Quality Inspector

PSM Recruitment Ltd; Newsham; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

PSM Recruitment is seeking a Quality Inspector to ensure components meet customer specifications and quality standards. You will rotate across three quality areas to build broad QC knowledge and support calibration of equipment.

Responsibilities include verifying dimensions, inspecting goods inwards, recording non-conformances, and contributing to 8D investigations to identify root causes and implement improvements.

Qualifications

• Must be able to read engineering drawings precisely.
• Calibrate and verify measurement equipment regularly.
• Strong maths and measurement fundamentals are required.
• Attention to detail and methodical approach to QC tasks.

Responsibilities

• Ensure components meet quality standards and customer specs.
• Move across three quality areas to build full QC knowledge.
• Verify dimensions and inspect goods inwards.
• Record non-conforming products and report findings.
• Create plans to improve product quality and support 8D meetings.
• Assist with calibration of company equipment as required.

Skills

Reading drawings

Attention to detail

Organisational skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Tools

Vernier caliper

Micrometer

Height gauge

Slip gauges

X-Ray

Clock & stand

Depth micrometer

RA tester

Calibration equipment

Job description

PSM Recruitment is looking for a Quality Inspector. The Quality Inspector is responsible for ensuring that components produced are of the best quality and correct to customer specifications. You must be prepared to move around the company's three quality areas to build up an all-round knowledge of QC procedures for this position.

The Quality Department is focused on ensuring that all work produced by the different sections in the company meets the agreed company quality standards and fully complies with the clients' drawings and other special instructions provided with the order. The aim of the Quality Department is to ensure that all customers receive high-quality product and that we meet delivery performance targets.

Key Responsibilities:

• To ensure that components produced are of the best quality
• To ensure that components produced are correct to customer specifications
• To verify dimensions
• Check first offs that the setter or operator require second checking
• To carry out good's inwards inspection of material and components received from suppliers
• Inspect components before they are sent out to customer
• Record non-conforming products
• Create plans to improve product quality
• Identify causes for non conformance and then work to improve the product quality and discuss recommended actions at any 8D investigation meetings
• Assist with the calibration of company equipment as required

• To ensure that you are working to the correct methods
• To be responsible for the control of Health & Safety and cleanliness in the area
• Attend daily tier meetings
• Assist with customers/visitors if required
• If required visit customers to assist with sorting non-conforming product

Key Skills & Qualifications:

• The ability to read Engineering Drawings.
• The ability to use a range of specialist measuring equipment i.e. - Vernier Caliper, Micrometer, Height Gauge, Slip Gauges, X-Ray, Clock & Stand, Depth Micrometer and RA Tester
• Calibration of equipment and gauges
• A good understanding of maths
• Attention to detail
• Good organisational and communication skills
• Problem solving ability

Hours of Work: 39 hours per week (Monday to Thursday 08:00 - 17:00, Fridays 08:00 - 13:00)