QA Inspector — Wing Assembly

About the role

Airbus Broughton is one of the largest wing-manufacturing facilities in the world — wings for the A220, A320 family, A330 and A350 are built or part-built on site. The plant employs thousands of engineers, technicians and operators across a site that has been continuously producing aircraft structures since the 1930s. This QA Inspector role sits on the wing-assembly floor, inspecting wing-box build-up, leading-edge and trailing-edge assemblies as they progress through the production line. You'll work to the AS9100 aerospace quality standard, with build-pack records that are auditable end-to-end and traceable to the individual aircraft serial number leaving the site. The plant runs continental shifts to keep wing-sets flowing to the Airbus final-assembly lines in Toulouse, Hamburg, Mobile and Tianjin. Inspectors work cross-functionally with build engineers, programme managers, methods and stress engineers, and customer representatives — non-conformance findings are escalated through SAP-based concession workflow, and you'll own the disposition for the issues you raise. Standard package includes a strong defined-benefit-style pension scheme, annual profit-share linked to Airbus group performance, life assurance, on-site occupational health, and one of the most extensive engineering CPD frameworks in UK aerospace.

Responsibilities

• Dimensional and visual inspection of wing-box, leading-edge and trailing-edge assemblies per the build pack
• Operate FaroArm and portable CMM equipment for in-process and final-acceptance measurement
• Raise non-conformance reports in SAP with clear evidence and disposition recommendation
• Sign off torque-control, sealant-application and electrical-bond records at the relevant stations
• Witness pressure tests, drainage tests and continuity checks at the build stages that require them
• Liaise with build leaders, methods engineers and stress on concession workflow for design queries
• Maintain calibration records on personally-issued measurement equipment
• Support continuous improvement on inspection methods, fixturing and digital data capture

Requirements

• NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent
• CMM and FaroArm familiarity (formal platform training will be provided on induction)
• AS9100 awareness — formal training preferred, supported on the job
• Confident reading first-angle aerospace engineering drawings with GD&T callouts
• Comfortable on continental shift patterns (early / late / nights rotation)
• Right to work in the UK; standard pre-employment checks apply