We offer a competitive salary depending on experience, enhanced annual leave entitlement plus benefits such as car allowance, company pension scheme, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, long term service reward, paid volunteer days and flexible hybrid working.
Additionally, we believe that you should be working to develop your career. Through our Career Ladder professional development scheme we will work with you to progress your ambitions to achieve your career goals.
Responsibilities:
- To deputise for the Head of Auditor Resources as required
- To undertake direct line management, performance monitoring and reporting for the employed audit team
- To undertake 3rd party audits to meet operational requirements and CPD needs
- Support and develop the competence of the audit team delivering audit services within the System Certification Business Unit, driving performance against agreed targets
- Support in the development of the short / medium- and long-term strategy for competency resources to support the current and potential revenue streams for this business unit
- Undertake auditor profile reviews in alignment with Heads of Department and systems certification staff and formulate training plans or updates individually or collectively as is identified
- Undertake the competency review and system and identify changes and updates, suggesting improvements where required, including completion of auditor competency interviews where necessary
- Organisation and delivery of annual auditor update days in conjunction with departmental and wider business staff including additional auditor training as required
- Contribute towards the weekly and monthly SQDC calls, delivering this to the employed staff then wider audience as noted
- Provide performance reports to the Head of Auditor Resources, GM and EVP as and when required
- To assist in technical queries related to BM TRADA Certification Schemes for the audit team – both employed and sub-contract and ensure they are directed to the relevant team with expediency
- To assist in the development of legislative and technical bulletins related to BM TRADA Certification Schemes for the audit team to support the currency of their knowledge
- Ensuring H&S policy is adhered to within the business unit
- Maintaining the credibility of the department by ensuring BM TRADA policy and procedures adhered
- Attendance and participation at appropriate forums
- To maintain professional status and CPD requirements in accordance with accreditation and business requirements and to develop new competency and product skills as required
- Educated to at least first degree standard or equivalent industry experience
- Sound knowledge of core Management Systems standards and / or supply chain standards
- Experience with managing a team
- Experience of the certification industry with ability to coach and mentor peers
- Strong computer skills – Word, Outlook, Excel and knowledge of customer databases
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills – both written and oral
- Prompt, accurate and reliable and an ability to work to deadlines
- Confident, outgoing and diplomatic, yet firm as necessary along with strong influencing skills
- Prepared to take on additional challenges as and when they are identified
- Strong motivation, commitment, and resilience to lead success and influencing change management
- The ability to develop strong working relationships within the team, with colleagues at all levels, and clients
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When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.
While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.
Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.
All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.