Quality Control Inspector in St Leonards

We are looking for an experienced Quality Control (QC) Inspector to join our manufacturing team. This role is critical in ensuring that high precision, complex machined components meet strict quality standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements.
Our work involves low, medium, and high-volume production, supporting a wide range of industries and client requirements. The successful candidate will be detailoriented, adaptable, and capable of working with varied work demands, ensuring that quality standards aremaintainedwhile responding to changing production priorities.
This position plays a key role in supporting production teams where accuracy, reliability, and repeatability are essential.

About the role

The successful candidate will primarilybe responsible for:
Inspection & Measurement

• Perform first-off, in-process, and final inspections on machined components while monitoring the inspection schedule to align with job priorities.
• Use precision measurement equipment and hand tools, including micrometers, calipers, bore gauges, height gauges, and CMM equipment.
• Verify that dimensions, tolerances, and surface finishes comply with engineering drawings and customer specifications.
• Conduct visual inspections to identify defects such as scratches, porosity, contamination, or machining imperfections.

Quality Documentation & Reporting

• Complete inspection reports and quality documentation accurately and in a timely manner .
• Create FAIRs (First Article Inspection Reports) and ISIRs (Initial Sample Inspection Reports) in line with customer and industry standards.
• Upload required inspection documentation and reports to customer portals.
• Support 8D investigations and corrective action processes.

Production Support

• Work closely with production and engineering teams to resolve quality issues.
• Provide feedback on dimensional issues, process inconsistencies, or potential improvements.
• Assist with validating dimensional or appearance queries when required .

Calibration & Gauge Management

• Record calibration dates, due dates, and results within the calibration management system (PSL Datatrack ).
• Ensure all gauges and measuring instruments maintain valid calibration certification.
• Log and manage all gauges and instruments, assigning unique identification numbers for traceability.
• Coordinate calibration activities with external calibration providers to avoid production delays.
• Manage the check-in/check-out process for gauges and measuring equipment.
• Support internal and external audits relating to gauge compliance.

Standards & Compliance

• Ensure manufacturing processes comply with internal quality procedures and customer requirements.
• Maintain adherence to the Quality Management System (QMS) and company accreditations.
• Uphold health & safety standards, reporting any concerns promptly and supporting compliance audits.

Teamwork & Continuous Improvement

• Provide guidance and mentorship to trainees or apprentices where required .
• Collaborate with engineers, programmers, and machine setters to resolve production or quality issues.
• Support lean manufacturing and quality improvement initiatives.

Your profile

• Experience inspecting high precision, complex machined components.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, GD&T, and tight tolerances.
• Experience using precision measurement equipment (micrometers, calipers, bore gauges, height gauges, CMM equipment).
• Experience creating FAIRs and ISIRs and completing quality documentation.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and traceability.
• Ability to work across low, medium, and high production volumes.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills .

Essential:

• Experience inspecting high precision, complex machined components.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings, GD&T, and tight tolerances.
• Experience using precision measurement equipment (micrometers, calipers, bore gauges, height gauges, CMM equipment).
• Experience creating FAIRs and ISIRs and completing quality documentation.
• Strong attention to detail, accuracy, and traceability.
• Ability to work across low, medium, and high production volumes.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills .

Personal Attributes:

• Highly detail-oriented with a strong focus on quality.
• Adaptable and flexible, able to respond to changing production priorities and client requirements.
• Comfortable working with varied work and production demands.
• A proactive team player who works well across departments.

Why us?

• 4.5 day working week
• 5 weeks holiday a year plus bank holidays + loyalty length of service scheme
• Onsite gym
• Working within a detailed ISO9001 quality management system
• Private medical insurance

• 4.5 day working week
• 5 weeks holiday a year plus bank holidays + loyalty length of service scheme
• Pension scheme
• Onsite gym
• Working within a detailed ISO9001 quality management system
• Private medical insurance
• EV company car scheme

Joining JOTA means being part of a close-knit team where your skills, passion, and ideas will shape the future of motorsport and engineering.

About us

At JOTA, we don’t just work in motorsport and engineering — we live it. Driven by a passion for excellence and competing at the pinnacle of endurance racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship, JOTA has become one of the most successful teams of the modern era, earning accolades on the world’s most demanding circuits. But our relentless pursuit of innovation and pushing boundaries extends far beyond the racetrack.
Our cutting-edge businesses, JOTA Advanced Engineering and JOTA Composites, tackle every challenge with precision and ingenuity. By embracing a collaborative approach with our customers and technical partners, we ensure that required standards are not only met but consistently achieved. From designing and manufacturing complex solutions to advancing technologies across the automotive, defence, marine, and motorsport industries, we are dedicated to delivering excellence in everything we do.