Global Lead Auditor

COWI; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in the UK is seeking a Global Lead Auditor to drive impactful auditing within their organization. This hybrid role involves performing full-time audits and working with a team of Global Lead Auditors. The ideal candidate will have a relevant engineering degree, at least 5 years of auditing experience, and a thorough understanding of project management principles. The position requires strong analytical and problem-solving skills, along with effective communication abilities.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in auditing, preferably with at least 2 years in a project management role.
• Comprehensive understanding of industry standards and regulations, such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, and ISO 27001.
• Professional proficiency in English is a prerequisite.

Responsibilities

• Fulfil annual audit plans covering safety, technical, financial and managerial aspects.
• Communicate audit results to stakeholders and manage non-compliances.
• Maintain efficient and up-to-date training material.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem-solving

Good communication skills

Project management principles

Experience with Lean/Six Sigma methodologies

Education

Relevant degree in engineering

Job description

Are you a passionate and forward‑looking Global Lead Auditor seeking to drive meaningful impact as a strategic partner within our organisation? Do you want a distinctive role that is fully dedicated to auditing, free from commercial deliverable obligations? If so, this is your opportunity to join our Global Lead Auditor team and contribute to the highest level.

Create solutions that enable a better tomorrow

As a part of our team of Global Lead Auditors, you will join a group of highly skilled experts and perform full‑time auditing while also collaborating with colleagues across COWI’s global Process and Quality team.

This is a hybrid role within the UK. Depending on your location, you will be connected to one of our UK offices in London, Bristol, Derby, York, or Glasgow. You will report to the Process and Quality Director, based at COWI’s headquarters in Lyngby, Denmark.

You will be entrusted with the responsibility and mandate to audit COWI projects, and line management, across the globe within COWI’s management systems. You will support projects to achieve spotless production by increased user adoption of our tools and processes. Moreover, you will maintain efficient and up‑to‑date training material, in COWI Academy training catalogue, based on inputs and learnings from audits.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Fulfilment of annual audit plans across the organisation, covering safety, technical, financial and managerial aspects.
• Improvement of COWI’s procedures & processes to meet e.g. ISO requirements in a lean, non‑bureaucratic way.
• Communicating audit results to stakeholders and managing non‑compliances, incl. root cause analysis.
• Leveraging audit findings to identify training needs.

Your skills. Our team. Together, we design the future

To succeed as a Global Lead Auditor, you take part in driving change, turn resistance into motivation, and thrive in a fast‑paced environment. You skillfully manage multiple priorities and stakeholders, and you are comfortable being measured against KPIs and audit targets. You approach challenges pragmatically, while maintaining a polite, motivated, and collaborative attitude. A clear and effective communicator, you navigate seamlessly across organisational levels and diverse cultural settings.

On top of that, you have:

• A relevant degree in e.g. engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in auditing, preferably with at least 2 years in a project management role.
• Comprehensive understanding of project management principles, including planning, execution, and monitoring.
• Significant knowledge of industry standards and regulations, such as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 27001.
• Comprehensive analytical and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to identify areas for improvement and make recommendations for changes to policies, processes and procedures.
• Experience with improvement techniques, training or coaching.
• Experience in applying Lean/Six Sigma methodologies.
• Good communication skills and professional proficiency in English is a prerequisite.

A place to work and so much more

At COWI, we work together with our customers to shape a sustainable and livable world. We do it by applying our knowledge and curiosity – and sometimes even our courage – to create the solutions the world needs today to enable a better tomorrow. We support our customers’ transition toward increased sustainability. We strive to lead by example by embedding environmental management, social responsibility, and good governance into our business practices and the options we provide for our customers. We value differences and development and cultivate an environment of belonging and having fun. Because that is what brings out the best in you, at work and at home.

With offices primarily located in Scandinavia, the UK, North America, and India, we are currently more than 7,500 people who bring their expertise in engineering, architecture, energy, and environment into play.

Got more questions?

If you have any unanswered questions about the role or what we have to offer, please reach out to Process and Quality Director, Anne Lomholt. [e-mail]. Get to know us even better at our website, www.cowi.com, where you can learn more about our projects, our strategy, what we want to achieve and what life is like at COWI.

Diversity is fundamental to COWI, inclusion is key.

We are committed to creating a respectful and fair work environment where all employees have a sense of belonging and equitable opportunities to thrive and grow. We ensure that our leaders are role models for inclusive leadership by cultivating a culture where diverse perspectives and thoughts are seen as strengths. And we take diversity and inclusion into account in all relevant decisions and processes and when setting up teams and fora. We do it because it is part of our values and because it is simply the right thing to do.

Before you apply

All you need to include in your application is your CV – no photo or application letter. At an interview, you can tell us everything we need to know about why you’re interested in joining COWI. As for the photo, we prefer to form our first impression in person rather than from a picture.