Audit Manager

Network Plus; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

As an Audit Manager at a leading utility service provider, you will establish audit plans, manage a dedicated team, and ensure compliance with health, safety, quality, and environmental standards. You'll play a vital role in risk management while providing stakeholders with detailed insights on audit findings and improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar HSEQ leadership role.
• Demonstrable Project Management Capability.
• Proven experience of managing and developing a team.

Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor an effective assurance program.
• Manage and co-ordinate external ISO audits.
• Provide regular data and management reports.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Health and Safety Standards

Education

Lead Auditor Qualification

Internal Auditor Qualification

ISO 45001 Awareness

ISO 14001 Awareness

ISO 9001 Awareness

Job description

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As the Audit Manager, you will be responsible for establishing the audit plans for the business and managing a team of auditors, you will collectively be undertaking risk-based audits. You will include sub-contractor HSEQ standards within audit plan, providing assurance contractual requirements are being met. In addition, you will also plan and co-ordinate external HSEQ audits to maintain accreditations.

As part of this role, you will be responsible for managing a non-conformance database detailing findings from audits. You will be required to provide stakeholders with visibility of all non-conformances and improvement opportunities.

You will have a passion for ensuring exceptional levels of health, safety, quality and environmental standards are delivered; putting in place the processes and reports to continually monitor compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and monitor an effective assurance program to cover risks detailed within the HSEQ Risk Register and ensure compliance with Network Plus’s safety standards and regulatory requirements.
• Manage and co-ordinate external ISO audits and supplier/ contractor audits.
• Manage and develop the Audit team to provide a highly effective service across the business.
• Monitor non-conformances and escalate areas of potential impact.
• Provide regular data and management reports in line with the governance structure.
• Establish a robust assurance criterion to ensure effective contractor and supplier control.
• Provide comprehensive management reports in line with the governance structure.
• You will drive the correct and safe behaviours out on site and within the office, leading on the active management of the Competence Assessment process.

Experience and Qualifications

• Recognised Lead Auditor Qualification
• Recognised Internal Auditor Qualification
• ISO 45001, 14001 and 9001 Awareness
• Working knowledge of SIPP and CDM
• Experience in a similar HSEQ leadership role
• Working knowledge of ISO 45001, 14001 & 90001
• Working knowledge of CDM requirements
• Demonstrable Project Management Capability
• Proven experience of managing and developing a team
• Full UK Driving Licence
• Chartered Practitioner or working towards

Salary and Benefits

We offer a competitive salary based on experience along with a full benefits package.

Network Plus is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and do not discriminate based on race, religion, colour, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability status, or any other applicable characteristics protected by law.

We are Armed Forces-friendly. We welcome applications from ex-Armed Forces personnel, reservists, armed forces veterans, cadet instructors and military spouses/partners.

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Network Plus is an award-winning business delivering essential utility and infrastructure services for the UK’s major providers of gas, power, telecoms, transport, water, and wastewater.

We value the variety of experience, perspective, and other points of difference our workforce, clients, and supply chain offer.

We are actively working with colleagues across the Network Plus Group to develop an inclusive environment – we want all our employees to feel valued and included to enable everyone to thrive at work and understand the value of their contribution matters no matter their background, identity, or circumstances.