Quality Inspector

**COMPANY BACKGROUND**:
Slingco is an award-winning supplier of high-quality cable grip and wire rope products, with over 40 years of industry heritage. We serve customers in over 60 countries worldwide from our head office in Lancashire, UK, and base in Georgia, USA.

We design and manufacture to the highest specifications and test to destruction. If our products do not meet and exceed the most stringent national and international standards, they’re not good enough for our customers.

At Slingco, our goal is to create innovative high-quality products that our customers can depend on, whilst providing a positive experience for our customers and our employees. Every aspect of our work, culture and commitment to innovation is driven by our core values

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To be responsible for approving the quality of raw and incoming materials and for final inspection. To also ensure there are no faults in either the materials or the manufacturing process, as well as maintaining records to meet traceability and certification requirements.

**PAY & BENEFITS**:

- £24,000 per annum
- Contribution based Pension
- Death in Service / Life Assurance
- Free Gym Membership
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Employee Loan Scheme
- Modern purpose built manufacturing and office facility (Rawtenstall Head Office)
- Free car parking

**KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Ensure parts are inspected without causing unnecessary impact to the continuity of production, including examination of critical incoming materials or components on a routine basis and rejection of those that are unsuitable.
- Management of inspection documentation, ensuring all incoming parts have relevant records kept satisfying quality requirements.
- Providing assistance to all departments by measuring sample parts for investigations and completion of relevant reports where necessary.
- Ensuring suspect parts are segregated in the Quarantine location.
- Measurement of new sample parts to ensure drawing requirements are being met prior to parts being introduced into production, with records maintained and samples stored in designated locations.
- Be responsible for the disposal of non-conforming product and ensuring suspect parts are segregated in the Quarantine location.
- Perform Inspections on finished products, ensuring records are maintained to meet traceability and compliance requirements.
- Participate fully and cooperate with all product, company, system and compliance audits (internal and external)
- Identify and implement appropriate improvements in assembly processes, as well as in the inspection function
- Monitor and report on issues discovered during Inspection to drive continuous improvement.
- Undertaking internal audits to ensure compliance to regulatory standards.
- Undertake testing on incoming parts and ensuring all relevant measuring equipment is calibrated and the relevant records are kept up to date.
- **Health**, **Safety and Environmental duties** - all employees have the duty to ensure the health safety and welfare of themselves, others and the environment

**EXPERTISE REQUIRED**:

- Close attention to detail is essential.
- The ability to prioritise tasks and manage own workload is essential
- Understanding of engineering drawings and tolerances is desirable
- Experience of using measurement software and equipment is desirable.

**KEY COMPETENCIES**:

- Understands customers and responds in a timely fashion to customer enquiries, requests and complaints
- Maintains clear and regular communication with internal customers to ensure mutual expectations are understood.
- Uses available information to aid problem solving, breaks down problems into simple lists of tasks and activities
- Demonstrates willingness to adapt ideas, based on new information or contrary evidence
- Delivers the agreed objectives
- Responds positively to unforeseen events
- Manages own emotions well
- Recognises the importance of learning from setbacks; conducts root cause analysis and applies lessons learned
- Avoids making impulsive decisions when under pressure
- Provide opportunities for the team to contribute ideas to get the job done
- Has a positive work ethic_._
- Builds open and honest relationships with all stakeholders.
- Buys into Slingco values and The Slingco Way

The Job Holder is responsible for all Health, Safety and Environmental Duties as listed in the company Health, Safety and Environmental Policy.

**MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS**:

- Good standard of math’s, English & science (i.e. GCSE grade C or above / equivalent)
- PC Literate - good use of Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint and other software packages