Press Brake Programmer Operator
| Posting date: | 15 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,000 to £43,000 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 January 2026 |
| Location: | Ilkley, West Yorkshire, ls298ah |
| Company: | Travail Employment Group |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | JO0000016618_1765799819 |
Summary
Press Brake Programmer Operator
£31-43k
Skilled Press Brake programmer & Operator required in a busy engineering environment.
You will be responsible for producing a range of sheet metal parts both standard and bespoke working to precision standards.
The role:
- Programming and operating Bystronic Press Brake
- Working on one offs, small and large batches
- Reading and working to drawings
- Calculating of materials and bend tolerances
- Setting up tooling and materials
- Selection and creation of programs, making small programming changes and full programming for one offs
- Quality checking of produced parts
- Working to production deadlines
The Person;
- A highly confident Press Brake programmer & operator who has previously worked with Bystronic, Trumpf, Amada or LVD
- You must have previous experience of setting and operating and ideally some programming.
- Have the ability to read and interpret drawings
- Be familiar with different materials and have worked to precision tolerances
- Have a keen eye for details
- Be able to work in a targeted production environment
- Min level 2, ideally level 3 qualified in metal fabrication / engineering or equivalent
The company & benefits
This company design and manufacture mechanical and special purpose products. The work will be varied and challenging.
You would work fixed shifts and there are 2 shifts available:
Early shift 6am-2:15pm M-F, £17.31- £19.78 (DOE)& inclusive of 10% shift allowance
Late shift 2:15pm-12.30am M-W 2:15pm-12am Thur - £19.78 - 22.48 (DOE) &inclusive of 25% shift allowance
25 days holiday plus BH's (close over Xmas)
4% pension, rising to 6% employer after 12 months
Death in service x 3 if in the pension or capped at 10k
Call Yasemin at Travail for an immediate interview on 01423 530138
Travail Employment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
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