On-Site Quality Technician – Inspection & Improvement

Planet Recruitment; Abingdon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Recruitment is recruiting for a Quality Technician in Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Milton Park). The role focuses on manufacturing, supplier and product quality, ensuring issues are identified, investigated and resolved.

It reports to the Quality Engineer and involves testing, inspection and improvement activities within a local site. Key responsibilities include inspections, handling non-conformances, deviations, and QA activities, plus data-led reporting and collaboration across functions to

Qualifications

• Strong attention to detail and accurate record keeping.
• Ability to follow defined procedures and test methods.
• Experience with measurement or test equipment is beneficial.
• Familiarity with Excel/Power BI is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Carry out product, component and goods-in inspections, measurements and tests, and maintain records.
• Support investigations into non-conformances and warranty concerns with data for root cause analysis.
• Assist with containment activity, deviations and quality activities related to engineering changes.
• Collaborate with Manufacturing, Engineering, Testing & Verification, Technical Support and Supply Chain to resolve quality issues.
• Review warranty and product-quality information to identify recurring failure modes and trends.
• Prepare investigation reports, metrics and visualisations of product and warranty performance.
• Undertake ongoing product verification testing and record results, escalating unexpected outcomes.

Skills

Inspection

Data analysis

Problem solving

Documentation

Collaboration

Tools

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Planet Recruitment is recruiting for a Quality Technician in Abingdon, Oxfordshire (Milton Park). The role focuses on manufacturing, supplier and product quality, ensuring issues are identified, investigated and resolved.

It reports to the Quality Engineer and involves testing, inspection and improvement activities within a local site. Key responsibilities include inspections, handling non-conformances, deviations, and QA activities, plus data-led reporting and collaboration across functions to