Senior Quality Inspector – Step Into Leadership

Senior Quality Inspector – Step Into Leadership

Location: Nottinghamshire
Salary: £40,000 – £45,000 DOE
Hours: Monday to Friday, Days
Job Type: Permanent, Full-Time

Are you an experienced Quality Inspector who knows their way around engineering drawings, precision measuring equipment and a busy machine shop?

Perhaps you're already the person colleagues turn to for advice, you enjoy solving problems and you know what good quality looks like.

But you're ready for something more.

We're looking for someone who wants to take that next step in their career.

TN Talent Recruitment are working with an established engineering business offering an exciting opportunity for an experienced Inspector to take on greater responsibility, influence quality standards and develop their career within a supportive engineering environment.

You don't need to have held a management title before. What matters is your technical ability, your understanding of engineering quality and your confidence to make decisions.

What does the role involve?

This is a hands-on position where you'll remain close to the engineering and manufacturing process while taking on broader responsibility for quality.

You'll be:

• Overseeing first-off, in-process and final inspection of precision-engineered components.

• Reading and interpreting engineering drawings, tolerances and GD&T.

• Using precision measuring equipment and ensuring inspection methods are accurate and appropriate.

• Working alongside machinists and production teams to identify and resolve quality issues.

• Investigating non-conformances, understanding root causes and helping prevent repeat problems.

• Supporting and improving inspection procedures and quality standards.

• Helping maintain ISO 9001 processes and supporting quality audits.

• Sharing your knowledge, guiding colleagues and helping develop inspection standards.

• Having a genuine say in how quality is managed and improved across the business.

What are we looking for?

You'll ideally be an experienced Quality Inspector, Senior Inspector, Lead Inspector or Inspection Supervisor from a precision engineering or machining environment.

We're particularly interested in people who have:

• Strong hands-on dimensional inspection experience.

• A good understanding of CNC machining and precision-engineered components.

• Confidence interpreting technical drawings and engineering tolerances.

• Experience using micrometers, verniers, gauges and other precision measuring equipment.

• A practical understanding of ISO 9001 and quality procedures.

• Experience identifying and resolving manufacturing quality issues.

• The confidence to communicate with engineers, machinists and production teams.

Experience with CMM equipment would be beneficial.

Most importantly, we're looking for someone who takes pride in their work, enjoys solving technical problems and is ready to take ownership of more than just inspection.

What's in it for you?

• £40,000 – £45,000, depending on experience.

• Monday to Friday, daytime hours.

• The opportunity to progress from inspection into quality leadership.

• Greater responsibility without losing the hands-on engineering element you enjoy.

• The chance to influence standards, processes and improvements.

• A supportive team and opportunities for professional development.

• Company pension and on-site parking.

Ready for more responsibility?

If that sounds like you, we'd love to have a confidential conversation.

Get in touch with TN Talent Recruitment to find out more.