Quality Inspector
Lincoln
Monday - Friday 8 hour days
Inside IR35
Responsible for routine, daily inspection of products assembled at the Bogie Service Centre, ensuring compliance with product safety standards and best practices.
Responsible for supporting the shop floor with defect identification, data capture, and reporting for resolution.
The role is also accountable for ensuring the quality of our end products, for right-first-time delivery, by providing effective end-of-line inspection.
Key Accountabilities:
* Full inspection of safety-critical materials and products to specification or other set criteria.
* Decision making against specification to ensure no unsafe/non-compliant products are released from the facility.
* Reporting of quality defects through the designated systems, ensuring they are sufficiently identified and recorded.
* Perform quality investigations to identify the point of cause of a defect, and reporting to Quality/Production to enable rework/containment.
* Monitor compliance to meet internal control procedures and take appropriate corrective action.
* Full adherence to safe systems and controls within your area of responsibility.
* Accept personal responsibility to take care of ourselves and any others affected by one's own acts or omissions.
* Take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions that may have an environmental impact.
* Reporting of any EHS concerns/events via the relevant system.
* Understand, implement, and comply with the Siemens Rail Systems HSQE policies.
* Support goods-in inspection and validation of new materials as required.
* Actively encourage/support/participate in the identification and implementation of continuous improvement activities.
* Support containment activities off-site in a professional and effective manner as required.
* Support achievement of customer satisfaction with regards to additional inspection and documentation requirements.
* Demonstrate commercial awareness when dealing with defective materials with regards to costs of non-conformance, including replenishment or rework, logistics, and inspection.
* Engage and support all personnel as required to undertake duties effectively, building positive relationships with colleagues.
* Suggest learning and development opportunities to develop talent and enhance capability in the team.
Knowledge & Experience
* Previous experience in an inspection role.
* Previous experience in decision-making within a safety-critical environment.
* Technical background in a mechanical/engineering environment.
* Attention to detail, thoroughness, and precise reporting.
* Competent with measurement equipment (callipers, micrometers, gauges).
* Good knowledge of IT systems/software/Microsoft Office (ability to use digital reporting systems/interfaces).
* Good communication skills both written and oral.
* Able to remain professional in challenging situations and put quality first in all scenarios.
* Good organisation/planning skills, self-motivated.
PPE will be provided when needed on site.
Required Qualifications
* Other
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