Lead Auditor

Description

• Periodically communicate the progress of the audit and any concerns to the client and to the audit team
• Recommends to the Technical Manager initial certification, maintaining of certification, recertification, suspension, withdrawal, or reduction of the scope of certification.
• Ensure that the audit report is prepared and shall be responsible for its content
• Manage external team representation during the audit process (expert, translator, Accreditation Bodies, …)
• Chair opening and closing meetings
• Review the audit findings, and any other appropriate information obtained during the audit, against the audit objectives and audit criteria and classify the nonconformities
• Bureau Veritas Certification Lead Auditors have delegated authority for the control and performance of onsite audit, including any planning and review, and the control of other members of audit teams
• Assign to each team member responsibility for auditing specific processes, functions, sites, areas or activities and reassign work as needed
• Review with the client any need for changes to the audit scope which becomes apparent as on-site auditing activities progress and report this to the back office
• Agree upon the audit conclusions, considering the uncertainty inherent in the audit process, any necessary follow-up actions
• Attempt to resolve any diverging opinions between the audit team and the client concerning audit evidence or findings, and record unresolved points
• Lead Auditors are authorized to lead Bureau Veritas Certification Audits and to take those decisions as necessary during Audits
• Confirm the appropriateness of the audit programme or identify any modification required for future audits (e.g., scope of certification, audit time or dates, surveillance frequency, audit team competence)

Requirements

• Graduate/ Diploma University or similar educational institute
• Ability to analyse and judge
• Qualified on any basic QHSE scheme as Lead Auditor and/or one of the complex schemes (on international products/ schemes and which requires external exam to qualify, such as ISO TS 16949, AS 9000, IRIS, TL 9000) with a minimum of 5 years of Industry and 3 years of Third Party Audit experience
• Good Communication Skills, both in the written and oral form
• Authority for Stop Work if the situation is Unsafe.
• Be fully conversant with the CER MS requirements related to CQI-IRCA Training/ BV Certification Audits.
• Should be presentable and be a team worker

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance