CNC Grinder in Milton

Dover Precision Components delivers performance-critical solutions for rotating and reciprocating machinery across the oil & gas, power generation, marine, industrial, chemical, and general processing markets. Our portfolio includes hydrodynamic bearings, active magnetic bearings, system and bearing protection, and reciprocating compressor valves, sealing technologies, pistons, rods and more. Each solution is custom engineered to provide optimum efficiency, reliability, and productivity, and backed by comprehensive aftermarket services. Dover Precision Components serves its global customer base through facilities in North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as technical sales representatives around the world.

Working for Waukesha Bearings, a part of Dover Precision Components, as a Skilled CNC Operator you will be part of a fully integrated Computer Aided Manufacturing facility, utilising CNC machining centres for turning, milling and grinding operations to produce customised designs from a variety of steel grades, copper, brass, aluminium and bronze. The facility has a broad range of multi-axis machine tools - lathes, mills, grinders and associated equipment. The workload being a high-mix of customised fluid-film bearings, seals and isolators with typical applications in turbo and industrial machinery, where we are supplying customers throughout Europe and further afield.

Annual Salaries: 37 hour working week, Monday to Friday. Permanent Employment Contracts. £44,919.62 for rotating shift pattern of 2 weeks on early (6am) and then 2 weeks on backshift (2pm) OR; £52,452.37 for working on night shift. *These rates are inclusive of shift premium. Additional benefits include productivity bonuses, employer pension contributions up to 13%, life insurance and 25 days holiday. Plus, attractive overtime rates.

What You Will Do:

• Read process sheets, blueprints and sketches of part to determine machining to be done, dimensional specifications, set up and operating requirements.
• Locate and download programs from a DNC storage system.
• Interpret work instructions, identify, select and install proper tooling for operations being performed.
• Calculate proper feeds and speeds for a variety of steel grades, copper, brass, aluminium and bronze.
• Read, understand, edit or write complete programs.
• Intuitively understand capabilities of tooling and machinery.
• Understand applicable quality systems and perform necessary quality inspections.
• Apply principles of Lean Manufacturing to reduce setup times and improve productivity.
• Visually inspect final components.
• Perform boxing of parts to include cleaning, oiling, wrapping and boxing the final product for shipment.
• Perform cleaning, fitting, filing, tapping, reaming, blending, polishing and aligning to ensure free action of movable parts and operating requirements.
• Use precision measuring instruments and gauging devices and perform various quality inspection type procedures to include dimensional verification.
• Properly identify components after assembly/manufacture.

Required profile:

• Time-served apprenticeship in a machining discipline or SVQ/NVQ level 3 or HNC in Mechanical Engineering.
• A minimum of 5 years experience operating CNC machine tools within a lean-manufacturing work environment.
• Established experience operating Rotary Table Grinder, CNC Table Grinder or 5 Axis CNC Grinders.
• Experience working with machine control systems such as Fanuc, Mazak, Heidenhain or Haas.
• Proven ability to hold tight machining tolerances of less than .0025mm.
• Experienced with precision inspection equipment including, but not limited to, micrometres, callipers, height gauges and bore gauges.
• Ideally with experience in the power generation, oil & gas, aerospace or similar environment.

What we offer:

Dover Precision Components delivers products and services that enhance performance, improve safety, reduce carbon emissions, and accelerate clean energy adoption, through collaborative customer relationships, expert engineering, and an innovative culture. Our strong Company portfolio is comprised of long products and services offered under Cook Compression, Cook Mechanical Field Services, Waukesha Bearings, Waukesha Magnetic Bearings, Inpro/Seal, Bearings Plus, and FW Murphy Production Controls. Our global footprint reaches more than twelve locations in the Americas and more than six locations in Europe and China.

We are diligent in recognizing our employees' needs and providing an enriching experience through professional developmental opportunities. Our authentic, collaborative company culture, combined with a competitive suite of health and welfare offerings, emulates who we are.

If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, please let us know. Likewise, if you are limited in the ability to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, we will determine an alternate way for you to apply.