CNC Machinist

Join Pentaxia - A Leading Advanced Composite Manufacturer

Pentaxia, a family-owned business founded in 2008, is on an exciting growth journey to become the UK's top provider of advanced composite solutions. We specialise in carbon fibre tooling and components, serving diverse industries such as aerospace, defence, automotive, motorsport, and space.

What We Offer:

• Comprehensive turnkey build-to-print services, including tooling design, 5-axis CNC machining, composite mould making, component production, painting, and lacquering.
• Collaboration with renowned blue-chip companies worldwide.
• A commitment to building long-term, trusting relationships with our clients, backed by our reputation for on-time, high-quality manufacturing.

Our Vision: To be the preferred composite partner for the world's leading engineering organisations.

Why Pentaxia?

• Continuous investment in R&D, people, and facilities to drive innovation and growth.
• A spacious 70,000 sqft facility on a seven-acre site, with room for expansion.
• A culture of excellence: "Be the best you can today, be better tomorrow."

Join us and be part of a dynamic team at the forefront of UK manufacturing.

Job Summary:
As a CNC Machinist at Pentaxia, you will play a crucial role in our production process and be a key member of our machine shop team, actively involved in creating, developing, and proving out CNC programs. You'll have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge machinery, including 3 CMS machines (one with MSP probing capability), 2 HAAS 3-axis, and 1 HAAS 5-axis UMC100SS (metallics).

We take pride in our production organisation, with a focus on performance development, efficiency, and creating a foundation for growth. We believe in internal staff progression and offer role succession planning to support our team's career advancement.

This is a full-time position, hourly paid with competitive pay and available overtime.

What we are looking for and your key responsibilities:

• Ability to operate and set CNC machines.
• Ability to prove out programmes at the machine.
• Ability to work at fast pace.
• Experience with working Fanuc and milling.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• High self-motivation, determination to succeed and demonstrate a superior work ethic.
• An ability to work effectively as a team across all departments.
• The ability to undertake structured work with consistent attention to detail.
• Familiarity with interpreting technical drawings

Working Hours:

Permanent Days:

• Monday to Thursday 7:30 – 16:00, Friday 7:30-12:30 (37 hours) - up to £15.36 P/H - dependant on experience

Split Shifts:

• Mornings: Monday to Thursday 06:30-15:00, Friday 6:30-11:30
• Afternoons: Monday to Thursday 15:00-23:30, Friday 11:30-16:30

2 weeks on – 2 weeks off (37 hours) - up to £18.41 P/H - dependant on experience (inclusive of shift premium)

We're looking for CNC Machinists who possess a drive to get things done efficiently and accurately, a positive attitude, and excellent team player skills.

Package:

• 25 days holiday per year plus statutory bank holidays, opportunity to earn up to 28 days holiday with service.
• On-site free parking.
• Large & clean refurbished facilities.
• Access to Bike to Work Scheme, Health Cash Plan, Financial, Health & Wellness Programmes.
• Employee discounts at various known high street brands, savings on travel, motor, food shop, cinema.
• Auto enrolment from day 1 into Company Pension Scheme.
• Early Friday finish.
• Long service awards.
• Enhanced maternity leave with qualifying service.
• Enhanced paternity leave with qualifying service.
• Referral programme.
• Overtime paid at competitive rate for weekdays & weekends.
• Working with passionate, friendly, and fun people!

If you have proven experience as a CNC Setter/Operator and a first-class understanding of CNC machine operation in a manufacturing environment, along with the ability to read and interpret mechanical documents and drawings, we want to hear from you!

If you are applying for this role and have had someone from Pentaxia refer you for the vacancy, please state the employees name on your application form.

VISA SPONSORSHIP:

Please note that at this time, we do not hold a sponsorship license. Therefore, we are unable to consider candidates who do not possess the legal right to work in the UK for our current vacancies. We appreciate your understanding and encourage applications from individuals who have the right to work in the UK with a settled status.

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES:

Any unsolicited CV’s will be sent at the recruitment agency’s own risk and will be interpreted as ‘gifts’ and we have no liability to you for any fee or otherwise. We reserve the right to engage with candidates directly having not, in any way, entered into your terms and conditions for this vacancy. By submitting an unsolicited CV to us, or to any member of our staff, you accept these terms as the default position. If we require your assistance with any vacancy we will contact you.