CNC Team Leader

CNC Team Leader – Heavy Engineering

Location: North Yorkshire
Salary: £37,000 – £45,000 + Overtime (1.5x) + Company Bonus

About the Role

We are recruiting for an experienced CNC Team Leader to join a leading heavy engineering manufacturer. This is an excellent opportunity to lead a skilled machining team within a modern, well-invested production facility serving high-integrity industries including Marine Defence, Subsea Energy and Nuclear.

Key Responsibilities

* Shift Leadership: Coordinate shift activities, allocate work to skilled machinists, and ensure smooth shift handovers.

* Hands-On Technical Support: Assist operators with complex setups, fixture alignments, prove-outs, and G-code edits at the machine controls.

* Mentorship: Support junior machinists and apprentices, maintaining high standards of workmanship and continuous development.

* Health & Safety / Quality: Promote safe working practices, oversee heavy lifting and rigging operations using overhead gantry cranes, and ensure compliance with ISO 9001 quality standards.

* Troubleshooting: Act as the primary shop-floor contact for production issues, working closely with Inspection and Production Control to resolve bottlenecks.

Required Skills & Experience

* Time-served apprenticeship (NVQ Level 3 / ONC in Mechanical Engineering or Machining).

* Proven experience setting, operating or programming Horizontal Boring Mills (HBMs) or Vertical Turning Lathes (VTLs).

* Experience with Fanuc, Heidenhain, Siemens or Hartrol control systems.

* Competent in overhead gantry crane operations and heavy engineering environments.

* Strong leadership, communication and decision-making skills with the ability to motivate and support a machining team.

What's on Offer

* Salary: £37,000 – £45,000 depending on experience.

* Enhanced overtime paid at 1.5x.

* Company bonus scheme.

* Modern, continuously invested heavy machining facility.

* Long-term job security supported by multi-year defence and energy contracts.

* Company pension scheme.

* Life assurance.

* Excellent workshop facilities and working environment.

If you are interested please get in touch for more information