Pre-Qualified Quality Inspector

We are looking for an Pre-Qualified Quality Inspector to work in a busy manufacturing environment at our Derby Site Working hours: 48 hours, Monday to Thursday 6.00am - 6.00pm Monday to Thursday Incuding 2 x 20minute breaks. Salary: £15.37 plus 9% shift allowance Benefits: * Competitive pay * Overtime available * Pension * Holidays * Long Service awards * Death in Service 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 • First article inspection procedures • Identify reoccurring quality issues and communicate them to the chief inspector along with recommendations • Assist in the 5Y quality procedure and produce rout cause analysis of product failures • Incorporate standardisation of jigs, fixtures and tooling wherever possible • Non-conformance procedures • Represent quality function at team meetings • Support, develop and improve the relationship with our quality contacts within our customer base • Support and promote improvement activities to directly benefit our products and manufacturing processes • To work within cross functional teams to support business development, growth and improvement projects as required. • To support, develop, maintain and improve the company’s quality management system and conduct internal audits against the system • To control calibration activity of all instrument on regular basis • To conduct root cause analyses, SPC and other appropriate quality tools and techniques to ensure that the manufacturing processes meet customer requirements Core skills/attributes needed: • Previous Internal auditing experience • Experienced in an engineering background • Ability to interpret engineering drawings and specifications • Technical knowledge & experience within the aerospace sector preferred • Competent in using the following equipment; verniers, micrometres, bore micrometers, height gauges, DTI (Digital Test Indicators); • Experience in a quality control environment preferred Page 2 of 2 Gardner Aerospace Confidential (AMBER) Document • Provide 1st Article Inspection Reports • Working to ISO 9001 and ISO 5001 • Experience of Machining / Fabrications and Treatments • Attention to detail • Ability to work on own initiative and with minimum supervision • CMM experience advantageous but not essential • Experience in lean tools such as 8D, Kaizen (Continues Improvement) processes • Chemical and special processes knowledge • Aerospace manufacturing background ideally specific NADCAP experience • New Product Introduction & associated tools FMEA, APQP + PPAP Awareness • Practical Problem Solving skills • 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 in order 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 in order 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