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Quality Control Inspector (Nights)

Harold Wood
3 days ago
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About the opportunity:

We are the internal recruitment partner for our client, a global organisation offering excellence in manufacturing solutions for the aerospace market.

 Are you passionate about precision, quality, and aerospace engineering? Do you thrive in a dynamic manufacturing environment where attention to detail is everything?

 We're on a mission to deliver excellence and we need a dedicated Quality Control Inspector to help us ensure our products meet the highest standards.

Responsibilities:

Verifying the conformity of aerospace parts, assemblies, and sub-assemblies to engineering drawings and customer requirements
Completing detailed and traceable inspection records
Supporting production teams with batch verifications and first-off inspections
Compiling First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs)
Performing inspections throughout the manufacturing and supply chain process
Reporting and escalating non-conformances, and supporting root cause investigations
Actively participating in Continuous Improvement and New Product Introduction meetingsRequirements

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specifications
Solid experience in inspecting precision components
Familiarity with inspection tools, CMM equipment, and industry measurement techniques
Experience in aerospace or pharmaceutical environments preferred
Strong communication and organisational skills
Confidence to challenge and escalate quality issues
HND or equivalent qualification, with a good grasp of imperial and metric systems would be desirable. Benefits

In return we are offering:

A competitive salary of £32,000 - £40,000 dependent on knowledge and experience with an additional late shift premium.
39 hours over 4 days (5pm - 3:15am)
23 days holiday pro rata increasing to 26 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays.
Life assurance scheme.
Auto enrolment pension scheme.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Employee Referral Scheme.
Employee Recognition Scheme.
Long Service Awards. Interested? Then APPLY now for immediate consideration

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