Aviation Stores Inspector

Location: Northern Ireland

Salary: £31,000 per annum

Contract: Permanent, Full-time

Hours: 37 hours per week

Security Clearance: SC clearance required prior to starting

The Opportunity

We are currently recruiting on behalf of a leading maintenance organisation for an experienced Aviation Stores Inspector to join their team in Northern Ireland. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-focused aviation stores professional with experience in a regulated aerospace environment, particularly candidates with CAA Part 145 experience. Due to the nature of the contract, the successful candidate must be able to obtain and hold UK Security Check (SC) clearance before commencing employment.

The Role

As an Aviation Stores Inspector, you will play a key role in ensuring aircraft parts, tooling, consumables and customer-owned stock are accurately inspected, controlled, stored and issued in accordance with company procedures and applicable aviation, safety, quality and regulatory requirements. Working closely with the Logistics & Stores Manager and wider operational team, you will be responsible for:

• Receiving, inspecting, locating and issuing aircraft parts, tooling and consumables.
• Carrying out goods-inwards inspections and verifying deliveries against relevant documentation and purchase requirements.
• Ensuring aviation parts and stock are correctly identified, labelled and recorded within the inventory management system.
• Maintaining accurate stock records and completing inventory transactions.
• Controlling company tooling and maintaining associated tooling databases.
• Managing customer-owned stock, consumables, COSHH cupboards and aircraft ground support equipment.
• Monitoring and managing shelf-life-controlled items.
• Carrying out stocktakes and investigating discrepancies where required.
• Maintaining secure, clean, safe and well-organised aviation stores areas.
• Preparing dispatch documentation and ensuring goods, including dangerous goods where applicable, are correctly packaged and labelled.
• Supporting import and export activities in line with current HMRC requirements and company procedures.
• Operating forklift equipment where required.
• Working in accordance with company safety standards, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Attending training at Bournemouth when required.
• Undertaking other reasonable duties relevant to the role.

About You

We are looking for an organised, reliable and highly detail-focused aviation stores professional with previous experience working within a regulated aerospace or aviation environment. The ideal candidate will have:

• Previous aviation stores/storekeeping experience.
• Experience conducting goods-inwards inspections within an aerospace or aviation environment.
• CAA Part 145 experience.
• Experience working with aircraft parts, tooling and/or aviation consumables.
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• The ability to follow detailed procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• The confidence to work independently and use initiative.
• A full UK driving licence.
• The ability to successfully obtain SC Security Clearance prior to starting.

What You’ll Bring

• A strong safety-first approach.
• A high level of accuracy and integrity when dealing with aviation parts and stock.
• The ability to work within a regulated environment and consistently follow procedures.
• A proactive and collaborative approach to supporting operational requirements.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A continuous-improvement mindset, with the initiative to identify ways of improving stores efficiency and operational throughput.

Benefits

This is a permanent opportunity to join an established maintenance organisation working within a highly regulated and operationally important aviation environment. The role offers a competitive salary of £31,000, alongside a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Up to 12% matching pension contributions
• Bonus incentives
• Discounted private medical insurance
• Electric car scheme
• Technology vouchers
• Wellbeing programmes
• Further employee benefits

Security Clearance

SC Security Clearance is required before employment can commence. Candidates must be able to meet the relevant eligibility requirements and successfully obtain the required clearance prior to starting the role.

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