# Technical Lead - CNC

**Company**: McLaren Automotive
**Location**: Sheffield
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Automotive
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1351854

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## Description

As a Technical Lead, you will carry out CNC machining activities within the Tooling team, with primary responsibility for machining patterns for composite tooling and producing carbon and other on-site tools.

Your responsibilities will include:

- Machine patterns for composite tooling to CAD tolerances and required surface finishes.

- Operate, set up and programme CNC milling machines (5-axis experience desirable) and provide practical support for machine setups, fixturing, tooling selection and process optimisation.

- Participate in the manufacture and assembly of carbon tools and other on-site tooling as required.

- Work closely with other Technical Leads, the Tooling Designer and the Senior Tooling Engineer to resolve technical issues and implement process improvements.

- Take part in Practical Problem-Solving (PPS) or equivalent structured problem-solving activities to address tooling quality or process issues.

- Maintain and update tooling process documentation, including standard operating procedures, work instructions and product standards specific to tooling manufacture.

- Provide clear updates on work progress, technical findings and relevant KPIs to the Senior Tooling Engineer and other stakeholders.

You will need:

- Proven, hands-on experience running and setting up CNC milling machines.

- CNC programming experience and proficiency with at least one CAM package is desirable.

- Experience of machining patterns for composites and/or machining for composite tooling is highly desirable.

- Practical experience in producing carbon tools or composite tooling assemblies is advantageous.

- Solid understanding of machining techniques, fixturing, tooling selection and surface finish control.

- Competence in collecting and analysing process data and establishing relevant data-collection systems.

- Familiarity with structured change management systems.

- Good IT proficiency and ability to present technical information clearly.

We offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

- Structured career development framework

- 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday

- Enhanced company pension scheme

- Discretionary annual bonus award

- Private medical insurance and health cash plan

- Life assurance benefit

- Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service

- Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

- Generous parental leave policies

- A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

## Skills

### Required
- CNC milling
- CAM programming
- machining
- composite tooling
- problem-solving

### Nice to have
- 5-axis machining
- CNC programming
- carbon tooling

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