Lead Inspector

**Job Summary**

**Responsibilities**
- Responsible for the supervision and day to day running of the Inspection area, liaising with other departments on the priorities and schedules.
- Maintain competence in the use of all the company’s manual dimensional inspection equipment, including but not limited to micrometres, Bore Mics, Vernier callipers, drop gauges, slips, pin gauges, ring and plug gauges.
- Maintain competence in the use of the company’s Co-ordinate measuring machines (CMMs).
- Maintain competence in the use of the company’s surface measurement equipment.
- Maintain competence in the use of the company’s calibration equipment.
- Following defined sampling criteria, carry out final dimensional inspection and gauging of components to the parameters defined within the manufacturing or inspection documents provided.
- Review manufacturing’s in-process inspection records and generate final quality inspection records as evidence of product compliance.
- Conduct component visual examination in accordance with defined or written specifications, including the use of borescope, microscope and shadowgraph equipment’s where either defined or simply deemed necessary to conduct effective visual examination.
- Achieve and maintain competence in conducting other surface examination techniques including Positive Material Identification (PMI); Iron (Copper Sulphate) and Iron contamination (Ferroxyl) testing; and Ferrite Checks using a Feritscope.
- Achieve and maintain your competence in the interpretation of all NDE tests stated above against defined or written specifications, generating the final quality inspection records as evidence of product compliance to these specifications.
- Achieve and maintain competence in the inspection of products received via purchase order. This inspection shall include but is not limited to: sub-contract machined parts or operations; proprietary parts, raw material & processes such as surface treatment; welding and painting.
- Where required, carry out all the above activities with the customer’s inspector or representative present in a constructive, courteous and professional manner, whilst maintaining previously agreed commitments to your supervisor and colleagues.
- Be actively involved in both continuous process improvement and management of change but obtain approval from your manager before formulating new or revised methods into standard inspection tools for publishing via QA into departmental systems and procedures.
- In conjunction with your manager, monitor your performance to committed goals, to enable effective system review and process change to drive through continuous efficiency improvement.
- Where required, a reasonable level of overtime hours should be worked to prevent slippage to committed goals.
- Ensure you are aware of the responsibilities both legally and ethically your decisions have on those impacted upon by your work and sign off of other’s work.
- Ensure you conduct yourself in a professional and courteous manner at all times. Follow your certifying body’s professional code of conduct and operate in accordance with the terms of your employment as laid down in the company handbook.

**Experience**
- Proven experience in quality control with extensive experience of ISO9001:2015, API Q1 and ISO 45001 QMS and terminology within a design and manufacturing environment, including managing non-conformity, process audit, metrology, calibration techniques, non-destructive testing and report writing.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret data effectively.
- Excellent attention to detail and a commitment to maintaining high-quality standards.
- Ability to work collaboratively within a team while also being self-motivated.

Pay: £34,000.00-£36,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Company pension
- Free parking
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Overtime

Work Location: In person