Bike Production Quality Inspector

1000 Brompton Bicycle Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and bonus

Generous pension contribution

Private medical insurance

25 days' annual leave

Brompton bicycle hire scheme

Employee discounts on products

Job summary

Brompton Bicycle Ltd in Greenford, London, is seeking a Production Quality Technician to join the Plant Quality team. You will carry out product and process inspections on bicycles and assemblies, ensuring adherence to procedures and standards, and contribute to problem solving with data and observations.

You will work with Production, Engineering, Design and Quality to improve process capability and reduce variation, while maintaining accurate quality records and promoting safe working

Qualifications

• Ability to follow defined procedures, quality standards and technical instructions.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working in a shop-floor manufacturing environment.
• Able to work collaboratively with Production and technical teams.
• Able to organise workload and respond to changing priorities.
• Basic computer literacy, including Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Carry out defined product and process inspections, primarily on bicycles and assemblies, in accordance with approved procedures and applicable standards, drawings and specifications.
• Assess product and process performance, identify quality concerns, and initiate or support containment and escalation where required.
• Perform product and process audits to verify compliance with SOPs, quality standards and agreed manufacturing processes.
• Use measurements, quality data and shop-floor observations to identify trends and process variation and support problem solving.
• Contribute to NCR, 8D and Root Cause Analysis activities through inspection, evidence gathering and data analysis.
• Participate in First Article Inspection, PPAP, validation activities, engineering changes and New Product Introduction.
• Work with Production, Engineering, Design and Quality teams to improve process capability, Right First Time and overall product quality.
• Contribute to corrective and continuous improvement activities, including Kaizen and 5S, and help verify improvements are implemented and sustained.
• Identify opportunities to reduce variation, rework and scrap while improving efficiency and customer experience.
• Maintain accurate quality records and communicate findings clearly to relevant stakeholders.
• Maintain safe and controlled quality working practices, including the appropriate use of inspection equipment and prompt escalation of health, safety, compliance or product quality concerns.

Skills

Procedures following

Written and verbal communication

Shop-floor manufacturing

Organise workload

Collaborative working

Quality data analysis

Root cause awareness

Education

Technical qualification in Engineering/Manufacturing/Quality

Tools

ISO 9001 knowledge

Root Cause Analysis (5 Why, Fishbone, 8D)

Measurement equipment knowledge

Job description

Brompton Bicycle Ltd in Greenford, London, is seeking a Production Quality Technician to join the Plant Quality team. You will carry out product and process inspections on bicycles and assemblies, ensuring adherence to procedures and standards, and contribute to problem solving with data and observations.

You will work with Production, Engineering, Design and Quality to improve process capability and reduce variation, while maintaining accurate quality records and promoting safe working