Job Title
Buy Off Inspector, Customer Acceptance Line
Ref #
58567
Date posted
Friday, November 14, 2025
Country
United Kingdom
Location
Woking
Business area
Quality
Department
Quality Operations
Position level
J - Technician / Administrator
Working time
Full Time
Contract type
Permanent
Working pattern
5:30am - 2:15pm Monday to Friday
What to Expect

Background No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars. It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey. 

Purpose of Role Buy-off Inspectors are stationed throughout the Customer Acceptance Line (CAL) in MPC to ensure that reworks are completed to the correct quality levels and that all finished vehicles are correctly quality bought off p

What You'll Do

Principle Accountabilities The role of Quality Inspector encompasses the following activities - 

  • Determines the severity of defects according to MPA scoring guidelines and ensures that issues are corrected prior to sale forward. 
  • Performs inspection of reworked vehicles to ensure quality levels meet customer expectations (“Down-score”). 
  • Completes vehicle Customer Acceptance Line Inspections (“CAL”). 
  • Function checks finished vehicles to ensure all systems operate correctly (“Function Confirmation”). 
  • Buy-off of vehicle specification, including weights and accessories (“Pre-FOK”) § Pre-transit quality buy-off with transport logistics / despatch. 
  • Inputs and maintains data into the Quality database (CDB) 
  • Perform Torque Assurance checks across various fixing points in General assembly § Completes the sale process for the car from MPC into distribution (“FOK”) 
What You'll Bring

Knowledge, Skills and Experience 

  • Significant level of expertise in an OEM or Tier One automotive environment. 
  • Expertise of working to processes 
  •  Strong working knowledge of Word and Excel 
  • Good understanding of general vehicle quality and paint standards Experience of vehicle repair methods is a distinct advantage 

Personal Attributes 

  • Ability to make customer focused decisions under pressure 
  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to liaise effectively with internal and external customers at all levels. 
  • Ability to work methodically and logically 
  • Ability to work well in a team or autonomously as required. § Be willing to work overtime
What We'll Do for You
  • Structured career development framework 
  • 25 days’ holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days  
  • Enhanced company pension scheme 
  • Discretionary annual bonus award 
  • Private medical insurance and health cash plan  
  • Life assurance 4x your basic salary 
  • Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years’ service  
  • Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping  
  • Generous parental leave policies including market leading maternity leave  
  • A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice 
  • Friends and family day
Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don’t simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks. 

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.