CNC Turner

Location: Wellingborough
Salary: Not specified
Job Type: Perm
Sector: Engineering & Manufacturing
Date Posted: 15 September 2026
Reference: 55613

About The Role

The One Group

CNC Turner / CNC Machinist

Monday to Friday (Early finish Friday)

If you’re an experienced CNC Turner / CNC Machinist and looking to join a growing SME supplying precision-engineered components into the Aerospace, Defence, and Motorsport industries.

Your expertise and attention to detail will directly contribute to the quality and success of our projects.

You will be responsible for setting and operating CNC turning machines, ensuring components are manufactured accurately and to the highest quality standards. The role will involve preparing materials and tooling, operating Mazak machinery, carrying out in-process inspections, and making programme adjustments when required. Strong technical ability, quality awareness, and a commitment to meeting production targets are essential.

Responsibilities

  • Set and operate Mazak CNC turning machines, including managing Fanuc controls and making programme edits or adjustments to suit tooling, materials, and machining requirements.

  • Read and interpret technical drawings, specifications, and manufacturing instructions to produce accurate precision components.

  • Carry out in-process inspections using precision measuring equipment, complete route cards, and submit parts for quality checks.

  • Perform basic machine maintenance, cleaning, deburring, and support continuous improvement activities within the team.

Requirements

  • Time-served CNC apprenticeship or equivalent experience, ideally with 5+ years’ experience in a precision manufacturing environment.

  • Experience with CNC turning, online/offline programming, and modifying programmes to compensate for tooling, material, or machine conditions.

  • Strong attention to detail with the ability to read technical drawings and use a range of precision measuring equipment.

  • Reliable team player with good written and verbal communication skills, strong PC literacy, and the ability to work effectively under pressure to meet deadlines.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a skilled engineering team working on high-quality precision components for leading industries. You will be part of a supportive SME environment where craftsmanship, continuous improvement, and technical expertise are valued.

If you’d like to know more, click apply and Dan Bucciero will be in touch!

To apply for this job email your details to dbucciero@theonegroup.co.uk

About The ONE Group

The ONE Group is a specialist recruitment consultancy with offices in Cambridge, Peterborough, Northampton, and Hertfordshire.

We recruit across Technology, Engineering & Manufacturing, Scientific, Sales, and Marketing, with consultants who specialise in their sector rather than trying to cover everything. This focused approach allows us to provide deeper market knowledge, stronger networks, and better hiring outcomes for both clients and candidates.

Our expertise spans permanent, contract, and senior-level appointments. Most importantly, the majority of our business comes from repeat clients and referrals, reflecting the long-term relationships we build and the trust we earn through consistently delivering results.

What Happens Next

1

One of our consultants will review your application within one working day.

2

If your experience looks like a fit, we'll be in touch for a quick conversation to understand what you're looking for.

3

From there, we'll talk you through the role properly, prepare you for interview, and stay alongside you through to your start date.

4

Whatever happens with this role, we'll keep your details on file, with your permission, so we can flag other opportunities that suit you.

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THE ONE GROUP

Where we're from,
and how we got here

Twenty years of specialist recruitment in the East – and a lot of small decisions that added up.

TOG started in Peterborough in 2004 with a small team and a simple idea: that recruitment is a people business, done best by specialists who stay in their sector long enough to know it properly.

More than two decades on, we've grown into four offices across the East of England and Home Counties. We recruit for finance leaders, HR directors, engineering managers, tech founders, scientists, and the commercial teams that keep businesses running day to day. Between us, we've built up over 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of more than 150,000 candidates we've placed, coached, or come to know across two decades in the region.

The founding principle hasn't changed. Recruitment as it should be.

OUR STORY

Key events timeline

2004

Doors open in Peterborough.

Our first office launches with a team of six on Lynch Wood. Cambridge follows the same year, giving us two offices before our first anniversary.

2015

Northampton makes it three.

Our third office opens with a team of five, quickly growing to eleven consultants covering the wider Midlands region.

2017

Peterborough moves across the road.

The team has outgrown the founding office. We move into Arena House on Lynch Wood, big enough for a growing consultant base and the back-office team that supports the whole group.

2018

Cambridge moves too.

Our second office relocates to Cambourne Business Park, giving the growing Cambridge team the space it now needs.

2023

Four offices, three counties, one very good year.

The Hertfordshire & Essex office opens in Potters Bar, extending our footprint into the Home Counties.

In the same year, we're named Business of the Year in Northamptonshire, and Employer of the Year in both Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire at the regional SME Business Awards. Three counties, three panels.

TODAY

Still growing.

Four offices, more than 258 years of collective recruitment experience across our specialist divisions, and a network of over 150,000 candidates.

Same founding principle.

SPECIALISTS BY DESIGN

What we do

We're specialists, not generalists. Every consultant at TOG focuses on one sector and stays in it. Not because it's the only way to do recruitment, but because it's how you build the depth to spot the difference between a strong CV and a strong hire.

It's also why so many of our clients come back to us years, even decades, after a first placement.

01
Accountancy & Finance
→
 02
Human Resources
→
 03
Commercial Office
Administration, customer service, project management and more
→
 04
Technology
→
 05
Engineering & Manufacturing
→
 06
Scientific
→
 07
Sales, Marketing & Creative
→
 08
Executive Search
Across all of the above
→

Beyond the recruitment itself, we produce annual salary guides, regional market reports, and the practical resources our clients and candidates turn to when they want a clearer view of what's happening in their sector.

THE WAY WE WORK

How we work

Four principles show up in every conversation and every process.
01

Be curious.

We stay interested in the market we work in, and in the people who work in it.

02

Keep it human.

We remember your kids' names and know how you take your coffee. That's just how we work here.

03

Make a difference.

We're here to help people build careers they love and businesses they're proud of.

04

Enjoy the ride.

Recruitment is a career, but it should be fun too. If it isn't, we've done something wrong.

WHAT COMES NEXT?

Recruitment
as it should be.

Hire with TOG → Looking for a role →
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