Discover New Opportunities in the Aerospace Sector in Essex

Monday, August 17, 2026

Are you interested in working in one of the most exciting, dynamic industries in the UK?

The aerospace industry offers many excellent long-term opportunities and enables you to make a real impact in the world. 

With the ADS (aerospace trade association) and leading aerospace organisations launching a recruitment campaign in the UK, candidates with the right skills are very much in demand. The latest data released by the ADS shows that two thirds (66%) of employers in this sector are experiencing persistent workforce and skills shortages that hold back growth.

Gregory Martin regularly has vacancies in this sector and currently has three new opportunities for a company based near Southend-on-Sea, Essex.

The first opportunity is for a Quality Manager who is experienced in the aerospace sector. 

You will be responsible for management, maintenance, and monitoring of Quality Management Systems.

This role involves having line management responsibility for Inspection to ISO 9100 team x2. You will act as the company’s management representative in all quality matters, and you will be responsible for running inspection and test departments. You must be confident working to ISO 9100/AS9100 standards and able to create/approve FAIRS.

 This role offers a salary up to £60K.

The second role is for a Quality Engineer, also in Essex. 

The successful candidate must have experience in aerospace quality engineering and inspection, have solid measurement skills, calibration knowledge, you would be responsible for the QMS on site and would be responsible for customer contact, 8Ds, specs, calibration/gauges and the QMS systems. You would need to be confident in QMS and AS9100 standards. standards. Experience of FAIRs is also useful.

 This role pays a salary £40K-£45K

 Last but not least, the company is looking for a Skilled CNC Engineer

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled CNC Engineer, willing to develop their skills and learn centreless grinding as part of their daily role. You must be experienced in engineering and the aerospace sector, and will be required to set and run a variety of CNC and 2nd operation machine tools

 If you have any experience on grinding this is desirable. However, the most important skills are being able to read micrometre to small microns, working to tight tolerances and being a skilled engineer with some knowledge of setting CNC machines.  

You must be able to demonstrate your knowledge of interpreting drawings and measurement skills. This role pays a salary up to £37,000.

For more information on any of these vacancies, simply contact Gregory Martin today.