Quality Control Inspector

Location: Ulverston, Cumbria (Office-Based, 5 Days per Week)
Rates: -2225 per Hour (Flexible for the Right Candidate)
Duration: 12 months + Contract

Our client is seeking a meticulous and quality-focused Quality Control Inspector to join their growing team in Ulverston. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced inspection professional to play a key role in ensuring materials, components and finished products meet the highest quality standards within a highly regulated engineering environment.

The Role

As a Quality Control Inspector, you will be responsible for carrying out both incoming vendor inspections and final product inspections, ensuring all products meet customer specifications, engineering drawings and industry standards before being accepted or dispatched. You will also review quality documentation, verify traceability and support the resolution of non-conformances.

Key Responsibilities

Incoming Inspection

• Inspect supplier materials, machined components and purchased equipment against drawings, specifications and purchase orders.
• Perform visual and dimensional inspections using calibrated measuring equipment.
• Verify part numbers, revisions, quantities and traceability markings.
• Identify and quarantine non-conforming products in line with quality procedures.

Final Inspection & Product Release

• Conduct final inspections of completed products and assemblies.
• Verify manufacturing, inspection and testing records are complete and compliant.
• Check product identification, packaging, preservation and dispatch readiness.
• Review and compile quality documentation packs for customer delivery.
• Support customer and third-party witness inspections.

Quality Assurance & Documentation

• Review certificates of conformity, material certificates, inspection records and FAIRs.
• Ensure full traceability between materials, manufacturing records and completed products.
• Raise and manage non-conformance reports.
• Work closely with Engineering, Procurement and suppliers to resolve quality issues.
• Maintain accurate inspection records using quality management and ERP systems.

About You

We''re looking for candidates with:

Essential

• Engineering or manufacturing qualification, apprenticeship, or equivalent industry experience.
• Proven quality inspection experience covering both physical inspection and documentation review.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
• Experience using dimensional measuring equipment.
• Understanding of material certification and product traceability requirements.
• Excellent attention to detail and strong communication skills.

Desirable

• Oil & Gas, subsea or other safety-critical industry experience.
• Knowledge of API, ASME, ASTM, BS or EN standards.
• Familiarity with EN(phone number removed).1/3.2 certification requirements.
• Experience reviewing FAIRs and final manufacturing documentation packs.
• SAP or ERP system experience.
• Training in quality auditing, root cause analysis or corrective actions.
• CMM inspection experience.

Why Apply?

This is an opportunity to join a respected engineering organisation supporting critical projects within the Oil & Gas and Subsea sectors. You will play a vital role in maintaining product quality, customer satisfaction and compliance within a business that values precision, accountability and continuous improvement.

Interested? Apply today to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan.