Job Title: CMM Technician / Engineer
Location: Bristol
Salary: £35,000 – £42,000 p.a. (dependent on experience)
Working Hours: Full-time
Benefits: Comprehensive competitive benefits package
About the Role
This role provides facility-based metrology and inspection support, ensuring customer components and equipment are programmed, measured, and verified safely, accurately, and in accordance with authorized competence, approved procedures, and ISO/IEC 17025 quality requirements. You will deliver a professional, technically competent service using CMM and dimensional metrology systems, operating with the autonomy expected at either Technician or Engineer level while maintaining strong direct interaction with clients.
Key Responsibilities
- CMM Programming & Metrology: Develop, modify, validate, and optimize CMM measurement programs, datum structures, fixturing, and probing methodologies (e.g., PC-DMIS, MCOSMOS, MODUS).
- Inspection & Quality Control: Perform high-precision dimensional inspections using CMMs, portable metrology systems, laser scanners, and CAD models against complex engineering drawings and GD&T requirements.
- Customer Interaction & Support: Maintain strong direct communication with customers to clarify technical specifications, explain measurement results, and discuss inspection outcomes.
- Quality & Compliance: Execute work within ISO/IEC 17025 and UKAS-accredited environments. Maintain measurement traceability, prepare inspection reports and calibration certificates, manage non-conformities, and support internal/UKAS audits.
- Data Analysis & Continuous Improvement: Evaluate measurement capability, uncertainty, and dimensional trends to support root-cause investigations. Drive first-time-right principles, procedure development, and efficiency improvements.
- Team Guidance: Provide technical mentoring, guidance, and coaching to Calibration Technicians, Operators, and Apprentices.
Candidate Requirements
Qualifications: HNC / HND / NVQ Level 4 or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Metrology (or recognized Engineering Apprenticeship). Certifications in PC-DMIS/MCOSMOS/MODUS or ISO GPS/GD&T are desirable.
Experience: Minimum 3 years’ experience in precision dimensional metrology or inspection, with a proven track record of developing CMM programs. Background working in an ISO/IEC 17025 accredited environment is essential. Experience in Aerospace, Defence, Automotive, or Medical sectors is advantageous.
Skills: Expert knowledge of engineering drawings and GD&T (BS EN ISO 1101 / ASME Y14.5). Excellent verbal and written communication skills for customer-facing technical discussions. Familiarity with FAIR/PPAP processes and ERP/calibration software (e.g., IndySoft, MetCal) is desirable.
Workplace Focus: High attention to detail, evidence-based decision-making, and strong technical judgment with a collaborative, customer-focused approach.
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