Own a piece of where you work: If you’re a manual turner or manual lathe machinist who wants real job security, a profit share every month, and a genuine stake in the business, this Cardiff role is worth a look.
The numbers speak for themselves: Over the last two years, the team’s profit share has averaged £5,600-£6,750 each. On top of that, the tax-free EOT bonus has been around £3,600 a year – worth roughly 20-30% more than the same money taxed.
Real security: 30 years in business. No redundancies, ever. No debt – when they buy a machine, they pay cash.
A four-and-a-bit day week: Monday to Thursday with a Friday finish around 11:30am-12pm. That’s most of Friday and every weekend back for family, the workshop at home, or whatever you enjoy.
No overtime, no clock-watching: They don’t need it. Because pay is linked to profit, people get the work out and go home – productivity jumped 15% after they became employee-owned.
Generous Annual Leave from Day One: You’ll get 24 days holiday plus 8 bank holidays from Day One. Much more than the standard 20 days that most employers offer. They want a team that works hard and is rewarded with quality time off.
What you’ll do as the Manual Lathe Machinist
You’ll work in a precision engineering workshop alongside CNC mills, CNC lathes and a bank of manual lathes, making bespoke, high‑tolerance parts to customer‑supplied drawings. Runs are small – typically one‑offs up to around 20 of a part – so no two days look the same.
- Turn high‑tolerance parts manually: Take a drawing, the material and the tooling, and produce the part – working to fine tolerances (around 0.05mm and tighter).
- Work across materials: Aluminium, stainless steel, brass and some plastics, with the odd specialist ceramic job.
- Read and interpret engineering drawings and use both mechanical and digital measuring equipment to check your work.
- Guide the junior members: At the upper end of the salary, you’ll help steer apprentices and more junior turners – sharing the best way to approach a job.
- Grow into CNC if you want to: The focus is manual turning, but if you’re interested in CNC down the line, training could be available.
Hours of work
You’ll work 39 hours Monday to Thursday plus a Friday morning, with room to flex when you start – some start at 6:30am, others at 8am.
What you’ll need to apply for the Manual Lathe Machinist
- The ability to take an engineering drawing and manually produce parts to a good, fine tolerance (around 0.05mm)
- Experience turning materials such as aluminium, stainless steel, brass or plastics, and confident use of mechanical and digital measuring devices.
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