Quality Inspector

Response Personnel Ltd; Byfleet; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stable, long-term career prospects

Collaborative team culture

Competitive salary

Job summary

A leading aerospace engineering firm in Byfleet is seeking a skilled Quality Inspector for their night shift. The role entails ensuring product quality through inspections, managing customer returns, and maintaining documentation. Candidates should have a minimum of three years' experience, great communication skills, and the ability to interpret engineering drawings. This full-time, permanent position offers competitive compensation and the opportunity for career advancement in a high-precision environment.

Qualifications

• Valid right to work in the UK and at least 3 years' inspection experience.
• Experience with GD&T methods and strong mathematics skills.
• Professional and proactive approach to work.
• Strong communication and collaborative mindset.
• Willingness for overtime or travel if required.

Responsibilities

• Perform inspections of components to meet customer requirements.
• Compile First Article Inspection Reports using Visual FAIR.
• Document inspection findings and maintain records.
• Ensure parts meet drawing/specification requirements and report non-conformances.
• Liaise with internal teams to support production schedules.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Ability to interpret engineering drawings

Proven experience using GD&T methods

Communication

Teamwork

Education

3 years' inspection experience in manufacturing

Tools

Visual FAIR software

PCDMIS

DEA Global CMM

Job description

Quality Inspector (Night Shift)

Location: Byfleet, Surrey (On-site)

About the Role

Our client is a highly respected precision aerospace engineering organisation in the UK, manufacturing complex components and assemblies for the global aircraft industry. Working with major aerospace customers, they are seeking an experienced Quality Inspector to support production quality, customer returns management, and reporting activities.

This position plays a critical role in ensuring that in-process and finished products meet drawing specifications, customer requirements, and internal standards. Depending on experience, inspection activities may include mechanical inspection, CMM operation, and First Article Inspection reporting using Visual FAIR software.

Key Responsibilities - Quality Inspector

• Deliver inspection output targets in line with work-to lists
• Interpret engineering drawings and specifications, following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
• Verify that equipment used is suitable to achieve customer specifications and report any deficiencies
• Confirm job cards are correctly signed and stamped before commencing work
• Perform in-process and final inspection of high-tolerance components using GD&T methods and standard metrology techniques (including hand gauges)
• Compile First Article Inspection Reports using Visual FAIR
• Conduct CMM inspections using DEA Global CMM equipment with PCDMIS software (including running and programming)
• Ensure parts are clean and meet quality standards before progressing to the next stage

Customer Service

• Manage customer returns and liaise with internal and external stakeholders to maintain strong working relationships

Administration

• Accurately document inspection findings and complete operational records
• Raise and process NCRs and MRBs as required
• Assist with the compilation of monthly quality statistics

Quality

• Maintain a clean, organised, and safe inspection area
• Ensure correct storage and protection of parts
• Verify all components meet drawing and specification requirements and report non-conformances

Health & Safety

• Work safely at all times in compliance with company safety policies
• Adhere to PPE requirements

Team & Collaboration

• Liaise across departments to support production schedules
• Provide training or coaching to colleagues where required
• Follow company policies and procedures
• Escalate issues appropriately to management
• Participate in team meetings, one-to-ones, and continuous improvement initiatives

Additional Duties

• Act as a first aider or fire warden on a rotational basis (if trained)
• Undertake any other reasonable duties required by the business

Person Specification - Essential

• Valid right to live and work in the UK
• Minimum 3 years' inspection experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment
• Proven experience using GD&T methods and shop mathematics (including trigonometry)
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and work instructions
• Strong communication skills and ability to build positive working relationships
• Professional, proactive, and accountable approach to work
• Flexible to meet business needs, including occasional overtime or travel
• Strong team player with a collaborative mindset

Desirable

• Aerospace industry experience
• Experience with Visual FAIR software
• CMM inspection experience using PCDMIS

What Our Client Offers

• Opportunity to work within a high-precision aerospace environment
• Stable, long-term career prospects
• Collaborative team culture
• Competitive salary (dependent on experience)

Quality Inspector / Aerospace / Quality Inspection / Aviation

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent