Lead Auditor

Date: 7 Apr 2026

Location: Birmingham, GB, B37 7ES

Company: LRQA

Job ID:43619
Location:Birmingham : 1 Trinity Park : Bi  
Position Category:Assessors
Position Type:Employee Regular

We are seeking an Information Security Management Systems Auditor to join our team

Are you a dynamic professional with a passion for building strategic relationships and driving business growth?

 

About us

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 150 countries, has more than 5,000+ colleagues globally, generates £407m in revenue, and supports more than 61,000 clients across a diverse range of sectors and markets.

Our Assessment Business Unit is a recognised, world-leading professional assurance services organisation. We specialise in management systems compliance, helping our clients improve their management systems and reduce risk'

 

How will you make a difference

Clients in financial services, engineering, aerospace, marine, IT, and government sectors depend on LRQA to effectively audit their management systems, providing 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 several management system standards.

We’ve 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.

 

Experience as demonstrated by:

Practical workplace experience in information technology and information security, that may include exposure to configuration management, backup and restoration procedures, hardware platforms and industry structure (on-site, hosting, cloud based (e.g. IaaS, PaaS)), licensing requirements, disaster recovery / business continuity, data integrity techniques, system integration, IT infrastructure facilities management, data security / virus control, EDI / electronic commerce, File storage technologies (e.g. clustering), Server management technologies (e.g. physical, virtual). Your workplace experience would ideally also involve practical experience in an AI environment in either developmental or support roles.

 

By joining us, you’ll help make the world a better place.

 

Pre-Employment Checks 

If you are successful in securing a role with us, we will carry out preemployment checks in accordance with what is permitted under local law. 

These checks may include, where legally allowed: right to work, identification, verification of employment history, education, and criminal record checks. 

We will engage our thirdparty background screening provider, Cfirst to conduct these checks on our behalf. Cfirst performs all processing in full compliance with applicable data protection laws and adheres to strict legal, regulatory, and ethical obligations in handling personal data. 

Any personal information collected for the purpose of these checks will be used solely for evaluating your suitability for employment and will be retained only for as long as necessary to fulfil these purposes and meet legal requirements. 

Your data will be stored securely and managed in accordance with all relevant privacy legislation. 

If you have any questions or concerns about the preemployment checks please contact us at Onboarding@lrqa.com  

If you have any questions or concerns on how your data will be handled, please contact us as dataprotection@lrqa.com 

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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