CNC Operator

**Company Description**
John Crane, a business of Smiths Group, is a global leader in mission-critical flow control solutions for energy and process industries that enable efficient and sustainable operations. Our products include mechanical seals and systems, couplings, bearings, filtration systems, and predictive digital monitoring technologies.

We have a global network of more than 200 sites in over 50 countries and employ more than 6,000 people worldwide. We partner with our customers to help them keep their operations safe, reduce downtime, improve efficiency, and meet the latest environmental standards.

John Crane is part of Smiths Group. For over 170 years, Smiths has been pioneering progress by engineering for a better future. We serve millions of people every year, helping to create a safer, more efficient, productive, and better-connected world across four global markets: energy, security & defence, space & aerospace, and general industrial. Listed on the London Stock Exchange, Smiths employs approximately 16,000 colleagues in over 50 countries.
- Program, Set-up and Run various machine tools on a CNC turn and/or lathe machine (Mazatrol Fanuk and Heiden Heim).
- Position and secure tools and tool holders to the tool heads.
- Ensure all relevant drawings, procedures, and instructions are to the latest revisions, prior to work commencing.
- Operating the machine safely and competently per the manufacturer’s operating instructions and ensuring good safety and housekeeping.
- Ensure all components produced meet specifications using appropriate measuring equipment such as (Micrometers, Vernier, Height Gauges, Bore Gauges and etc).
- Must be able to select suitable tools and inserts, and cutters.
- Will be required to work within very close tolerances and be able to work in a production setting to meet ongoing production quotas.
- Read drawings, job orders, tooling instructions, or standard charts to determine specification procedures.
- Perform routine machine maintenance.
- Monitor tool wear, change tools and inserts as required.
- Good work ethics and flexibility to work overtime and shifts as required.
- Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment, meet deadlines, and stand for long periods.
- Must be able to contribute to continuous improvement techniques to improve output, quality, cost, and delivery.
- To avoid rejection and maintain the quality of production.
- Any other duties as may be reasonably required of you by your Manager.
- Interpreting Technical Drawings and Specifications.
- Setting up and operating machine tools (both manual and CNC).
- Troubleshooting issues
- Collaborating within a team.
- Ensuring a safe work environment.

**Qualifications**
- Red Seal Fitter and Turner
- CNC Operating certificate.
- 5 Years relevant experience

**Additional Information**

Across our company, we recognize excellence, culminating in the Smiths Excellence Awards, our annual celebration of the most extraordinary activities, people, and projects that best showcase our strengths and help drive our business forward. We announce these on our annual Smiths Day, a global celebration of Smiths around our network.

Join us for a great career with competitive compensation and benefits, while helping engineer a better future.

We believe that different perspectives and backgrounds are what make a company flourish. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, economic status, disability, age, or any other legally protected characteristics. We are proud to be an inclusive company with values grounded in equality and ethics, where we celebrate, support, and embrace diversity.