Location: Liverpool (Speke area)
Job type: Permanent, full-time
Salary: £32,125 basic + 17% shift allowance = £37,586 per annum
Shift pattern: Rotating 3-day week (see below)
The opportunity
ABS Talent is recruiting a CNC Miller (Setter/Operator) on behalf of a well-established precision engineering manufacturer in the Liverpool area. This is a permanent role in a quality-focused machine shop, machining precision components on Fanuc-controlled vertical machining centres — with an excellent 3-day working week and strong earnings.
The role
* Setting and operating CNC vertical machining centres (Fanuc control), each with a 4th axis
* Work varies with production planning — either running 3-axis work on the machine bed, or trunnion/4th-axis work (including building up and stripping down the trunnion)
* Producing precision components to drawing specification and tight tolerances
* Tooling selection, offsets and in-process checks
* Quality inspection of your own work to required standards
* Maintaining a clean, safe and organised work area
About you
* Experience as a CNC Miller — Setter/Operator
* Confident on Fanuc controls
* Comfortable with 3-axis and 4th-axis/trunnion work
* Able to read and interpret engineering drawings
* A strong operator capable of setting would also be considered
* Reliable, quality-focused and a good team player
Shift pattern
A rotating 3-day week, 05:55–17:40 (11.75 hours per day):
* Week 1: Monday to Wednesday
* Week 2: Thursday to Saturday
Paid breaks: one 30-minute and three 15-minute breaks per shift.
What’s on offer
* £32,125 basic plus 17% shift allowance — £37,586 per annum total
* A 3-day working week — four days off every week
* 15 shift days’ holiday per year (equivalent to 25 days pro-rata), plus bank holidays (day in lieu where they fall off-shift)
* Permanent role with an established precision engineering firm
* Position available immediately
Interested? Apply with your CV and I’ll be in touch to discuss the role in more detail. All enquiries handled in confidence
Salary description
£35000.00 - £37586.00 per year