Mechanical inspector for lotus carsI support the Metrology department in an inspection role to enable the successful delivery of third party engineering contracts and current and future Production Projects. I am a valued member of a team evaluating components and investigating quality concerns on production parts enabling improved quality of our product. I have worked on Lotus, Proton, Jaguar , Land Rover & Bentley Engines (Three , Four and 8 Cylinder) and components . Role Responsilities Accurately conduct measuring tasks and record results Work with minimal supervision Liase with engineers as required Participate as a team member in problem solving and investigations Produce details reports relating to measured results To be able to use a range of Metrology equipment and processes on machined, fabricated and mould components as follows; CMM, micrometers, bore gauges, profile projector, Talysurf, Talyrond, Callipers, height guages, Fara arms, hardness testing and tensile test machine, also crack detection and sample preparation for material analysis.

My main roles are to ensure that components made in the workshop comply with the engineering drawings, specification documents and are fit for purpose. This involves accurately using measuring equipment including CMM machines, vernier’s, micrometers, bore micrometers, and taking castings and molds of threads for use on shadow graphs. I am heavily involved with inspecting components from sun-contractors that have been machined or coated before being sent to the customer. I also inspect at both the first-offs and final inspection stage. We currently work to ISO 9001 but are moving to AP-Q2, which I have trained for. For every job I inspect I write an inspection report which is sent on to the customer and saved to our database.My role dictates constant communication with the company's management team to assess the standards of production and inspection with the aim of keeping standards extremely high; as part of this I discuss with CNC operators when a part has been made with an error on how this can be improved the next time round. In addition to this I communicate with clients with regards to queries about parts and I am fully trained to raise concessions and NCRs( non conformance reports) against components. I have also been trained to assemble wireline equipment after this has been fully inspected. I was handpicked to relieve the companies workload in Aberdeen for two months within their Quality Control sector, were I gained more QC experience which I thoroughly enjoyed. Finally, I supervise apprentices and help them improve their knowledge within the inspection department.

I joined Eng Tech straight from high school to pursue a career in mechanical engineering.I was enrolled on a 4 year apprenticeship programme whilst learning vital on the job experience in the workplace.I was mainly working on a Bridgeport Milling Machine using heidenheim software, then moving on to the Haas Mill.I also used an Anilam machine that was a Manual/ cnc hybrid.The job required me to:Look at the engineering drawing specifications and to source the correct material.Working out what tooling was needed for the job, and setting these up in the CNC Machine.Creating a New programme that would machine the material into the finished product.Ensuring the programme ran smoothly so batch production could begin.Always being cautious of health and safety aspects of the job.