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Quality Inspector

🏢 Wabtec • 📍 Barnsley, Yorkshire and the Humber, England • 🕒 Today

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Location Base

Barnsley, Yorkshire and the Humber, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions and value-added services for freight and transit rail. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, the company has unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, creating transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Wabtec has approximately 27,000 employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit the company’s new website at:

http://www.WabtecCorp.com

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It’s not just about your career… or your job title…it’s about who you are and the impact you are going to make on the world. Do you want to go into uncharted waters…do things that haven’t been done to make yours and someone else's life better? Wabtec has been doing that for decades and we will continue to do so! Through our people, leadership development, services, technology and scale, Wabtec delivers better outcomes for global customers by speaking the language of industry.

Melett Ltd, a Wabtec Company, are recruiting an experienced Quality Inspector to join their team in Barnsley.

You will assist the Quality Manager in controlling the quality of products coming into the company to ensure product meets specification and assist other departments in the resolution of internal quality issues or concerns.

You will:

Use manual measuring equipment to validate components to drawing specifications
Use CMM to measure components
Validate product via the goods inwards inspection sampling process
Complete goods inwards inspection reports
Identify any con-conforming products and take corrective actions
Work closely with the development department on new sample approvals

Skills and experience

Previous experience of working within an engineering environment
Experienced in the use of manual measuring equipment
Have a full understanding of geometric tolerances and engineering drawings
It would be desirable if you have experience in operating a 3 axis co-ordinate measuring machine (CMM) and profile projector.

Wabtec Corporation is committed to taking on the world’s toughest challenges. In order to fulfill that commitment we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity and inclusiveness. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences and styles…people like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.