HitchinSalary - Circa 35- 40k Monday - Friday double days 6am-2pm 2pm-10pm Your new role:We are recruiting for an experienced CNC Sliding Head Machinist to join a well-established precision engineering and manufacturing business.This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled CNC machinist with experience of sliding head lathes who is comfortable setting, operating and ideally programming CNC machinery to produce high-quality precision components.Key Responsibilities and Duties:Setting and operating CNC sliding head lathesProgramming and editing CNC machines where requiredProducing precision components to engineering drawings and specificationsSelecting and setting appropriate toolingCarrying out tool changes, offsets and machine adjustmentsUsing measuring equipment including micrometres, verniers and gaugesThis is just a summed-up list, and other duties will be required.Skills and Experience required:Previous experience working as a CNC Sliding Head Machinist, Setter, Operator or ProgrammerExperience with sliding head CNC machinery such as Citizen, Star, Tornos or similarStrong CNC turning knowledgeAbility to read and interpret engineering drawingsExperience setting tooling and making machine adjustmentsGood understanding of tolerances and inspection proceduresWhat you need to do now if you''re interested in this role:Click ''apply now'' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV or call us now. If this job isn''t quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, ..... full job details .....