Job Title: Chief Quality Inspector Location: Leighton Buzzard Hours: Monday – Thursday // 8:00am – 5:00pm Friday 8am – 2:30pm Pay Rate: £30,000 - £35,000 We are currently recruiting for a Quality Inspector for our client in Leighton Buzzard. They are highly regarded within the Aerospace Industry. Additionally, their skills extend far beyond that, including F1, Oil & Gas, Medical, Hydraulics, Injection Moulding and much more. This particular company are the market leader for Deep Hole Boring, Deep Hole Drilling, CNC Honing and CNC Turning. Our client has an excellent reputation for honesty, flexibility, communication and continual investment and improvement in both skills and services. We have an excellent staff retention rate with over 50% of our team with over 10 years’ service Why apply? Paying £30,000 - £35,000 per annum (DOE) The position is full-time, permanent and immediate starts are available. Holidays are 28 days including Bank Holidays extra bonus holiday over the Christmas Period to ensure a full shutdown from the 23rd of Dec to the 3rd of January. Government Pension Scheme Health Care Scheme covering services such as opticians, dental, physiotherapy, surgery and more. Excellent working conditions and parking on-site. What’s the job? 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. A hands-on approach to teamwork and problem solving is essential as is a flexible, positive, and responsive approach to any duties. Who can do this? 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 and critical deadlines. 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. Experience with Aerospace industry and exotic materials strongly desired. Suitable Industry recognised qualifications in CNC programming, setting and operating AND/OR a minimum of 5 years’ experience working in a similar engineering environment at a comparable level. Good communication skills. What next? Do you have the experience? The company welcome a site visit to ensure you are happy with the role, the environment and the people you will work with If you would like to speak to someone regarding being booking an interview then please contact Luke Aston on (phone number removed) for more information or send an email to (url removed) Immediate starts are available Manufacturing Workforce are responsible for placing skilled and in demand people on both a permanent and contract basis into the Engineering, Technical and Manufacturing sectors, from skilled Shop Floor Personnel and Specialist Engineers to Supervisory and Management positions. We operate from several prime locations throughout Central England and our Specialist Consultants will have an in-depth understanding of your skills and offer best advice on your next step We are always searching for the best talent, so if you know anyone, why not recommend someone to one of our professional team who will be more than happy to help. MEDW