Lead Quality Inspector

Are you an experienced Lead Quality Inspector ready to take on a leadership role? Would you like the opportunity to shape a high-performing team in a global manufacturing organisation?

This is a hands-on leadership role at a leading manufacturing site in Lincolnshire, where you'll supervise and support a team of 6–8 inspectors. With a strong reputation for high-precision components and global operations, the business is looking for a confident and skilled Lead Inspector to support process improvements and work closely with Engineering to resolve quality-related issues. You’ll also be involved in developing and adjusting CMM programs, ensuring high standards are maintained throughout the inspection process.

What You’ll Be Doing: Lead Quality Inspector

• Leading a small team within the inspection department, reporting directly to the Head of Quality Control.
  
  
• Supporting technical discussions with Process and Manufacturing Engineering teams.
  
  
• Troubleshooting inspection challenges and advising machine operators on measurement and drawing interpretation.
  
  
• Using and programming CMM machines (Mitutoyo – MCosmos; Zeiss – Calypso).
  
  
• Interpreting complex engineering drawings with GD&T, using both imperial and metric units.
  
  
• Operating manual inspection equipment and understanding machining processes like turning, milling, and grinding.
  
  
• Taking a leading role in team development, training, and succession planning.
  
  
• Driving the department’s return to a “centre of excellence” for inspection.
  
  What You’ll Need: Lead Quality Inspector
  
  
• A strong inspection background with at least 5 years' experience, ideally coming through an apprenticeship, HNC or HND route.
  
  
• Proven ability to program and operate CMMs (Mitutoyo essential, Zeiss desirable).
  
  
• Deep understanding of engineering drawings, tolerances, and metrology principles (including submicron measurement).
  
  
• Experience working within precision engineering, ideally aerospace or similar.
  
  
• Confident leadership and communication skills with the ability to mentor and train others
  
  Why Join as a Lead Quality Inspector?
  
  This is more than a supervisory role. It's a chance to shape, lead and grow the department and support the development of more junior members of the team. You’ll work in a high-precision environment with the backing of a global organisation — and the freedom to make the department your own.
  
  You’ll also benefit from:
  
  
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays
  
  
• Company pension scheme (5% employer contribution)
  
  
• Subsidised healthcare and personal accident cover
  
  
• Bike to Work scheme, subsidised on-site canteen and free on-site parking
  
  If you're a dynamic Lead Quality Inspector who is looking for a chance to shape and develop a department, with a growing manufacturing organisation, please get in touch