Quality Control Operator
Job Description
We are currently looking for a Quality Control Operator to join our Factory in Steeton (West Yorkshire, UK).
As a Quality Control Operator, you’ll be at the heart of our manufacturing process, ensuring every stairlift component meets the highest standards set by our Quality Control Manager. This is a hands-on role where attention to detail and precision are key.
Salary: £12.45 per hour + Shift bonus
Type of contract: Full time, Permanent
Working hours: Monday to Friday – 2.00pm - 10.30pm
The Ideal Candidate
- Experience in a manufacturing role with a focus on quality
- Forklife Truck (FLT) Licence is advantageous
- Must be conscientious and thorough person with a proven track record
- Strong teamwork and communication skills
- Be able to work to an extremely high quality standard
- Familiarity with quality tools, jigs, and working from technical drawings
Must be able to display the Acorn Values
OUR VALUES
?Quality of the products we make and sell and the service we provide
?Unity Working together as one team
?Integrity Acting responsibly and honestly to deliver on our promises
?Caring About our customers, each other and the wider community
?Ambition Taking Pride in all we do and striving to improve
Key Responsibilities
- Take full ownership of product quality by meticulously inspecting all elements, including bends, carriages, and performing necessary chemical checks to ensure compliance with standards.
- To carry out measurements with precision tools, working to small tolerances
- Measuring and recording of incoming parts from suppliers and outgoing products
- Complete detailed work sheets, participate in regular audits, and generate quality reports with a high level of accuracy.
- Effectively communicate critical quality-related information across all levels of the organization, ensuring clarity, timeliness, and relevance.
- Compile and record information/data using quality control check sheets, and communicating quickly any out of control processes
Benefits
- Excellent Transport Links to Leeds, Bradford and Skipton
- Free Parking
- Healthcare Provision
- Induction and Training Programme
- In-house Canteen
- Life Insurance Cover
- On-going Coaching and Development
- Pension Provision
About the Production and Warehousing Department
Our production teams take pride in manufacturing our product to the highest possible standards using innovative manufacturing methods and managing the packaging and distribution of our product to customers globally. Roles within production include administration, production, warehousing, quality and inventory control and engineering. Positions range from operative to management levels, providing opportunities for individual progression.
Working with Acorn Stairlifts
Employing around 1,500 people worldwide Acorn is the world's largest independent manufacturer and supplier of straight stairlifts, with sales in over 80 countries and offices on 4 continents. Acorn achieved the Investors in People award and continues to invest in its most valuable resource: its people.
