Quality Control Inspector

Line Up Aviation; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Line Up Aviation in Farnborough seeks a contract Quality Control Inspector to join the Build/AIT team for 6 months, with potential for permanence. You will ensure adherence to quality standards across Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration and Test activities while identifying issues and supporting quality-related decisions.

The role requires demonstrated QC/inspection experience in manufacturing, preferably aerospace, with on-site work, BPSS clearance, and a rate of £31.29 per hour via Umbrella

Qualifications

• Proven experience in quality control/inspections.
• Experience in manufacturing environments.
• Aerospace industry experience preferred.
• Ability to identify non-conformances and raise ORs.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance and quality control to Build/AIT team.
• Support go/no-go decisions by assessing incident severity.
• Review work instructions for technical accuracy and compliance.
• Inspect drawings to support work instruction reviews.
• Verify quality coverage in work instructions and correct deficiencies.
• Ensure technicians are trained per the skill matrix.
• Halt work if quality standards are compromised.
• Manage local non-conformances and NCRs; raise Occurrence Reports.
• Coordinate with teams for minor OR dispositions.
• Inspect supplier-delivered parts for compliance.

Skills

Quality control

Inspections

Manufacturing experience

Aerospace industry

Quality auditing

Non-conformances

Tools

NCR reporting tools

Job description

Our client has an opportunity for a Quality Control Inspector to join them on a contract basis in Farnborough for 6 months with the possibility of going permanent.

You will play key role within the Manufacturing, Assembly, Integration, and Test (AIT) team, ensuring adherence to company and project quality standards. This position is responsible for identifying and reporting quality issues, supporting the team in quality-related decisions, and maintaining compliance throughout all AIT activities.

Role: Quality Control Inspector

Location: Farnborough - fully onsite

Hours: 37 hours per week

Clearance: BPSS required before starting

Hourly Rate: £31.29 per hour via an Umbrella company, inside IR35

What you'll be doing:

• Provide technical guidance and quality control expertise to the Build/AIT team, consulting specialists as needed.
• Support technicians in assessing incident severity and making go/no-go decisions.
• Review work instructions for technical accuracy and compliance with quality standards; reject and support correction of errors where necessary.
• Assess drawings in support of work instruction reviews.
• Verify quality coverage in work instructions using QVP (and KIP, if applicable); assist in correcting deficiencies.
• Ensure technicians are trained in accordance with the skill matrix.
• Exercise authority to halt work on any build if quality standards are compromised.
• Assist in managing local non-conformances and non-conformance reports (NCRs); raise and follow through on Occurrence Reports (ORs) as needed.
• Coordinate with relevant teams to confirm minor OR dispositions (technical confirmation not typically required).
• Inspect supplier-delivered parts and assemblies for compliance.

Requirements:

• Proven experience quality control / inspections or related discipline
• Proven capability and delivery within a manufacturing business
• Electro / Mechanical / Composite Build Inspector
• Proven experience within the aerospace or related industries
• Patrol auditing works instructions and assembly technicians' activities
• Occurrence reporting using intranet forms and screens