Lead Auditor

Bureau Veritas North America; Manama; On-site; BHD 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A global quality assurance firm in Bahrain is seeking a Lead Auditor with a minimum of 5-8 years of experience in auditing processes. Responsibilities include overseeing audits, managing team assignments, and ensuring compliance with ISO standards. The ideal candidate will have a degree in IT and completed ISO 27001:2022 and 22301:2019 auditor courses. This position offers the opportunity to work with a diverse team focused on quality and safety.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 to 8 years of working experience.
• Graduate in IT and completion of ISO Lead Auditor courses.

Responsibilities

• Chair opening and closing meetings.
• Assign responsibilities for auditing specific processes.
• Manage external team representation during audits.
• Communicate audit progress and concerns to clients.
• Agree upon audit conclusions and recommendations.

Skills

Auditing processes

Team management

Communication

Education

Graduation in IT

Lead Auditor course of ISO 27001:2022, 22301:2019

Job description

Your career is about more than building a resume — it’s a chance to #LeaveYourMark. Guaranteeing quality, ensuring health and safety, mitigating risks and improving performance, as well as environmental protection and social responsibility…this is what Bureau Veritas is about. Join an inclusive, flexible and diverse company where you can thrive while positively contributing to transforming the world in which we live.

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Responsibilities

• Chair opening and closing meetings
• Assign each team member responsibility for auditing specific processes, functions, sites, areas or activities and reassign work as needed
• Manage external team representation during the audit process (expert, translator, Accreditation Bodies, …)
• Periodically communicate the progress of the audit and any concerns to the client and to the audit team
• 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
• Attempt to resolve any diverging opinions between the audit team and the client concerning audit evidence or findings, and record unresolved points
• Review the audit findings, and any other appropriate information obtained during the audit, against the audit objectives and audit criteria and classify the nonconformities
• Agree upon the audit conclusions, considering the uncertainty inherent in the audit process, any necessary follow-up actions
• Confirm the appropriateness of the audit program or identify any modification required for future audits (e.g., scope of certification, audit time or dates, surveillance frequency, audit team competence)
• Ensure that the audit report is prepared and shall be responsible for its content
• Recommend to the Technical Manager initial certification, maintaining of certification, recertification, suspension, withdrawal, or reduction of the scope of certification

Qualifications

Working experience: Minimum 5 to 8 years

Prerequisite: Graduation in IT and Lead Auditor course of ISO 27001:2022, 22301:2019