Auditor

Element; Hitchin; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading testing, inspection, and certification firm is seeking a Product Scheme Auditor to manage a number of clients in the South East region. Responsibilities include planning factory audits, managing customer relationships, and ensuring compliance with certification standards. Ideal candidates will possess excellent IT, communication, and time management skills, along with a background in construction. Training will be provided, and the role offers competitive salary, benefits, and flexibility, including home working.

Benefits

33 days annual holiday

Legal & General Pension scheme

Flexible Working

Cycle Scheme

Recommend a Friend Bonus

Perks At Work Discount Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in the fenestration or construction sector.
• Ability to manage own diary and meet audit target dates.
• Full certification scheme training will be provided.

Responsibilities

• Manage BM TRADA customers in the South East region.
• Plan and conduct factory audits.
• Record findings during audits and submit reports.
• Review non-conformance responses from clients.
• Act as first point of contact for certification queries.

Skills

Good IT skills using MS Office

Effective written and verbal communications skills

Excellent time management

Ability to operate independently or as part of a team

Background in construction

Knowledge of British and European standards

Willingness to travel

Job description

Overview

If you are an experienced professional from either the fenestration, construction, civils or building products sector looking for a change of career, then our Product Scheme Auditor position could be a step in the right direction. Element is a leading company in the Testing, Inspection and Certification sector with opportunities to provide quality compliance assessments to our customers.

This role sits within our BM TRADA business providing certification services within the fire door, PAS24 security and timber construction sectors. We would be willing to consider individuals with transferable skills from the construction sector as a whole or from quality assurance professionals who are open to learning the construction products sector. Come and Join Element and Make Tomorrow Safer Than Today...

Responsibilities

• Manage a number of BM TRADA customers within the South East region (Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, London, Surrey, Essex) both new and existing, particularly in the fire door and PAS24 security schemes.
• Plan, book and carry out factory audits of manufacturers within the timescales required under the rules of the certification schemes.
• Accurately record findings during client audit visits and submit reports in line with operational target objectives.
• Review and approve responses to any non-conformance's raised during audit visits within agreed timescales.
• Act as the first point of contact for any certification queries those customers may have.

Skills / Qualifications

• Good IT skills using MS Office.
• Effective written and verbal communications skills.
• Excellent time management with the ability of meeting deadlines.
• Able to operate independently or as part of a team.
• Preferably a background in construction having worked within carpentry / joinery teams and with knowledge of the British and European standards involved in the production of doors, windows and fire doors.
• Full certification scheme training, including the IRCA ISO 9001 Lead Auditor qualification, will be provided.
• Willingness to travel throughout the UK with some occasional overseas visits.
• Own diary management ensuring audit target dates are met in the most effective way with a proportion of time spent working from your own home.
• Competitive Salary and Car Allowance on offer.
• This role work from home role is covering the South East region.

Benefits of working at Element

33 days annual holiday, consisting of 25 days annual holiday and 8 days public / x4 Life Assurance / Legal & General Pension scheme with total contributions up to 12% / Flexible Working / Cycle Scheme / Recommend a Friend Bonus / Perks At Work Discount Scheme

For more information on Element's BUILT division, please take a look at our e-brochure:

https://indd.adobe.com/view/7032c5bd-3645-4c48-86d4-b568d53de400

To apply please email [e-mail]

Company Overview

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

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.

Diversity Statement

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

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.