Aviation Stores Inspector

Aviation Stores Inspector – Northern Ireland

Location: Northern Ireland
Salary: £31,000 per annum
Contract: Permanent, Full-time
Hours: 37 hours per week
Security Clearance:
SC clearance required prior to starting

We are currently recruiting on behalf of a leading maintenance organisation for an experienced Aviation Stores Inspector to join their team in Northern Ireland.

This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-focused aviation stores professional with experience in a regulated aerospace environment
, particularly candidates with CAA Part 145 experience
.

Due to the nature of the contract, the successful candidate must be able to obtain and hold UK Security Check (SC) clearance before commencing employment
.

As an Aviation Stores Inspector
, you will play a key role in ensuring aircraft parts, tooling, consumables and customer-owned stock are accurately inspected, controlled, stored and issued in accordance with company procedures and applicable aviation, safety, quality and regulatory requirements.

Working closely with the Logistics & Stores Manager and wider operational team, you will be responsible for goods-inwards inspections, inventory control, shelf-life management and compliant dispatch activities.

• Receive, inspect, locate and issue aircraft parts, tooling and consumables.
• Carry out goods-inwards inspections and verify deliveries against relevant documentation and purchase requirements.
• Ensure aviation parts and stock are correctly identified, labelled and recorded within the inventory management system.
• Maintain accurate stock records and complete inventory transactions.
• Control company tooling and maintain associated tooling databases.
• Manage customer-owned stock, consumables, COSHH cupboards and aircraft ground support equipment.
• Monitor and manage shelf-life-controlled items
  .
• Carry out stocktakes and investigate discrepancies where required.
• Maintain secure, clean, safe and well-organised aviation stores areas.
• Prepare dispatch documentation and ensure goods, including dangerous goods where applicable, are correctly packaged and labelled.
• Support import and export activities in line with current HMRC requirements and company procedures.
• Operate forklift equipment where required.
• Work in accordance with company safety standards, risk assessments and safe systems of work.
• Attend training at Bournemouth when required.
• Undertake other reasonable duties relevant to the role.

We are looking for an organised, reliable and highly detail-focused aviation stores professional with previous experience working within a regulated aerospace or aviation environment
.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Previous aviation stores/store keeping experience
  .
• Experience conducting goods-inwards inspections within an aerospace or aviation environment.
• CAA Part 145 experience
  .
• Experience working with aircraft parts, tooling and/or aviation consumables.
• Good literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy.
• The ability to follow detailed procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
• The confidence to work independently and use initiative.
• A full UK driving licence.
• The ability to successfully obtain SC Security Clearance prior to starting.

• A strong safety-first approach.
• A high level of accuracy and integrity when dealing with aviation parts and stock.
• The ability to work within a regulated environment and consistently follow procedures.
• A proactive and collaborative approach to supporting operational requirements.
• Good organisational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities.
• A continuous-improvement mindset, with the initiative to identify ways…