Applications Engineer - Team Leader
hace 19 horas
Sheffield
The Company Our client is a global precision manufacturer operating within highly regulated industries, with a strong UK presence. The Sheffield facility is a certified, high-specification machining and engineering site, producing complex components in titanium, nickel alloys, cobalt chrome, and stainless steel to exacting tolerances. The Role We are seeking an experienced Applications Engineer Team Leader to join the Sheffield programming function. This is a dual-responsibility position: you will be a hands-on CNC programmer working primarily in Mastercam and Siemens NX, whilst providing direct leadership to a team of CNC and CMM programmers. This is not a step away from the tools. Our client needs a technically accomplished practitioner who can programme complex, high-value components to production standard and simultaneously lead, develop, and support the team around them. Key Responsibilities • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of five CNC and CMM programmers, including workload allocation, technical guidance, and performance development, • Produce multi-axis CNC part programmes using Mastercam as the primary CAM platform, • Generate CNC programmes in Siemens NX across a defined portion of the component portfolio, • Review, approve, and prove-out programmes prior to release to the shop floor, • Oversee CMM programming activity within the team, ensuring dimensional inspection is correctly aligned with machining output, • Drive continuous improvement in programming efficiency, cycle times, and tooling strategies, • Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, and Production Planning to ensure programme delivery against manufacturing schedules, • Act as the primary technical escalation point for programming-related queries across the site What We Are Looking For • Proven expertise in Mastercam CNC programming, ideally to multi-axis level, in a production engineering environment, • Working knowledge of Siemens NX for CNC programming to a production-ready standard, • A background in precision engineering or similarly regulated manufacturing environments, • Familiarity with CMM programming and the relationship between machining strategy and dimensional inspection, • Experience leading or supervising a technical team, whether formally or informally, • A methodical approach to programme release and first-off approval, consistent with working within a certified quality management system, • Strong communication skills and the ability to operate confidently across engineering, quality, and production functions