Location: Stoke Mandeville, Aylesbury, Bucks

Salary: £30-£35p/h

About Us:

Gibbs Gears is an innovative, state-of-the-art precision engineering company specialising in the design and manufacture of high-quality gears, shafts, transmission, and complex CNC machined parts for industries like aerospace, motorsport, and advanced technologies.

We are seeking an experienced CNC Setter / Operator to run a Nakamura JX-200 multitasking turn-mill centre on a late shift.

This role is suited to someone with strong experience in multi-axis turning centres who is comfortable setting, troubleshooting and running complex components in a precision engineering environment.

Responsibilities

• Setting and operating a Nakamura JX-200 multitasking turn-mill machine
• Setting tool offsets and wear offsets
• Proving out jobs and optimising cycle times
• Troubleshooting machining or program issues
• Monitoring tool wear and maintaining machining quality
• Running production parts to tight tolerances
• Working from engineering drawings

Candidate Requirements

• Experience setting and operating multitasking CNC lathes
• Strong turning background with mill-turn / multi-axis machines
• Ability to set tools, offsets and run jobs independently
• Experience with Fanuc-type controls (or similar)
• Ability to troubleshoot machining issues

Highly Desirable

Experience with machines such as:

• Mazak Integrex i-200
• DMG Mori NTX
• Experienced mill-turn / multitasking lathe engineers, or
• Skilled CNC turners who want to develop into advanced multi-axis machining

What We Offer

We believe great engineers should work in a great environment. Alongside top industry rates, we provide a supportive workplace with modern equipment, development opportunities and a strong team culture.

Salary & Benefits

• £30 – £35 per hour depending on experience
• Overtime paid at enhanced rates
• NEST Pension Scheme: 5% employee / 3% employer contribution
• Option to join a private pension scheme
• 28 days annual leave including bank holidays
• Online GP access
• Mental health and wellbeing support
• Cost-of-living support
• Retail, travel and entertainment discounts
• Structured Training Passport programme
• Internal and external training opportunities
• Opportunities to develop skills on advanced multi-axis and multitasking CNC machines
• Regular team lunches, socials and BBQs
• Company events and occasional corporate trips
• Birthday and work anniversary celebrations
• Free on-site parking
• Complimentary refreshments
• Company uniform and workwear provided (professionally laundered weekly)
• Work with state-of-the-art CNC technology and equipment