Senior CNC Machinist Setter
Visa sponsorship
Manufacturing · Dunedin, New Zealand · Full-Time · $38 - $45/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Produce demanding precision components in a Dunedin manufacturing team of about 30 people. The high-mix, low-run work serves medical, aerospace and other sectors, using mill-turn, Swiss-type and multi-axis CNC equipment for complex geometries and tight tolerances.
Permanent full-time day and night positions are available. The Accredited Employer has potential immigration support and sponsorship for exceptional candidates who closely match its skills, experience and attribute requirements.
An English CV should identify the machines you set, your inspection methods and the precision work you take responsibility for. build a senior CNC setup and machining CV with relevant trade training and examples of troubleshooting and coaching. Distinguish machine setting from production operation, and explain how you verify parts against drawings. That gives the reader a clearer account of your responsibility for precision and repeatability. Identify where you made setup decisions, solved process problems or helped a colleague develop. The distinction between those duties and routine machine operation is useful for this senior opening.
Key Responsibilities
- Safely set and run complex CNC jobs efficiently to specification, taking ownership of part quality against drawings, tolerances and customer expectations.
- Interpret engineering drawings, process documents and job instructions and set tooling, workholding, fixtures and machine parameters.
- Validate first-off components and inspect work in process with appropriate measuring equipment.
- Watch machine behaviour and the movement of work through production, addressing issues before they hold up output.
- Escalate process or programming issues when needed, understanding the effects of tooling, offsets and parameters on quality and productivity.
- Manage multiple machines and competing priorities, deburring and finishing parts to leave the workstation customer-ready.
- Coach less experienced colleagues and work with programmers, quality staff and production leaders to meet delivery commitments.
- Help improve production methods continually and uphold good machining practice.
Requirements & Eligibility
- Typically 10+ years as a CNC Machinist, including complex setups and tight-tolerance work.
- Experience with one or more of mill-turn machining centres, Swiss-type lathes, 5-axis or 3-axis machining centres, with strong engineering drawing interpretation.
- Advanced understanding of machining processes, tooling, workholding and cutting strategies.
- Skilled with precision measuring tools such as calipers, micrometers, bore gauges and height gauges, and experienced deburring and finishing precision-machined components.
- CMM experience (Micro-Vu and/or Hexagon) advantageous; exposure to CNC programming or CAM systems such as TopSolid advantageous.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently while remaining a team player, with strong problem-solving and methodical troubleshooting.
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills; Relevant trade qualification preferred.
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