming or process problems with the right people when required, knowing how tooling, offsets and parameters influence quality and productivity
- Run several machines at once and handle competing priorities
- Deburr and finish parts so they are customer-ready
- Guide and coach less experienced team members
- Liaise with programmers, quality staff and production leaders so delivery commitments are met
Requirements & Eligibility
- Around 10+ years as a CNC Machinist, typically
- That experience should include complex setups and tight-tolerance work
- Time on one or more of the following: mill-turn machining centres, Swiss-type lathes, or 5-axis and 3-axis machining centres
- Reads and interprets engineering drawings well
- Advanced understanding of machining processes, tooling, workholding and cutting strategies
- Skilled with precision measuring equipment, for example calipers, micrometers, bore gauges and height gauges
- Has deburred and finished precision-machined components
- CMM work (Micro-Vu and/or Hexagon) is advantageous
- Knowing CNC programming or CAM systems such as TopSolid is advantageous
- Self-motivated and independent while still a team player
- Strong problem-solving ability and a methodical way of troubleshooting
- Excellent English, written and verbal
- A relevant trade qualification is preferred
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