Quality Inspector - Aerospace & Defence

Location: Kidderminster (Onsite role)

Salary: £25,584 to £36,244 + enhanced overtime + excellent bens

Company: A world leader in Rocket Propulsion Technology 🚀

Join a world-class defence manufacturer and play a key role in ensuring the quality and reliability of complex engineered products. As a Quality Inspector, you'll support the full product lifecycle - from initial build through to final assembly - ensuring that every component meets the highest standards of safety, precision and performance.

What You'll Do - Quality Inspector - Aerospace & Defence

• Deliver Final Assembly Inspection Reports (FAIRs) and ensure full conformity to quality standards.
• Write NCRs and support root-cause investigations into technical issues.
• Inspect rework and verify corrective actions.
• Work closely with Quality Engineering, Production, and Design teams to improve processes and resolve quality risks.
• Plan and manage your own inspection workload in partnership with Cell Leaders.
• Create and maintain FAIRs using Visual FAIR.
• Build, update and manage CMM programs, probes and software, including troubleshooting errors and collisions.
• Carry out manual inspections using micrometers, height gauges, shadowgraph and other precision tools.
• Develop inspection methods for non-standard or complex components.
• Conduct internal audits in line with the audit schedule.
• Champion safe working practices and escalate concerns via SWIM when required.
• Support wider quality projects and business improvement initiatives.

What You'll Bring - Quality Inspector - Aerospace & Defence

Essential

• Engineering Apprenticeship (or equivalent).
• Proven experience in Quality Inspection within manufacturing or engineering.
• Hands-on CMM experience, including programming.
• Strong understanding of engineering drawings and precision measurement equipment.
• Experience generating FAIRs and using root-cause tools (8D, 5 Whys, etc.).

Desirable

• HNC (or equivalent) or significant aerospace quality experience.
• AS/EN9100 internal auditor qualification.
• Knowledge of PPAP, APQP, Six Sigma or Lean tools.
• Experience working within an AS/EN9100 aerospace quality system.

Why Join Us?

You'll be part of a highly skilled, collaborative environment supporting some of the most advanced defence products in the world. Expect hands-on technical challenges, exposure to cutting-edge manufacturing, and opportunities to develop your inspection and quality engineering skills.