Mechanical Inspector

Job Title – Mechanical Inspector  

Job Location – Brighton

Job ID – 13481

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK

From 12 UK sites, our team of over 1,400 people deliver unique capabilities across air, land, sea, space and cyber for military, security and commercial customers, worldwide.

L3Harris in Brighton are part of Release Systems and the Mission Avionics sector operating in the Aerospace domain. We specialise in high performance electro-mechanical systems and pneumatic technology for airborne weapon carriage release.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 7% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover and cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance program providing mental health and wellbeing support

What the role will involve

The responsibilities of your role will include the following:

• Inspection of precision components from in-house manufacture/assembly, sub-contractors and suppliers.
• Create proveout & run CMM programs using PC-DMIS for new and legacy components
• Create/ amend CMM setup/operation instructions for new & amended programs.
• First off inspection.
• First article inspection (FAI) reporting for single level parts and multi-level assemblies.
• Update and maintain paperwork associated with inspection procedures.
• Liaise with subcontractors and suppliers when required.
• Source inspection (VAS inspect at suppliers).
• Patrol inspection of manufacturing areas.
• Raising Non-conformance reports (NCR’s) and dimensional reports.
• Calibration duties such as calibration of mechanical and electrical equipment and dealing with quotations and purchase orders for this equipment will also be required but full training will be given on this aspect of the role.

What you’ll bring

The role of the Mechanical Inspector requires the following experience and skills:

• A recognised Mechanical qualification and previous relevant experience of mechanical inspection.
• Experience & understanding of different inspection techniques
• Experience in using precision measuring equipment
• Good working knowledge & experience of ISO 9001:2001 and ideally AS9100 Rev D
• Manufacturing experience (mechanical)
• Ability to interpret Engineering Drawings
• Ability to interpret engineering drawing tolerancing including Geometric Tolerancing
• CMM programming & operation preferably with experience using PC-DMIS software

Important to know

Due to the nature of our work many our roles require a UK nationality and the ability to obtain a security clearance. Applicants who accept a conditional offer of employment must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK.

As an equal opportunities employer, L3Harris is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join L3Harris.