Lead Auditor

Job ID:40246
Location:Birmingham : 1 Trinity Park : Bi 
Position Category:Assessors
Position Type:Employee Regular

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Who is LRQA?

LRQA stands for dedication to clients, market firsts, and deep expertise in risk management.

We’ve grown to become a leading global assurance provider, bringing together outstanding expertise in certification, customised assurance, cybersecurity, inspection and training.

While we’re proud of our heritage, it’s who we are today that really matters, because that’s what shapes who we and our clients can become tomorrow.

By staying true to our shared values and combining decades of collective experience, we support our clients in building a safer and more sustainable future.

LRQA currently operates across 50 countries, has more than 2,500 colleagues, generates £315m in revenue, and supports more than 60,000 clients across a diverse range of sectors and markets. 

Why join LRQA? 

Our people love working for an independent organisation with a strong purpose. It’s an exciting time to join our business as we have ambitious growth plans. 

Our clients in financial services, engineering, aerospace, marine, IT, and government sectors depend on LRQA to effectively audit their management systems and provide assurance of business-critical compliance and risk management.

As well as undertaking risk-focused audits and making certification decisions yourself, you’ll call on your accomplished people skills to guide and develop other auditors, to cultivate positive client relationships and to proactively share feedback that helps us to keep improving the service we deliver. 

In return, we’ll invest in your training and development to include qualification to Lead Auditor status in a number of management system standards.

LRQA has a well-developed homeworking infrastructure for when you’re not visiting clients and have been a champion of new ways of working for many years.

We are looking for talented people to join our business to help build on our strengths and transform our business to be the best partner for our customers.

About the role 

• The role gives you the opportunity to obtain a healthy blend of travel and visiting client sites whilst retaining the flexibility to undertake remote audits when required.
• You’ll perform business assurance assessments and recommend certification, deferral, suspension or withdrawal of certification in accordance with ISO 9001, ISO14001, and ISO45001 management system standards.
• The outcome of your assessments will result in accurate, insightful reports that will be of real worth to our clients.
• This position is home based with extensive travel required.

You will:

• Have substantial experience in third party auditing/assessment to integrated management systems (ISO 14001, 9001, ISO45001) including auditing and process level auditing.
• Be a registered Lead Auditor with IRCA or equivalent accredited body.
• At least two year’s work experience in a role specifically related to managing environmental and safety impacts / aspects and compliance with environmental law and regulations. 
• The work experience can be gained either in an industrial position, or as a regulator.
• Have experience with a wide range of industry sectors.
• Hold a degree (or equivalent qualification) BS Degree in Environmental Science/Engineering or related subject.
• Possess a high standard of personal presentation, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and a flexible attitude.
• Have the ability to travel extensively throughout the UK.
• You will be competent in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

Diversity and Inclusion at LRQA:

We are on a mission to be the place where we all want to work and we are passionate about embracing different perspectives because we understand the value this brings to our business, our clients and each other. We are all about creating a safer and more sustainable future and our inclusive culture is right at the heart of our business.

Together our employees make our communities better and we want you to be part of our diverse team!

LRQA is a leading global assurance provider.  The integrity and expertise we bring to our partnership with clients support their journey to a safer, more secure and more sustainable future. (Group entities).

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