Quality Control Technician

Morson are thrilled to be recruiting exclusively for our aerospace and defence client based in Cambridge.

With a growing footprint across the UK, Europe, North America and the Middle East, the business currently employs around 2,000 people - all united behind a shared purpose of successfully solving problems that others walk away from, coupled with an inherent instinct to do the right thing.

Purpose of the position

This is an exciting opportunity for a self-motivated, enthusiastic and hardworking quality technician with a good eye for detail. You will be responsible for performing standardized quality control checks on our company products to ensure they meet the required legal and company standards for safety and quality. You also be required to maintain calibrated test equipment, prepare test data, and identify areas for quality control improvement.

This opportunity will suit applicants with either Quality or Inspection experience.

Responsibilities:

Developing and maintaining company inspection reports.
Inspecting goods or products according to quality and safety standards, ensuring goods and products comply with engineering drawings, specification and standards. .
Reporting quality anomalies.
Collating test data and issuing quality reports.
Identifying possible areas for improvement in quality control processes.
Lead internal issues investigations, collaborating with other departments, ensuring satisfactory corrections are in place.
Participate and support in the on-site customer Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) process.

Tasks:

Undertake incoming inspections of both commercially available and in house designed parts from external Suppliers and internal manufacturing units.
Independent inspection and testing of manufactured products and assemblies.
Ensuring that the “End Item Data Packs” are complete and correct.
Issue MRB’s, Internal Inspection Reports, and SNCR’s as required.
Ensure all Internal Inspection Reports are closed in the timely manner and effective corrective actions implemented.

To ensure success as a quality technician, you should have a strong working knowledge of inspection processes and test equipment, high degree of competence in interpreting technical drawings, and the ability to work with minimal supervision.

Technical Competencies:

Excellent knowledge and experience of inspection processes and test equipment.
Experience drafting reports and collating data.
Substantial experience of operating in an ISO9001 Quality Systems environment.
Knowledge of quality tool for fault diagnosis and root cause analysis.
A high degree of competence in interpreting technical drawings, specification, tolerances and drawing symbols.
Must be competent in use of basic measuring equipment e.g. Vernier, micrometer etc.

Experience:
At least 5 years’ experience working in a manufacturing environment as an inspector or quality technician.
Knowledge of manufacturing processes. Including: - MIG and TIG welding, joining technology, metal fabrication techniques, electrical and pneumatic systems, machining techniques and painting systems.