Quality Inspector

Jdr Recruitment; Wellington; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent Hourly Rates

Pension: 4% employer 4% employee rises

Life Assurance: 4x salary

Permanent contract

Training given

Free Parking

Supportive and friendly environment

Job summary

JDR is recruiting for a Quality Inspector to join a manufacturing company in Wellington, Somerset. You will carry out in-process and final inspections, verify procedures, and ensure quality records and traceability for dispatched products.

The role is a permanent contract with a 39-hour week, starting immediately. Salary is £28,500 per year, with pension, life assurance, training, and free parking benefits provided by the company.

Qualifications

• Start immediately and looking for permanent work.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing, production or quality role.
• Ability to follow drawings, work instructions, specifications and inspection standards.
• Experience using inspection equipment.
• Good communication and record keeping skills.
• Comfortable with working closely with other teams to ensure efficient working.

Responsibilities

• Carry out in process and final stage inspections.
• Verify operators are following correct work instructions.
• Check the calibration and condition status of jigs, gauges, Mylars and other relevant inspection equipment.
• Ensure check sheets, route cards and inspection records are completed fully and accurately.
• Record inspection results and all quality data that has relevance.
• Check that work-in-progress and finished products are identified and traceable.
• Report any process or quality concerns to the appropriate supervisor or compliance manager.
• Check packaging, labels and part identification before products are released for dispatch.
• Always ensure that customer orders are correctly packed and labelled in accordance with internal and external requirements.
• Support with identifying and there for segregating non-conforming materials.
• Assist with sorting and containment activities where required.
• Support with investigation into any reoccurring quality issues by providing inspection and observations made.
• Continue to identify where quality improvements can be made and applying these changes.
• Highlight repeated products defects, operator training needs or documentation issues that may arise.
• Ensuring that you're always following company health and safety guidelines.
• Reporting any unsafe practices or conditions to management.
• Supporting with good housekeeping and always ensuring safe working practices.

Skills

Manufacturing/quality experience

Follow drawings & inspection standards

Inspection equipment usage

Communication & record keeping

Team collaboration

Tools

Jigs

Gauges

Mylars

Calipers

Checking fixtures

Job description

We are looking for a Quality Inspector

Pay: £28,500 a year

Location: Wellington, Somerset

Immediate start

Shift: Monday - Thursday 09.00 - 18.00 (inc ½ hour unpaid lunch break) Friday 08.00-13.00 (no lunch break) Total 39 hours per week.

Permanent contract

JDR is recruiting for a Quality Inspector to work in a manufacturing company in Wellington, Somerset.

The Benefits

• Excellent Hourly Rates
• Pension: 4% employer 4% employee increases to 6% & 4% after 5 years
• Life Assurance: 4x salary
• Permanent contract
• Training given
• Free Parking
• Supportive and friendly environment

The role:

As a Quality Inspector you will be working within a manufacturing environment, and your duties will be as followed:

In-Process Inspection & Verification

• Carry out in process and final stage inspections.
• Verify operators are following correct work instructions.
• Check the calibration and condition status of jigs, gauges, Mylars and other relevant inspection equipment.

Quality records and traceability

• Ensure check sheets, route cards and inspection records are completed fully and accurately.
• Record inspection results and all quality data that has relevance.
• Check that work-in-progress and finished products are identified and traceable.
• Report any process or quality concerns to the appropriate supervisor or compliance manager.

Product identification and packaging

• Check packaging, labels and part identification before products are released for dispatch.
• Always ensure that customer orders are correctly packed and labelled in accordance with internal and external requirements.
• Support with identifying and therefor segregating non-conforming materials.

Quality Support

• Assist with sorting and containment activities where required.
• Support with investigation into any reoccurring quality issues by providing inspection and observations made.
• Continue to identify where quality improvements can be made and applying these changes.
• Highlight repeated products defects, operator training needs or documentation issues that may arise.

Health, Safety and Housekeeping

• Ensuring that you're always following company health and safety guidelines.
• Reporting any unsafe practices or conditions to management.
• Supporting with good housekeeping and always ensuring safe working practices.

About you:

As a Quality Inspector you will have the following skills and experience:

• Start immediately and looking for permanent work.
• Previous experience in a manufacturing, production or quality role.
• Ability to follow drawings, work instructions, specifications and inspection standards.
• Experience using inspection equipment.
• Good communication and record keeping skills.
• Comfortable with working closely with other teams to ensure efficient working.

Desirable

• Formal training in ISO 9001 and/or IATF 16949.
• Previous experience in automotive or a quality-controlled manufacturing environment.
• Experience using jigs, Mylars, gauges, calipers or checking fixtures.
• Previous experience of production sorting or containment duties.

Skills & Behaviours

• Practical and hands on approach.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Consistent and reliable.
• Comfortable raising concerns with Operators or Supervisors.
• Able to lone work as well as communicating with teams when required.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and respected.