Quality Assurance & Inspection Lead — Aerospace/Precision

HR GO Group; Dorking; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

HR GO Group is seeking a Quality Inspection Manager in Dorking, Surrey. The role is permanent with a salary between £50,000 and £60,000 per year. You will own inspection activities, lead CMM programming, and drive QMS improvements to AS9100/ISO 9001 standards.

You will work closely with production and engineering to ensure quality at every stage of manufacture, including audits and customer interfaces, in a hands-on, autonomous role.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in quality management/inspection within engineering or precision machining.
• Strong knowledge of AS9100 and ISO 9001 standards.
• Proven track record of managing third‑party and customer audits.
• Experience implementing and maintaining a QMS.
• Familiarity with CMM programming (training available).

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of all inspection activity and ensure robust incoming, in-process and final inspection.
• Develop, load, review and optimise CMM programmes.
• Conduct first-off inspections and prepare first article inspection (FAI) reports.
• Investigate non-conformances, root causes and drive corrective actions.
• Collaborate with production and engineering to embed quality throughout manufacture.
• Administer and improve the QMS to meet AS9100/ISO9001 standards.
• Plan and lead internal, external, customer and regulatory audits.
• Act as a key contact for customers on quality topics and chair quality reviews.
• Work with tight tolerances across materials using varied measuring equipment.
• Operate with autonomy and responsibility for quality outcomes.

Skills

Quality management

Inspection

Auditing

CMM programming

Tools

CMM programming

Job description

HR GO Group is seeking a Quality Inspection Manager in Dorking, Surrey. The role is permanent with a salary between £50,000 and £60,000 per year. You will own inspection activities, lead CMM programming, and drive QMS improvements to AS9100/ISO 9001 standards.

You will work closely with production and engineering to ensure quality at every stage of manufacture, including audits and customer interfaces, in a hands-on, autonomous role.