Senior Quality Assurance & Inspection Lead

HR GO Recruitment; Dorking; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

HR GO Recruitment is seeking a proactive Inspector/Quality Manager to join a long-established precision engineering business. The role combines hands-on inspection with quality system leadership, including AS9100/ISO 9001 compliance and customer audits.

You will own all inspection activities, develop CMM programmes, and drive continuous improvement while collaborating with production and engineering teams to embed quality at every stage of manufacture.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in a quality management/inspection role within engineering or precision machining.
• Strong working knowledge of AS9100, ISO 9001 and specific customer quality requirements.
• Proven track record managing third-party and customer audits.
• Practical experience of implementing, maintaining and improving a QMS.
• Familiarity with CMM programming (specific software training available).
• Highly organised and able to manage multiple priorities.
• Meticulous, disciplined and detail-focused, with a positive, solutions-driven mindset.
• Able to perform under time pressure and communicate clearly with colleagues and customers.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of all inspection activity, ensuring robust incoming, in-process and final inspection of components.
• Develop, load, review and optimise CMM programmes.
• Conduct first-off inspections and prepare first article inspection (FAI) reports.
• Highlight non-conformance's, investigate root causes and drive corrective and continuous improvement actions.
• Collaborate closely with production and engineering teams to embed quality at every stage of manufacture.
• Administer and improve the Quality Management System (QMS) to meet AS9100, ISO 9001 and relevant aerospace standards.
• Plan and lead internal, external, customer and regulatory audits, ensuring findings are addressed swiftly and effectively.
• Act as a key point of contact for customers on quality topics and chair quality review meetings.
• Work confidently to tight tolerances across a range of materials using varied measuring equipment.
• Operate with a high level of autonomy, taking responsibility for quality outcomes.

Skills

Quality management

Inspection

AS9100

ISO 9001

Audits

CMM programming

Job description

HR GO Recruitment is seeking a proactive Inspector/Quality Manager to join a long-established precision engineering business. The role combines hands-on inspection with quality system leadership, including AS9100/ISO 9001 compliance and customer audits.

You will own all inspection activities, develop CMM programmes, and drive continuous improvement while collaborating with production and engineering teams to embed quality at every stage of manufacture.