Goods Inwards Inspector in Bolton

As a trusted partner to the UK Ministry of Defence, our client is seeking a skilled Goods Inwards Inspector to join their Bolton site. This role is critical to ensuring all incoming materials meet purchase order, contractual and quality requirements. You will play a key part in safeguarding compliance, supporting manufacturing schedules, and maintaining the highest standards across a regulated, safety‑critical environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure all goods received from suppliers fully meet purchase order, contractual, and quality requirements
• Verify, inspect, and formally accept procured products in line with approved standards and conditions
• Read and interpret engineering and assembly drawings, including dimensional tolerances and machined features
• Inspect components for surface finish, damage, or paint defects, completing first‑off inspections where required
• Produce, maintain, and update accurate inspection and quality documentation
• Complete and validate all delivery paperwork, ensuring full traceability and compliance
• Meet agreed inspection turnaround times to support manufacturing schedules
• Identify, segregate, and control non‑conforming material, raising and maintaining defect / NCR reports
• Maintain product verification and approval through regular audits, including PCB inspection where applicable
• Ensure full compliance with manufacturing, quality, and safety procedures, while maintaining a safe, organised work environment

What do you need?

• A completed and approved Level 3 apprenticeship, such as a Modern Apprenticeship or a recognised Apprenticeship Framework
• A vocational qualification (for example G or H Units) supported by Further Education, including City & Guilds Parts 1, 2 and 3
• This should be supported by either: Vocational TR23 units with Further Education or an ONC City & Guilds Parts 1, 2 and 3
• Alternatively, candidates may hold a Level 3 NVQ supported by Further Education, such as a BTEC, alongside an ONC or HNC
• In summary, candidates must hold a Level 3 apprenticeship, plus one of the following: NVQ Level 3, or BTEC, and an ONC or HNC
• Modern Apprenticeships combined with ONC or HNC qualifications are also acceptable
• Manual handling; ESD training. SAP literate is desirable.
• Must have inspection experience in a goods‑in manufacturing environment (highly essential).

For Example

• Receiving goods in accordance with purchase orders, delivery notes, and contracts
• Carrying out initial quality and quantity checks on incoming materials
• Identifying and escalating non‑conforming, damaged, or incorrect goods
• Understanding inspection requirements for safety‑critical components
• Stores experience is highly required (mechanical inspector irrelevant)

What happens now?

Upon submission of your application, should it meet our selection criteria, you will be contacted via e‑mail by one of our talent acquisition specialists to arrange a screening call. This telephone chat is structured to explore a series of questions aimed at matching your competencies and capabilities to the specific demands of the position. Please note, this screening is contingent upon the initial success of your application.

Security Clearance: British Citizen or a Dual UK national with British citizenship. Restrictions and/or limitations relating to nationality and/or rights to work may apply. As a minimum and after offer stage, all successful candidates will need to undergo HMG Basic Personnel Security Standard checks (BPSS), which are managed by our clients Security Team.

More About The Role

For more than 70 years, our client has been in a strong partnership with the UK military. They have accomplished numerous milestones in defence engineering and have provided essential defence capabilities to meet the requirements of the armed forces across land, sea, and air. This job is at our client's site in Bolton facility, one of the North West's leading manufacturing sites for at least 25 years. The facility offers showers and bike racks and is near the motorway, with a petrol station outside. Amenities like an onsite canteen. All employees get training and development opportunities.