Careers

Full time permanent position – 39 hours per week
Salary – IRO £30000-£33000  or Dependent upon experience

Key Responsibilities

• Inspect work at all critical stages of the process, including process approval, masking, and final inspection prior to packaging and dispatch.
• Inspection of coated parts may involve the careful removal of masking and some cosmetic clean up of parts, as well as the safe packaging and labelling of parts.
• Ensure all inspection, documentation, and processing activities comply with customer requirements, internal process standards, customer specifications, and good practice.
• Perform dimensional and visual inspection of components using appropriate handheld measuring equipment.
• Typical testing procedures include coating thickness, adhesion, electrical insulation testing as well as visual and magnified inspection.
• Identify and record omissions, defects, and non conformances raising issues through Sandwell’s internal Non Conformance Reporting system.
• Communicate quality-related issues clearly with internal departments and escalate concerns to senior team members when necessary.
• Monitor other key process parameters affecting quality and ensure records are accurately maintained.
• Support the Quality Manager and wider team with day to day quality tasks and contribute to continuous improvement activities.
• Customer communication where required.

Skills and Attributes

• High attention to detail with a methodical approach to inspection and documentation.
• Ability to work independently while also collaborating effectively within the Quality team.
• Sound understanding of quality control principles and process compliance.
• Comfortable using handheld measuring and inspection equipment.
• Clear communicator with the ability to raise questions or concerns appropriately.
• Organised, reliable, and capable of managing multiple inspection tasks.
• Proactive attitude towards identifying issues and contributing to continuous improvement.

Experience

• Previous experience in a quality inspection/quality technician role.
• Experience of working within coatings industry.
• Practical experience inspecting components and completing quality documentation.
• Experience working with non‑conformance reporting systems (internal and/or customer-based).
• Familiarity with customer specifications, engineering drawings, or process standards (desirable).
• Experience working within a regulated or controlled process environment (desirable).
• Experience of working within our main customer sectors of Formula 1 Motorsport or Aerospace (desirable)

Contact us

If you are looking for a challenging role within a close‑knit team, where no two days are the same, and you feel you have some of the skills and attributes we are looking for, we would love to hear from you.

Please send your CV and a covering letter to careers@sandwell-uk.com. If you would like further information about the role, please contact us using the same email address.

Full time 39 hours per week.  Fixed term position – (Initially 9 month contract)
Salary – IRO: National Minimum Wage to £28000   Dependent upon age & experience

This is a great opportunity to join a busy, friendly team and to play a crucial role in keeping our operations running smoothly.

In addition to being first point of contact front of house the main duties would be:

• Taking receipt of customer parts, checking them against paperwork and customer specifications provided. 
• Contacting customer to gather any missing information.
• Booking jobs onto Sandwell IT system.  
• Booking jobs out and ensuring customer has the correct paperwork and parts.
• Preparing daily consignments for dispatch using designated courier service.
• Answering incoming phone calls.
• Assist colleagues in notifying customers regarding status of their jobs when this is required.

Contact us

The ideal candidate will have a friendly, positive manner with good organisational skills and a willingness to learn.

If you are looking for a challenging role within a closeknit team, where no two days are the same, and you feel you have some of the skills and attributes that would suit this role, we would love to hear from you.  

Please send your CV to careers@sandwell-uk.com. If you would like further information about the role, please contact us using the same email address.

Full time – 39 hours per week
Salary – IRO: National Minimum Wage to £28000   Dependent upon age & experience

This post involves assisting the smooth transit of engineering work throughout our factory – from detail masking of components to drawing instructions, to cleaning and preparing parts for return to customer.

The post holder will be able to work quickly and accurately, show practical problem-solving ability, have a good eye for detail and good manual dexterity.  The work is varied and may range from inserting threaded fasteners into metal components, to using hand tools such as a scalpel to cut and apply tape to complex shapes.  Experience of using laser cutter or 3d printing techniques would be an advantage; as would experience of reading engineering/technical drawings; but this is not essential.  You would be working with a small team of experienced masking technicians and full training would be provided to the right candidate.

This busy and varied position provides a key role in supporting our engineering and coating operations.  The work might suit someone who has an interest in hand crafts, model making and/or enjoys practical tasks.  If you think this might be you, please contact us on careers@sandwell-uk.com to submit your CV or to find out more.