Shift Quality Inspector – Port Talbot

Ruth Wagstaff Recruitment Ltd; Port Talbot; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Standardised pension

Free parking

Life Insurance

32 days of annual holiday

Enhanced sick pay package

Excellent training opportunities

Job summary

Port Talbot-based Shift Quality Inspector role offers an opportunity to join a well-established manufacturing site with a strong customer base and international reach. You will support ISO 9001 and BRC compliance through audits, inspections, and calibration control, ensuring accurate documentation and traceability.

Daily tasks include dimensional and visual checks, handling start-ups and new product launches, quarantining non-conforming stock, and training staff on quality procedures to drive

Qualifications

• Experience in packaging/FMCG environment
• Experience with ISO9001 and BRC standards
• Experience in a quality role

Responsibilities

• Support ISO 9001 and BRC compliance through internal audits, structured production inspections, accurate documentation, and control of gauging/calibration equipment.
• Perform dimensional/visual checks, monitor start-ups and new product launches, and report quality concerns to drive corrective actions and prevent defective or quarantined product.
• Actively quarantine non-conforming product, trace defects to point of origin, and conduct pallet sampling to protect finished stock integrity while helping to reduce waste.
• Set and optimise line vision systems, assist production teams, and help train staff on quality control procedures, best practices, and operational efficiency improvements.

Skills

Quality inspection experience

ISO9001 experience

BRC standards experience

Job description

Shift Quality Inspector

Port Talbot SA12

Commutable from Swansea, Port Talbot, Bridgend, Pyle, Porthcawl, Neath, Llanelli, Ammanford, Cross Hands

£44,700

Benefits:-

• Standardised pension
• Free parking
• Life Insurance
• 32 days of annual holiday
• Enhanced sick pay package
• Excellent training opportunities

This is an exciting opportunity to join a well-established, thriving business with a strong customer base who have very recently expanded the site. My client are looking to recruit an experienced quality inspector with a good background in high volume manufacturing. This business works with a highly recyclable product and with has a varied customer base made up of international businesses, providing excellent job security. This role would be very well suited to a candidate with quality management experience in a fast paced manufacturing environment.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Support ISO 9001 and BRC compliance through internal audits, structured production inspections, accurate documentation, and control of gauging/calibration equipment.
• Perform dimensional/visual checks, monitor start‑ups and new product launches, and report quality concerns to drive corrective actions and prevent defective or quarantined product.
• Actively quarantine non‑conforming product, trace defects to point of origin, and conduct pallet sampling to protect finished stock integrity while helping to reduce waste.
• Set and optimise line vision systems, assist production teams, and help train staff on quality control procedures, best practices, and operational efficiency improvements.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Experience working in a packaging/FMCG environment will be beneficial for any applicants.
• Experience working with ISO9001 and BRC standards.
• Experience working in a quality role.

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.

Job Tenure: Permanent
Salary: £44000 – £44700 per annum
Location: Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot