Quality Inspector

Scantec Recruitment are working in partnership with a leading, global FMCG Packaging manufacturer near Newcastle, to assist in recruiting a Quality Inspector / Assistant for their growing Technical team. This is a new role into their Quality structure to support growth and investment.

Job Scope: 

Your role of Quality Inspector will be to support the Quality Engineer to improve customer satisfaction.  Reduce cost of non quality, manage/ maintain quality system & procedure. Working closely with customers and internal functions to achieve continuous improvement.  

Hours / Shifts: 

Rotating: 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm / 10pm-6am 

Excellent Benefits: 

Company bonus 

25 days annual leave plus stats 

7x death in service 

Company funded health cash plan 

Fantastic company pension scheme (9% matched by employer) 

Quality Assistant / Inspector - Main duties: 

• Perform end of line static inspection ensuring Product Quality 
• Communicate with internal customers to agree concession use of material 
• Work closely with Operation to support Process Improvement activity, data analysis and project management (Leaders and Teams). 
• Customer complaints support resolution and elimination using PDCA methods. 
• FMEA – Support reduction in risks and waste, and continual improvements that will impact on QCD (spoilage and downtime reduction, efficiency improvement) 
• Eye of the Customer – support audits to continuously improve operating standards and environment (BRC, Visual management, Pride in workplace) 
• QMS support maintenance of Quality system and procedures ensuring accurate reflection of our processes and adherence to standard. 
• Train and support internal staff to ensure adherence to Quality systems and procedures. 

 Required skills & Experience required: 

We’re seeking an experienced Quality Assistant / Inspector who has excellent communication skills and a detailed, methodical approach to work. We ideally need somebody who has experience of dealing with customer complaints and a good knowledge of ISO 9001:2000 and BRC standards.