Chief Inspector

The Chief Inspector

Location: Essex

Perm role

The role

The chief inspector is responsible for leading and coordinating our clients inspection activities, ensuring manufactured components and associated documentation consistently meet customer, drawing, regulatory and quality management system requirements.

The position requires an experienced, technically capable and hands-on inspection professional with a strong background in precision aerospace machining, fine-tolerance measurement and dimensional inspection.

About you

The successful candidate must have substantial practical experience in the preparation, review and approval of aerospace and customer-specific product approval documentation, including:

• FAIR – First Article Inspection Reports

• AS9102 requirements and Forms 1, 2 and 3

• PPAP – Production Part Approval Process

• GOPPA/customer-specific product approval processes

• Ballooned engineering drawings

• Characteristic accountability

• Material and process certification

• Special-process documentation

• Dimensional inspection reports

• Traceability and supporting objective evidence

The role requires extensive practical knowledge of precision measurement techniques and equipment

The successful candidate must understand appropriate measurement techniques for fine-tolerance machined components and be capable of determining whether the selected inspection method provides sufficient accuracy and repeatability for the tolerance being measured.

Candidates must demonstrate:

Minimum of 5 years' previous experience in a Chief Inspector, Senior Inspector, Lead Inspector or equivalent senior inspection position within a precision engineering environment.

In addition, candidates must have demonstrable experience in:

• Aerospace or similarly regulated precision engineering.

• Fine-tolerance CNC machined components.

• A strong working knowledge of CMM inspection is essential.

Please call for a full job specification or email your CV to [email removed]

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