Quality Inspector (Metal Components & Precision Engineering)
Location: London SE1
Salary: £45,000 – £55,000 + Benefits
Job Type: Permanent
The Role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Quality Inspector to join a growing advanced manufacturing business. This role is ideally suited to someone with a strong background inspecting metallic components, including machined, fabricated, welded, cast, or precision-engineered parts.
Working within a high-specification manufacturing environment, you will be responsible for ensuring that metal components and assemblies meet customer, engineering, and regulatory requirements through rigorous inspection, measurement, and quality control processes.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct first-off, in-process and final inspection of metallic components and assemblies.
- Inspect machined, fabricated, welded and finished metal products against engineering drawings and specifications.
- Verify dimensional accuracy, tolerances, surface finishes, and material conformity.
- Perform detailed visual and dimensional inspections using precision metrology equipment.
- Review material certificates, inspection records and traceability documentation.
- Raise and manage Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs).
- Support root cause investigations and corrective actions.
- Collaborate with manufacturing and engineering teams to resolve quality issues.
- Maintain accurate quality documentation and inspection records.
- Ensure compliance with ISO 9001 and customer-specific quality requirements.
- Support internal and external quality audits.
Essential Experience
Proven experience as a Quality Inspector within:
- Metal fabrication
- CNC machining
- Precision engineering
- Aerospace manufacturing
- Defence manufacturing
- Industrial manufacturing
Experience inspecting metallic components manufactured from materials such as:
- Aluminium
- Stainless steel
- Carbon steel
- Titanium
- Nickel alloys
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T.
Strong understanding of manufacturing tolerances and geometric measurement.
Experience using:
- Micrometers
- Vernier calipers
- Height gauges
- Bore gauges
- Surface finish measurement equipment
- Thread gauges
Desirable Experience
- CMM operation and programming.
- Welding inspection experience.
- Knowledge of AS9100 quality systems.
- Understanding of metallurgy and material specifications.
- Experience producing FAIR documentation.
- Background within aerospace, defence, energy, automotive or motorsport sectors.
Ideal Candidate
You’ll be a detail-oriented quality professional with a passion for precision engineering and a strong understanding of metal component manufacturing processes. You will be comfortable working with complex parts, tight tolerances, and demanding customer quality standards while demonstrating a proactive, hands-on approach to problem solving
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