Inspection Technician (manufacturing)
Location: West Yorkshire
Salary: £30,000–£32,000 per annum
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Working Hours: Monday–Thursday 07:00–16:00 | Friday 07:00–13:00
We are looking for a hands-on Inspection Technician to join an established engineering manufacturing environment in Yorkshire.
This is a practical, workshop-based position for someone who enjoys working directly with engineering components, precision measuring equipment and technical drawings. You will spend much of your time carrying out dimensional inspections using a range of handheld and specialist inspection equipment, ensuring components meet exact specifications.
This role would be particularly well suited to someone from a machining, engineering inspection, metrology, manufacturing or workshop background, rather than someone whose experience is predominantly focused on quality administration or paperwork.
Responsibilities
- Carry out accurate dimensional inspection of manufactured components.
- Use a range of precision measuring and inspection equipment, including:
- Micrometres
- Verniers and callipers
- Bore micrometres
- Height gauges
- Shadow graph / profile projector
- Thread wires and thread gauges
- Plug gauges
- Surface measurement equipment
- Hardness testing equipment
- CMM equipment where required
- Interpret engineering drawings, tolerances, specifications and work instructions.
- Carry out first-off, in-process and final inspections.
- Check components against specified dimensional and technical requirements.
- Identify defects, dimensional discrepancies and manufacturing issues.
- Provide practical and accurate feedback to machinists and production teams to help resolve manufacturing issues.
- Record inspection results and maintain accurate traceability documentation.
- Identify and quarantine non-conforming components where required.
- Inspect coated and subcontracted components for quality, condition and dimensional compliance.
- Ensure material and component reference numbers are correctly recorded for traceability.
- Support investigations into manufacturing issues by providing accurate measurement data.
- Assist with third-party inspections and internal inspection activities.
- Maintain inspection equipment and ensure measuring equipment is used correctly.
- Maintain a clean, organised and safe inspection/work area in line with 6S principles.
The Person
- We are looking for someone who is practical, technically minded and confident using precision measurement equipment.
- Confident using equipment such as micrometres, callipers, verniers and gauges.
- Ability to accurately measure engineering components and work to tight tolerances.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings.
- Good understanding of engineering/manufacturing processes.
- Strong attention to detail and a methodical approach.
- Good numeracy and communication skills.
- Ability to identify issues and communicate findings clearly to production teams.
We are particularly interested in candidates who are comfortable picking up a micrometer or bore gauge and physically inspecting a component, rather than candidates whose background is predominantly quality systems, auditing or QC administration.
Pay: £30,000.00-£32,000.00 per year
Work Location: In person
