The Role

The Quality Inspector will be required to ensure that all machined parts and products meet quality standards through inspections, including visual, dimensional, and functional checks.

The ideal candidate will have experience and confidence in using a variety of calibration tools, such as; callipers, micrometers, and a CMM machine.  They will be required to interpret detailed engineering drawings (modern and historic) and work in a machine shop where tight tolerances are required to be achieved.

Being well organised and highly self-driven with an approachable flexible personality is essential to the role, as you are a key piece of Reekie’s production team, engineering team and overall business quality success.

Key Responsibilities

Conducting Inspections: Performing first off and final inspections of machined parts, assemblies, and components using various tools and equipment.

Interpreting Documentation: Reading and understanding engineering drawings, 3D models, technical specifications, and quality standards and identify defects.

Using Inspection Equipment: Operating tools like callipers, micrometers, height gauges, bore gauges, and Coordinate Measuring Machines (CMM).

Documenting Results: Accurately recording inspection findings, creating reports, and initiating non-conformance reports (NCRs) when necessary. (Progress System)

Troubleshooting and Problem-Solving: Identifying the root cause of quality issues, working with Operations Manager and production teams to implement corrective actions, and participating in continuous improvement initiatives.

Maintaining Equipment: Ensuring inspection equipment is routinely calibrated, maintained, and in good working order.

Collaborating with Teams: Working closely with machinists, engineers, and quality control personnel to ensure quality standards are met and continually approve.

Adhering to Safety and Quality Standards: Maintaining a clean and safe work environment, following all safety protocols, and adhering to quality control procedures.

Skills and Qualifications

Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to troubleshoot quality issues, identify root causes, and implement corrective actions.

Communication Skills: Ability to effectively communicate with all team members and build strong working relationships.

Attention to Detail: A keen eye for detail and a commitment to accuracy are essential.

Team Development: Confidence to pass on experience and coach other team members in the use of inspection tooling and processes.

IT Literate: Able to accurately document all finding for client and business data recording purposed.

Machining Knowledge: A strong machining background with technical and mechanical knowledge in a manufacturing environment.

Work Pattern

Normal working hours are as follows:

Mon–Thurs     0745hrs to 1610hrs – 10min paid tea break, 25 min unpaid lunch break

Fri                        0745hrs to 1245hrs – 10 min paid tea break

Location

Based at our machine shop in Inchinnan Business Park, Renfrew, beside Glasgow Airport

Holiday

33 days a year, including 8 public holidays.

Benefits

– 37 hours per week, basic rate is £19.26/hr.

– Potential overtime of around 300 hours per year

– Ongoing Learning & Development for progression within the role.  Including nationally recognised qualifications.

– Holiday entitlement, 25 days annual holidays and 8 days of public holidays each holiday year, all paid at holiday rate. (Based on the last 52 worked weeks)

– One additional day annual holiday for every 7 years’ service completed.

– Company pension scheme, offering 5% company contribution.

– Company discretionary sick pay, after first year.

– Enter the company pension scheme immediately.

– Staff uniform

– Tea and Coffee

Interested in the role?

Please send a CV with a cover letter/email by end of Tuesday 9^th September 2025 to jobs@reekiemachining.co.uk

Email: jobs@reekiemachining.co.uk

If you would like any further information regarding the job or would like to talk to someone about it, please email jobs@reekiemachining.co.uk and we will get back in touch or call 0141 812 0411 and ask to speak to Charlotte

The Role

We are looking for dynamic machinists, who are looking to broaden their skill out on sites.  Do you enjoy a challenge and solving problems?  Do you fancy working in a wide variety of settings from nuclear power industry, oil and gas, renewables as well as aerospace, heavy industry and naval construction and refits and many more.  The work is primarily based on sites across the UK, with increasing work in Europe and Worldwide.

Then a full-time position with in Reekie Machining, Insitu Team is for you.

Skill Set

The successful candidate:

– Must be a time-served skilled machinist.  No previous experience of insitu machining is required as support to develop your skills in the insitu environment will be provided.

– Have a ‘can do’ attitude.

– Be keen to learn, adaptable and thriving on a challenge to find a solution.

– Enjoy problem solving and continually developing your skills and knowledge.

– Can work on own initiative and is a proactive problem solver.

– Work well with others and on their own.

– Build good working relationships with customers.

– Will have a rewarding job that will be part of supporting and ensuring the successes of globally significant projects.

– Will be prepared to stay away from home, jobs do vary in length.

– Have a good standard of English, written, spoken, and reading.

– Be physically fit as it can be a demanding job.

Location

Based at our machine shop in Inchinnan Business Park, Renfrew, beside Glasgow Airport.  The insitu role will take you across the country, Europe and Worldwide.

Salary and Benefits

– Ability to earn up to £70,000 per year.

– Accrued Leave, accumulated at 0.1hrs per hour worked on site, paid at basic shop rate.

– The basic shop rate is £18.66/hr, enhanced rates for work on site, including dayshift, nightshift, offshore and more.

– Overtime is paid at time and a half outside normal hours and double time Saturday after 12noon and all-day Sunday.

– Holiday entitlement, 25 days annual holidays and 8 days of public holidays each holiday year, all paid at holiday rate. (Based on the last 52 worked weeks)

– One additional day annual holiday for every 10 years’ service completed.

– Company discretionary sick pay, after first year.

– Company pension scheme, offering 4.2% company contribution.

– Enter the company pension scheme immediately.

– Staff uniform

– Tea and coffee

Not Local, No problem

We invite applications from across the country, terms and conditions are in place to offer the opportunity to work for Reekie Machining, with out staying local to the base in Renfrewshire.  Further details please get in touch, details below.

Interested in the Role?

For further information or any question, please call 0141 812 0411

To apply for the post, please email a CV to jobs@reekiemachining.co.uk or send to HR Department, Reekie Machining, South Street, Inchinnan Business Park, Renfrew, PA4 9RL.

Please include the job reference (REF: INMA0723) on all correspondence.