At a Glance
- Tasks: Conduct detailed inspections of components and products in a fast-paced environment.
- Company: Join a leading company serving the Oil & Gas and Aerospace sectors.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and a dynamic work environment.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with opportunities for continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by ensuring product quality and safety.
- Qualifications: Experience in quality inspection and ability to read engineering drawings.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Responsible for carrying out detailed visual and dimensional inspections of components, materials, and finished products within a fast-paced operational environment serving the Oil & Gas and Aerospace sectors.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Perform visual and dimensional inspection of raw materials, in-process components, and finished products in accordance with engineering drawings, specifications, and customer requirements.
- Verify product conformity against applicable standards, procedures, and quality requirements, including AS9100, ISO 9001, customer specifications, and industry standards.
- Complete and maintain accurate inspection records, reports, and traceability documentation in line with company and customer requirements.
- Identify, record, and report non-conforming products, supporting containment and corrective action activities where required.
- Review manufacturing documentation, certificates, and inspection records to ensure compliance prior to product release.
- Work closely with Production, Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain teams to resolve quality-related issues and support continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure all inspection activities are carried out in accordance with health, safety, and environmental procedures.
- Maintain inspection equipment and ensure measuring instruments are calibrated and fit for purpose.
Competencies
- Good attention to detail.
- Quality focus.
- Technical competence.
- Problem solving.
- Teamwork and Collaboration.
Accountabilities and Performance Measures
- Consistently achieves high levels of inspection accuracy to capture all errors and prevent escapes.
- Timely identification, reporting, and escalation of non-conforming products and quality issues.
- Ensures inspection equipment is used correctly and that any calibration issues are promptly reported.
- Demonstrates compliance during internal, customer, and third-party audits, with no significant findings attributable to inspection activities.
Job Requirements Qualifications
- Previous experience in a quality inspection, manufacturing, machining, aerospace, oil & gas, or engineering environment.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, technical specifications, and inspection documentation.
- Ability to use common metrology equipment such as micrometers, verniers, thread gauges, Go/No Go gauges etc.
- Knowledge of quality standards, procedures, and documentation requirements.
- Understanding of material certification, traceability, and manufacturing processes.
- Experience of material handling, utilizing lifting equipment and overhead cranes.
- Reliable, responsive, organised, and capable of managing priorities to meet operational deadlines.
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