Job Overview
A qualified Quality Engineer with experience of developing and implementing quality and business improvements to maximise production, profitability, and customer service within an Aerospace manufacturing environment. The ideal candidate will have good commercial awareness and excellent communication skills, with the ability to develop business relationships to promote growth within the company whilst maintaining quality standards. The role requires an initiative-taking individual who is able to work without supervision and can make effective decisions to minimise quality-related problems. To manage and maintain all company and customer-owned tooling, ensuring it is serviceable, compliant and available to support production, whilst also supporting product verification activities through inspection and quality control. The role ensures tooling is controlled, calibrated where required and fit for purpose, and that product inspections are carried out in line with company and customer requirements. The QI & Tooling Engineer is responsible for the control, maintenance, calibration and repair of all tooling, alongside supporting inspection activities within the manufacturing environment, including performing product inspections, verifying conformity to specifications, and ensuring that tooling used in production is maintained in a controlled condition. The position supports both operational delivery and product quality by combining tooling management with hands-on inspection capability.
Based in Bromborough, Teledyne CML Composites is a fast‑growing manufacturer, supplying carbon/glass‑fibre composite parts and assemblies to leading aircraft and aero‑engine producers.
Responsibilities
- Tooling Control
- Maintain full control of all tooling including Teledyne-owned tooling and customer-owned tooling.
- Ensure tooling is uniquely identified, correctly stored and protected from damage or deterioration.
- Manage the tooling register, keeping accurate records of status, location, condition and ownership.
- Define and manage calibration and verification requirements.
- Ensure tooling requiring calibration is included within the calibration system and remains in valid calibration status.
- Coordinate tooling inspection, maintenance, repair and replacement.
- Remove defective tooling from service and prevent its use.
- Inspection Activities
- Perform in‑process, final and incoming inspections where required.
- Verify product conformity against drawings, specifications and work instructions.
- Record inspection results in line with company requirements.
- Raise non‑conformances (NCRs) where product does not meet requirements.
- Support MRB / concession processes, root cause investigations and corrective actions.
- Ensure compliance with AS9100 and customer requirements (Airbus, GKN, etc.).
- Operational Responsibilities
- Support production teams with tooling issues, inspection queries and product conformity concerns.
- Ensure tooling availability aligns with production demand.
- Identify and raise risks relating to tooling condition, inspection capacity and product quality.
- Support the introduction of new tooling and processes.
- Compliance & Control
- Ensure tooling control meets AS9100 requirements, calibration system requirements and customer‑specific requirements.
- Ensure inspection activities are traceable, recorded and compliant with defined requirements.
- Maintain control of customer‑owned tooling in line with contractual obligations.
- Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve tooling reliability, inspection efficiency and defect prevention.
- Support the reduction of scrap, rework and tooling‑related defects across Operations/Production, Quality Engineering, Engineering, Stores/Supply Chain and external tooling suppliers.
- Authority
- Authority to remove tooling from service, raise NCRs and stop production where product or tooling is non‑compliant.
- Success Measures
- Tooling availability and compliance.
- Inspection accuracy and effectiveness.
- Reduction in tooling‑related and inspection‑related defects.
- Accuracy of records and traceability.
Qualifications
- Experience in aerospace or manufacturing environment.
- Understanding of tooling control, inspection processes and calibration systems.
- Ability to read engineering drawings and specifications.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Good organisational and problem‑solving skills.
Benefits
- Salary sacrifice‑led pension plan that matches employee contributions up to 7%
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free life assurance cover at the value of four times basic annual salary
- Holiday purchase scheme which enables employees to purchase an additional week’s worth of annual leave each year
- Comprehensive wellbeing programme that supports employees with physical, mental and financial health, as well as cultural/environmental wellbeing
- Competitive employee discounts platform providing discounts with leading brands/retailers
- Internal reward and recognition scheme linked to internal benefits platform
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Enhanced family‑friendly benefits
- Company sick pay
- Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee that supports and champions employee diversity
- Local discounts and offers (e.g. gyms)
Equal Employment Opportunity
Teledyne and all of our employees are committed to conducting business with the highest ethical standards. We require all employees to comply with all applicable laws, regulations, rules and regulatory orders. Our reputation for honesty, integrity and high ethics is as important to us as our reputation for making innovative sensing solutions.
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