Quality Inspector

Basildon | Quality Inspector

We are looking for an experienced Quality Inspector to join our team at our Basildon Basildon manufacturing site.

Working Hours

* 39 hours Monday – Thursday: 7.00am – 16.00pm

* Friday 7.30am - 12.30pm

Salary💷 £18.54 per hour

Benefits Package

* Competitive salary

* Overtime

* Company pension scheme

* 25 days annual leave + 8 statutory holidays, Christmas shut down

* Death in Service benefit

* Long Service awards

Purpose of role and key accountabilities:

* To provide Quality and Inspection support for both existing and new business opportunities and to develop the Right First-Time philosophy required to become a leading supplier of quality components to the aerospace industry

* Maintain quality control within the manufacturing process, in line with business standards and customer requirements

* Check and verify the compliance of components produced at all stages within business

* Identify reoccurring quality issues and communicate them to the Senior Team Leader along with recommendations

* Assist with root cause analysis, using 5 Whys and Ishikawa.

* Identify and report any non-conformances

* Support, develop and improve the relationship internally between departments

* Support and promote improvement activities to directly benefit our products and inspection processes

* To work within cross functional teams to support business development, growth and improvement projects as required.

* Working to ISO 50001 / 14001 / 45001 / 9001 standards

Core skills/attributes needed:

* Experience in an inspection / manufacturing environment

* Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications

* Technical knowledge & experience within the aerospace sector preferred

* Competent in using the following equipment: verniers, micrometers, bore micrometers, height gauges, DTI (Digital Test Indicators);

* Experience in a quality control environment preferred

* Working to ISO 9001 and ISO 5001

* Experience with inspecting Machined, Fabricated, Treated and Assembled parts.

* Attention to detail

* Ability to work on own initiative and with minimum supervision

* CMM experience advantageous but not essential

* Excellent IT Skills

The employee must also strive to support the elements of the SQCDP framework of the wider Gardner business.

Safety: work in line with all accredited company safety standards to provide a safe working environment for all

Quality: support the quality accreditations across the business to ensure the delivery of a ‘right first time’ performance

Cost: support the continuous improvements in cost reduction activities across the company to deliver increased profitability and value for money to our customers and stakeholders

Delivery: drive improvement in delivery performance to continually exceed customer expectations and targets

People: support organisational capability and influence cultural change by embracing diversity, inclusion, wellbeing and community