Description
At Prodrive, we believe there's no limit to what can be achieved when the brightest minds come together.
We are looking for a Quality Technician to be responsible for the inspection and quality verification of complete vehicles entering and leaving our new Birmingham-based Car Build facility, ensuring that vehicles meet defined specifications, quality standards, customer requirements, and release criteria.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct detailed incoming vehicle inspections, recording vehicle condition, damage, defects, and other relevant observations prior to work commencing.
- Conduct final and outgoing vehicle inspections to verify that completed vehicles conform to build specifications, engineering requirements, customer requirements, and defined quality standards prior to release.
- Verify that vehicle modifications, assemblies, and installed components have been completed correctly and meet defined inspection criteria.
- Carry out functional checks and basic measurement activities using appropriate inspection and test equipment.
- Identify, document, and communicate defects and non-conformances, including photographic evidence where appropriate.
- Raise and maintain quality records for incoming, in-process, and outgoing inspections, ensuring traceability of inspection results and vehicle status.
- Support production teams in identifying and resolving quality issues and preventing defects from progressing through the build process.
- Verify completed work against drawings, specifications, build instructions, inspection standards, and other controlled documentation.
- Work collaboratively with Engineering, Production, Supply Chain, and Quality to maintain consistent quality standards and effective communication of quality issues.
Who are we looking for?
- Proven experience in a quality inspection, quality assurance, or quality control role, preferably within automotive, vehicle manufacturing, vehicle conversion, mechanical assembly, or a similar environment.
- Experience inspecting complete vehicles or complex mechanical/electrical assemblies.
- Good understanding of vehicle systems, mechanical assemblies, and general automotive construction.
- Experience carrying out incoming, in-process, and final/outgoing inspections.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, specifications, build instructions, and inspection criteria.
- Knowledge of basic inspection techniques and use of measurement and test equipment.
- Experience with PDI, final inspection, or release inspection processes.
- Strong attention to detail and a systematic approach to inspection.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly report defects and communicate quality concerns to production and engineering personnel.