Quality Control Inspector
Posted 3 days ago by Currock Engineering Company Limited
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Chelmsford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Quality Control Inspector role involves conducting thorough inspections and testing of products to ensure compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements. The position requires maintaining detailed records, identifying defects, and collaborating with production and engineering teams to enhance product quality. The inspector will also support health and safety initiatives and assist in implementing quality management systems. This contract position is initially for approximately three months in Chelmsford, England.
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct thorough inspections and testing of products, materials, or components to verify quality standards.
- Maintain detailed records of inspection and testing results, including measurements and observations.
- Ensure compliance with established quality control standards and procedures.
- Identify and document defects, deviations, or non-conformities and communicate to relevant personnel.
- Select random samples for inspection from production batches, shipments, or inventory.
- Conduct quality inspections of first article, in process, and finished goods using measurement devices.
- Report unusual conditions or results to the Team Leader.
- Collaborate with production and engineering teams for process improvements.
- Perform visual and mechanical inspections against customer drawings.
- Inspect raw materials for consistency and integrity.
- Assist in implementing 5S and Lean techniques for operational excellence.
- Support HSE projects aiming for ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certification.
- Comply with Health & Safety rules and support the H&S Committee.
Key Skills:
- Extensive knowledge of Quality Control techniques.
- Ability to understand complicated engineering drawings, including geometric dimensioning and tolerances.
- Confident use of measurement equipment, including micrometers and CMMs.
- Willingness to undertake defect root cause analysis and suggest mitigation measures.
- Knowledge of manufacturing and production processes.
- Ability to multi-task and adjust priorities as instructed.
- Strong time management skills and initiative to meet deadlines.
- Pro-active approach to maintaining Health & Safety.
- Experience within a QMS and knowledge of AS9100 requirements.
- Ability to use mechanical measuring equipment, with CMM experience desirable.
- Understanding of Geometric Tolerancing.
- Experience conducting FAIRs to AS9102.
- Experience with structured problem-solving techniques desirable.
- Experience of internal auditing to ISO9001 or AS9100 desirable.
- Familiarity with PPAP’s, APQP’s, or PFMEA’s.
- Understanding of SPC/SQC desirable.
- Basic knowledge of ISO45001 and ISO14001 standards beneficial.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Chelmsford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Due to increased work load we require a skilled and knowledgeable Quality Inspector to join our Quality Control team on a contract basis, initially for c. 3 months
The job will involve,
- Conduct thorough inspections and testing of products, materials, or components to verify that they meet quality standards, specifications, and regulatory requirements
- Maintain detailed records of inspection and testing results, including measurements, observations, and any defects or non-conformities found
- Ensure that products or processes adhere to established quality control standards and procedures, including compliance with industry regulations and safety standards
- Identify and document any defects, deviations, or non-conformities in products, materials, or processes and communicate this information to relevant personnel for corrective action
- Select random samples for inspection from production batches, shipments, or inventory to evaluate quality
- Conduct and document quality inspections of first article, in process and finished goods to ensure quality conforms to specified requirements, using measurement devices such as callipers, micrometers, shadow graph, digital height gauge and CMMs
- Report all unusual conditions or results, unsafe conditions, broken or out of calibration equipment, procedures not in effect, to Team Leader
- Collaborate with production and engineering teams to identify opportunities for process improvements that enhance product quality and efficiency
- Perform visual and mechanical inspection functions against customer drawings with a good understanding of geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Review & interpret customer requirements
- Inspecting raw materials to ensure consistency and integrity
- Assist in the implementation of 5S and other Lean techniques for developing operational excellence
- Support HSE projects with a goal to certification to ISO 14001 and ISO 45001
- Comply with the company’s Health & Safety rules and regulations and help ensure compliance by all who enter or work at the company’s premises.
- Either directly or through those who report to you, support the work of the company’s H&S Committee
The key skills we require are.
- Extensive knowledge of Quality Control techniques
- Understand complicated engineering drawings, including geometric dimensioning and tolerances
- Be able to confidently use and operate the company’s measurement equipment, including micrometers, callipers, shadow graph, digital height gauge and the CMMs
- Willing to undertake or collaborate with defect root cause and analysis and suggest appropriate mitigation and preventative measures
- Knowledge of manufacturing and production processes
- The ability to perform a muti-task job and adjust priorities as instructed by the Team Leader
- Possess time management skills.
- Be able to take the initiative to meet deadlines and can prioritise workload with minimal supervision
- Pro-active approach to maintaining the Health & Safety of all employees.
Ideal experience will include,
- Working within a QMS and a working knowledge of AS9100 requirements
- Knowledge of Inspection and measurement techniques
- Ability to use mechanical measuring equipment, with CMM experience desirable
- Understanding of Geometric Tolerancing and Tolerancing
- Having the ability to conduct FAIRs to AS9102
- Experience of using structured problem-solving techniques desirable
- Experience of internal auditing to ISO9001 or AS9100 desirable, but not essential
- Experience with assisting with PPAP’s, APQP’s or PFMEA’s
- Understanding of SPC/SQC desirable, but not essential
- Not essential, but beneficial, would be a basic knowledge of the ISO45001 (H&S) and ISO14001 (Environmental) Standards