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Quality Technician – Gateshead – £26,000 to £28,000 per annum – Permanent
Monday – Thursday: 7:30am – 4:30pm
Friday: 7:30am – 12:30pm
The Company
Our client is a well-established manufacturing business supplying engineered products to leading OEMs across the automotive and industrial sectors. Known for their commitment to quality and continuous improvement, they are looking to recruit a Quality Technician to join their team in Gateshead.
The Role
Reporting to the Quality Engineer, you’ll support quality activities across new and existing production, ensuring products and processes meet customer and internal quality standards.
Key duties include:
- Inspecting and measuring components against engineering drawings and specifications. Digital callipers, Verniers etc
- Providing quality support to production and resolving day-to-day quality issues.
- Conducting shop floor audits and supporting compliance with quality standards, including IATF 16949.
- Assisting with customer and supplier quality concerns, containment activities and root cause investigations.
- Maintaining inspection documentation, SOPs and quality records.
- Coordinating calibration of measuring equipment.
- Recording inspection results and non-conformances.
- Supporting continuous improvement initiatives and scheduled product revalidation.
About You
You’ll ideally have:
- Experience in a manufacturing quality or inspection role.
- The ability to read engineering drawings and use measuring equipment.
- Good problem-solving and organisational skills.
- Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office.
- A full UK driving licence.
Experience within automotive or off-highway manufacturing, quality auditing, IATF 16949 and tooling or assembly processes would be advantageous but is not essential.
What’s on Offer
- £26,000 – £28,000 salary, depending on experience.
- 39-hour working week with an early finish every Friday.
- Training and development opportunities.
- The chance to join a stable manufacturer supplying leading OEMs.
- A varied, hands-on role within a supportive Quality team.
If you’re looking to develop your career within a supportive manufacturing environment and play a key role in maintaining world-class quality standards, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!
Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency.
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7074692 – James Tilley