About the opportunity

We are the internal recruitment partner for our client, a global organisation offering excellence in manufacturing solutions for the aerospace market.

Are you passionate about precision, quality, and aerospace engineering? Do you thrive in a dynamic manufacturing environment where attention to detail is everything?

We’re on a mission to deliver excellence and we need a dedicated Mechanical Inspector to help us ensure our products meet the highest standards.

Responsibilities

• Verifying the conformity of aerospace parts, assemblies, and sub-assemblies to engineering drawings and customer requirements
• Completing detailed and traceable inspection records
• Supporting production teams with batch verifications and first-off inspections
• Compiling First Article Inspection Reports (FAIRs)
• Performing inspections throughout the manufacturing and supply chain process
• Reporting and escalating non-conformances, and supporting root cause investigations
• Actively participating in Continuous Improvement and New Product Introduction meetings

Requirements

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings and specifications
• Solid experience in inspecting precision components
• Familiarity with inspection tools, CMM equipment, and industry measurement techniques
• Experience in aerospace or pharmaceutical environments preferred
• Strong communication and organisational skills
• Confidence to challenge and escalate quality issues
• HND or equivalent qualification, with a good grasp of imperial and metric systems would be desirable

Benefits

In return we are offering:

• A competitive basic salary plus an enhanced shift premium. 39 hours worked over 4 days Monday to Thursday (5:00 pm – 3:15 am), additional shift premium paid at time and one-third for hours worked between 6:00 pm and 3:15 am
• 23 days holiday pro rata increasing to 26 days after 5 years’ service, plus bank holidays
• Life assurance scheme
• Auto enrolment pension scheme
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Employee Recognition Scheme
• Long Service Awards

This role is based within the ULEZ zone. Please note that petrol vehicles registered from 2006 onwards and diesel vehicles registered from 2016 onwards are ULEZ compliant.