Quality Inspector

Carterton, Oxfordshire · Inside IR35 · £29.44/hour · Contract · Posted 27 October 2026

Quality Inspector Location - Brize Norton, Oxfordshire 12-Month Contract (Potential Extension) - Inside IR35 Up to £22.00 per hour PAYE / £29.44 per hour Umbrella 35 Hours per Week | 4.5-Day Working Week About the Role…

Inside IR35 Engineering
Pay rate £29.44/hour
Contract type Contract
Location Carterton, Oxfordshire
Posted 27 October 2026

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Quality Inspector

Location - Brize Norton, Oxfordshire
12-Month Contract (Potential Extension) - Inside IR35
Up to £22.00 per hour PAYE / £29.44 per hour Umbrella
35 Hours per Week | 4.5-Day Working Week

About the Role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Quality Inspector to join a leading aerospace and defence organisation based in Brize Norton. Working within a busy logistics and maintenance environment, you will play a key role in ensuring that quality standards, airworthiness requirements, and compliance procedures are consistently achieved before products and components are accepted into storage and service.

Reporting to the Logistics Manager, you will work closely with logistics, safety & compliance, and MRO teams to maintain the highest standards of quality assurance across complex aerospace components and assemblies.

Key Responsibilities

Carry out receipt and evaluation inspections of complex components and assemblies against established inspection plans.
Verify compliance with quality procedures, airworthiness control plans, and quality management system requirements.
Inspect products to ensure conformity with aviation regulatory standards and customer specifications.
Maintain material batch records and manufacturer traceability documentation.
Raise discrepancy reports and support investigations into supplier quality issues and customer complaints.
Monitor and document non-conformance issues relating to business operations.
Support continuous improvement initiatives and represent the Quality function during internal meetings, working groups, and modification programmes.

About You

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

Previous experience in a Quality Inspection role within aerospace, aviation, defence, engineering, or a highly regulated industry.
Knowledge of quality assurance processes and inspection techniques.
Understanding of airworthiness, compliance, and quality management systems.
Strong attention to detail with excellent documentation and record-keeping skills.
The ability to identify, investigate, and resolve quality-related issues.
Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate with multiple stakeholders.
Eligibility to obtain and maintain UK SC Security Clearance.

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