Aerospace Quality Technician - Path to Quality Engineer

Linkster Recruitment; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay rates

Quarterly bonus £125

Aerospace training

Job summary

Linkster Recruitment is supporting a leading aerospace manufacturing business in Swadlincote with recruitment of motivated Quality Support Technicians to join the established Quality Department. The role focuses on logging non-conformances, first-off inspections, containment activities, and supporting continuous improvement.

You will work on compliance with AS9100, customer procedures, and environmental requirements, with opportunities for progression to Quality Engineer roles.

Qualifications

• Experience in quality inspection/manufacturing QA.
• Able to read and interpret engineering drawings.
• Understanding of customer specifications and traceability.
• Proficient with MS Office; experience with inspection software/ERP beneficial.
• Aerospace or automotive quality experience advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Logging non-conformances and first-contact scrap reviews.
• Carrying out first-off inspections when required.
• Supporting containment activities to address quality concerns.
• Raising engineering change requests to support continuous improvement.
• Communicating quality alerts across relevant departments.
• Ensuring compliance with AS9100, customer procedures, H&S, COSHH, ISO 14001 and environmental requirements.
• Assisting Quality Engineers with internal and external non-conformance investigations.
• Conducting shop-floor audits and supporting inspection activity.

Skills

Quality inspection

Manufacturing quality

Quality assurance

Reading engineering drawings

MS Office

ERP/inspection software

Aerospace quality experience

Tools

MS Office

ERP system

Inspection software

Job description

Linkster Recruitment is supporting a leading aerospace manufacturing business in Swadlincote with recruitment of motivated Quality Support Technicians to join the established Quality Department. The role focuses on logging non-conformances, first-off inspections, containment activities, and supporting continuous improvement.

You will work on compliance with AS9100, customer procedures, and environmental requirements, with opportunities for progression to Quality Engineer roles.