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Quality Control Inspector (Nights)

Harold Wood
3 weeks 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 meetings
    Requirements
    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 basic salary of £32,000 - £40,000 dependent on knowledge and experience plus an enhanced shift premium.
  • 39 hours worked over 4 days (5:00 pm - 3:15 am), additional shift premium paid at time and one-third for hours worked between 6:00 pm and 3:15 am.
  • 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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