QUALITY INSPECTOR | FAREHAM, HAMPSHIRE Salary: [£32000 – £35000 per annum, DOE] Permanent | Full-time | Monday to Friday, with an early finish on Fridays Quality is your craft. Make it count. The Organisation is a family-owned, privately managed manufacturer with a culture of long service and a genuine commitment to its people. They are looking for a Quality Inspector to join their close-knit QA team at their Fareham site. This is a hands-on role where your eye for detail really matters. You'll support the Quality Manager and work with customers, external inspectors and colleagues across the site, so you need to be flexible, confident and a good team player. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING ? Handling supplier and customer QA issues ? Carrying out internal random audits on completed products and reporting your findings, non-conformances and recommendations to the Quality Manager ? Goods inwards inspection, checking everything against specification and drawing ? In-process and final inspection, making sure products are built to procedure ? Carrying out internal calibration and arranging external calibration of inspection and factory equipment ? Raising and closing reject reports and MDRs ? Raising queries with Purchasing and Sales when discrepancies appear ? Analysing and reporting on monthly departmental KPIs, rejects and calibration WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR ? Confident reading and interpreting engineering drawings, specifications and assembly layouts ? Proficient with precision measuring instruments for dimensional, visual and functional inspection ? Knowledge of ISO standards, inspection procedures and quality control processes ? Able to carry out or witness testing, spot defects and support root cause analysis and corrective actions ? Competent at writing inspection reports and NCRs, and keeping traceability records ? Good working knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel and databases) ? A sound understanding of sheet metal fabrication, welding, assembly ? Previous experience in QA/QC, document control or an administrative role (preferred), ideally in a manufacturing or engineering environment Relevant QA, administrative or business qualifications are desirable but not essential. A questioning mindset matters more: you'll be expected to challenge processes when something doesn't add up. HOURS Monday to Thursday 7:45am to 4:15pm (30-minute unpaid break) Friday 7:45am to 1:15pm WHY JOIN THE ORGANISATION? Family-owned and privately managed, with real autonomy and individual responsibility A people-first culture built on trust, integrity and long serviceA varied, busy industrial environment where you'll never be standing still Based in Fareham, Hampshire READY TO APPLY? Send your CV today, or call Cluett Reeve on 01489 581888 for a confidential chat about the role. Cluett Reeve is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. JBRP1_UKTJ
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