Our client is seeking a Quality Inspector to join their team. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced quality professional with a strong background in manufacturing, inspection, metrology, and supplier quality to play a key role in maintaining high standards and driving continuous improvement across the supply chain.
What’s on Offer?
Job type: Full time, permanent
Location: Eastbourne
Salary: £Competitive
Key Responsibilities:
- Build and maintain strong relationships with vendors and suppliers, communicating quality issues clearly and accurately.
- Raise Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) where required, communicate findings, and work with suppliers to achieve prompt resolutions.
- Investigate non-conformances through root cause analysis and ensure agreed corrective actions are implemented.
- Act as the appointed point of contact for communicating quality concerns between the shop floor and suppliers/vendors.
- Ensure the correct AQL inspection plans and quality groups are applied to suppliers based on historical performance, supplier status, and product criticality.
- Inspect sub-assemblies against engineering drawings using a range of metrology equipment, including Faro Arm and CMM equipment.
- Support Initial Sample Inspection Reports (ISIRs) and First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs).
- Record deviations and non-conformances against drawings and engineering specifications.
- Work with tight tolerances and apply an understanding of geometric tolerancing and datum points on complex components.
- Apply ISO 2859-1:1999 sampling procedures for inspection by attributes.
Skills, Experience, and Training Requirements:
- Experience working to ISO 9001:2015 standards.
- At least 3 years’ experience working within a machine shop or similar manufacturing engineering environment.
- Good understanding of quality and process management tools and methodologies, including SPC and AQL.
- Experience using CMM or Faro Arm equipment, alongside a range of metrology equipment typically used within machine shop environments.
- Experience managing supplier quality and working with vendors/suppliers to resolve complex quality issues.
- Experience communicating supplier KPIs and supporting supplier performance improvement.
- Understanding of geometric tolerancing, datum points, and working with complex components and tight tolerances
- Qualified to Degree, HNC or HND level in a Mechanical Engineering or Manufacturing discipline.
Our Ideal Candidate:
- A quality-focused professional with strong attention to detail and a good understanding of manufacturing inspection processes.
- Someone who can communicate effectively with suppliers and internal teams to resolve quality issues quickly and professionally.
- Someone confident working independently while also contributing positively to a wider manufacturing and quality team.
How to Apply:
If you have the experience and enthusiasm for this type of role, we would really like to hear from you. Apply directly through this advert with your CV.
Work Location: In person
