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Contek Recruitment are currently working with a highly-reputable precision engineering client, based in Leighton Buzzad, Bedfordshire. Due to significant growth, they are now looking for an experienced Quality Inspector to join their team on a full-time, permanent basis.

Our client is a long-established business that specialises in the manufacture of low volume, high quality, tubular and threaded components for various sectors including Aerospace, Oil & Gas and Defence industries.

Requirements:

* Experience working within a precision engineering company and metal machining environment.

* Experience with both visual and dimensional inspection (micrometers, bore gauges, callipers, height gauges etc.), and be used to working to extremely tight tolerances.

* Knowledge and experience of full inspection requirements, reports and CMM utilisation.

* Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, understand and identify all engineering symbols and the requirements they demand.

* Ability to measure accurately in both metric and imperial units is essential.

* Excellent level of communication skills, diplomacy, literacy and numeracy is required.

* Maintain accurate manufacturing records, ensuring traceability and documentation of quality issues.

* Ability to work collaboratively and effectively in a team-oriented environment.

Duties and Responsibilities:

* Work with the team to create and maintain a quality focused culture throughout the business.

* Dimensionally and visually inspect products to detailed technical drawings and specifications.

* Carry out first offs, last offs, patrol inspection, incoming material and final inspection checks.

* Communicate with our customers to discuss any potential or actual quality issues discovered.

* Quarantine, log and report all non-conforming products promptly.

* Investigate and analyse and non-conforming product or any deviation to specification and raise Concession requests and when required, Non-conformance reports.

* Raising First Article Inspection Reports (training can be provided)

* Create, review and verify Certificates of Conformity.

* Accurately complete manufacturing records, ensuring accuracy and full product and process traceability.

* Previous experience and certification in inspection under an AS9100 or equivalent quality system is highly desirable.

* Competence in using Microsoft Office and other relevant software.

Working Hours:

​​​​​​​Monday to Thursday (08.00am until 17:00pm) & Friday 08:00am until 14:30pm) - Flexible for the right person