Quality Control Technician

Job Title: Quality Control Technician
Duration: TBC, but most likely 2-3 months.
Hourly Rate: £13.73 p/hr
Working Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Thu 7:45-16:30 with unpaid lunch break 12:30-13:00; Fri 7:45-12:15)
Norwich based
Job Role Summary:
To take an active role within our clients Engineering Quality Department, ensuring product components are inspected to meet design requirements.
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
Take an active role within the Quality Department, ensuring all activities undertaken are done so accurately and in a timely manner
Undertake inspection of purchased goods at the supplier’s premises in Norwich and at the point of receipt, completing appropriate paperwork / reports as necessary.
Undertake inspection of in-house manufactured components, completing appropriate paperwork / reports as necessary
Undertake inspection during build, on final assembly or on returned machines, completing appropriate paperwork / reports as necessary
Undertake dimensional checks for investigative purposes, completing appropriate paperwork / reports as necessary
Undertake the calibration of measuring instrumentation (e.g. micrometres, verniers, pressure gauges)
Maintain calibration records and procedures
Ensuring and reporting the temperature control of the Standards room
Carry out other tasks as may be reasonably requested by Line Manager, that are within the role holders ability
Follow all safety procedures to maintain a safe work environment.
Education / Qualification Requirements:
• BTEC Level 3 in an Engineering discipline ideally.
JOB DESCRIPTION
Experience and Knowledge Requirements:
Essential:
Experience working in a Quality Control role
Use and programming of the company CMM (Co-Ordinate Measuring Machine)
Knowledge and understanding of calibration methods for mechanical tooling
Reading of engineering drawings and use of all measuring equipment
Use of company IT systems
Previous experience of working in a manufacturing environment
Skills and Competency Requirements:
Essential:
Highly self-motivated with a genuine desire to succeed and help move the business forward
Possess excellent communication skills, both written and oral
Have excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Experienced user of Inspection Equipment (e.g. - Internal & External Micrometres, Depth gauges, Verniers – up to 1.5 Metre length measurements
Ability to use Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM)
Attention to detail and analytical skills
Ability to work to and achieve challenging deadlines
Confident with Microsoft Office packages
Strong problem solving and decision making skills
Team player
Desirable:
Writing and manipulating information in databases
Please contact us without delay, with an updated cv to apply and be considered, immediate starts available.
Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd is a proud equal opportunities employer, dedicated and specialist to the engineering and manufacturing industries. We work and support some of the most well-known companies in Norfolk and Suffolk. These vacancies are being advertised on behalf of Technique-Recruitment Solutions Ltd who are operating as an employment business and employment agency