Goods Inward Inspector

Stockport, England, United Kingdom

1/14/2025

We are currently looking for a Goods Inwards Inspector

A Little About Us

With over a century of engineering expertise and innovation, KNDS UK is a renowned world leader in rapidly deployable military bridging systems and a key partner in the UK MoD’s Boxer armoured vehicle programme.

We are proud of our heritage and our reputation of providing the highest quality engineering solutions for over 100 years. As a trusted partner to military customers around the world, our employees are the very heart of our company. We have a skilled and experienced workforce dedicated to achieving excellence in all areas of the business from Engineering to Project Management, Business Support to Operations.

As Our Business Evolves, We Are Looking To Strengthen Our Workforce With Talented And Motivated Individuals Across a Range Of Disciplines To Work From Our Northwest Engineering Centre Of Excellence And Currently Have This Opportunity Available

The core responsibility of this role is to ensure that goods received from our suppliers meet the criteria of the purchase order and are fully compliant in all respects. Daily tasks include but are not limited to:

• Carrying out Goods Inward inspection for all component parts entering the company, ensuring compliance to design specification and contractual requirements.
• Identifying, recording and highlighting any non-conformances to specification requirements.
• Generating internal inspection reports.
• Reviewing all external inspection reports and certification supplied with delivered products to ensure they have been completed to the required standard and that they are fully compliant with the relevant specification requirements.
• Producing and maintaining accurate inspection records and explore ways to reduce the goods inwards inspection frequency by identifying positive compliance trends.
• Ensuring all inspection equipment is maintained, calibrated and stored in the correct manner.
• Working with Quality, Production and Engineering to determine the most practicable and efficient goods inwards inspection criteria and methods.
• Supporting in the identification of capability of the goods inwards inspection equipment.
• Maintaining the quarantine area.
• Providing statistical information to establish goods inwards inspection KPIs.
• Maintaining documentation control requirements.
• Communicating effectively with internal and external customers.
  
  

What We’re Looking For

As well as the successful completion of a formal technical engineering or craft apprenticeship, you should be fully computer literate, with previous use of Microsoft Word and Excel, and experience of using MRP, ERP, CAQ systems (such as SAP or Babtec). You should be competent in measuring mechanical and electrical components to drawings and specifications using visual inspection methods, verniers, micrometres and bore-micrometres. Working to ISO9001, 140001 & 45001 or equivalent standards, you should have experience in completing first article inspection, line inspection and final inspection, with the ability to compile reports and the ability to read and understand engineering tolerances and drawings. Experience within a goods inwards inspection department, knowledge of safe methods of load slinging and transfer, familiarity with vehicle sub systems and previous use of a FARO measuring arm is advantageous.

What You Can Expect From Us

We signed the Armed Forces Covenant in 2018, achieved their Silver Award in 2020 and Gold Award in 2024 which means that we actively support and encourage service leavers, reservists and cadets to join our team, recognising military skills and qualifications in our recruitment and selection process. When you become part of the KNDS UK team, you will enjoy employee benefits such as:

• Competitive salary
• Attractive pension (4% employee contribution, 7% employer contribution)
• Flexible working
• Half day Friday
• Life assurance scheme
• Company sick pay scheme which increases with service
• Free unreserved car parking
  
  

If this sounds like the opportunity for you, please apply by clicking the link at the top of the page or email your CV with a cover letter to careers@knds.co.uk.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Please note that we have a Preferred Supplier List in place and we will contact agencies directly should the need arise, however any unsolicited CVs received via an agency will be accepted with thanks but without fee.