Laser CAD / CAM Engineer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a CAD / CAM Engineer required for a sheet metal fabrication company based in Haverhill. This is an excellent opportunity and the role could potentially grow into more of a team leader / manager position. The successful candidate will have previous experience in a similar role and will match the requirements below.

• Producing and developing 3D CAD models (Solidedge, fully dimensioned production drawings and the CAM programs for the machine centres. You will also be required to create route cards and bills of materials for the shop floor and purchasing department and keep drawing records and libraries up to date.
• Sales & Project Management support - various (e.g. estimating / order processing / approval drawings / 3D renders / site visits and surveys / etc).
• Liaison with customers sales and production teams and suppliers on specific job requirements such as technical queries, prototype design and drawing approval.
• Work with the CAD/CAM team creating 3D models, approval and production drawings and Laser/Punch/Press CAM programs in a timely manner to meet the requirements of the production schedule and client (Using Trumpf / Trutops / Boost)
• Preparation of customer job folders including drawings, route cards, bill of materials, CAM programs, check lists and identification labels (and amendments to any of these documents as required). Ensure job instructions are clear, concise, accurate and sufficient to eliminate delays and quality issues and include target times for each operation. Where laser operation times, material utilisation or material cost differ to those quoted by 20% or more, make sure the sales team are made aware.
• Provide proactive design and value engineering input and determine the most appropriate design and manufacturing methods requesting input from other team members as appropriate (e.g. complex, new, unusual jobs).
• Ensure that procedures and improvement opportunities are documented and followed (e.g. drawing office management, computerised production control system, drawing improvements, etc).

• At least three years' experience in industry of 3D CAD modelling software, including 2D, 3D modelling and 2D drafting.
• Ideally previous experience of CAM programming.

• Salary dependent on experience and can be discussed on the phone.

• 9-5 Monday to Thursday & 7-3 on a Friday, with half hour unpaid lunch, (37.5 hours) however as you can see within the Job Specification this role will require additional hours over and above this.
• Holiday allowance is 20 days in the 1st year and then 25 days in the following years.
• Death in Service
• Company Pension Auto enrolment 5% of wage them 3% of wage company
• 5-year length of service awards 3% of discretion
• Profit share / if profit is discretion
• Birthday cards with Amazon voucher dependant on Birthday age
• Can work extra hours as the job demands, which could be up to 45 hours per week (overtime is paid at time and a half beyond half hour each day), including site visits & surveys.

Bennett and Game Recruitment are a multi-disciplined technical recruitment agency based in Chichester, West Sussex operating across the UK with specialist teams covering a range of industries.

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