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Quality Inspector

Swindon, Gloucestershire
1 week ago
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Role: Quality Inspector

Location: Cheltenham

Salary: £35,000 - £36,000

Benefits: 27 days holiday plus Wellbeing Day, Private Medical Insurance, Bonus scheme, Sharescheme, Enhanced pension plan, Life assurance, Discount scheme.

Role Overview
You’ll be part of a team that supports the design, engineering, and manufacturing of products, balancing quality, compliance, and customer expectations.

Shift Patterns Options

Early shift: Monday to Friday, 06:00 to 14:00
Responsibilities:

Providing timely quality control and metrology support to operations and the wider UK Supply business.

Sharing best practices in measurement and metrology with production, engineering, and global quality teams.
 Supporting the rollout of MES and expansion of machining processes.
 Analysing data to report quality metrics and identify improvement opportunities.
 Promoting a culture of quality and compliance across the business.
 Communicating quality successes and risks to leadership and stakeholders.
Requirements:

A solid understanding of manufacturing or industrial processes, tools, and techniques.
 Hands-on experience with metrology equipment and systems.
 Proficiency in Office 365 and general computer literacy.
 Experience guiding stakeholders on metrology techniques.
 Experience programming and using key metrology tools such as CMM and surface measurement systems.
For further details, please contact Nick Sollis – (phone number removed) or email your cv (url removed)

Omega Resource Group are an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing sectors.

We are always seeking Engineering Staff, Senior Managers, Skilled and Semi-Skilled Machinists, Mechanical Fitters, Electrical Fitters, Quality Engineers, Materials Science Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Electronics Engineers, Test Technicians, Technical Authors and Laboratory Technicians to name but a few.

For details of other opportunities available within your chosen field please visit our website (url removed)

Omega is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors

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