Lead Auditor (Aerospace)

LRQA; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

LRQA is seeking an Aerospace Management Systems Auditor to effectively audit management systems for clients in aviation, aerospace, and defence sectors. Your role will include guiding other auditors and enhancing client relationships. LRQA offers significant investment in your training and development, including the opportunity to achieve Lead Auditor qualification.

With a commitment to creating a safer and more sustainable future, LRQA supports employees with homeworking infrastructures and has championed new ways of working for many years.

Qualifications

• Substantial aviation, space and defence industry experience.
• Detailed understanding of the relevant regulatory framework.
• Ability to apply principles of client relationship management.
• Effective communication skills for clear audit outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Conduct risk-focused audits and make certification decisions.
• Guide and develop other auditors.
• Cultivate positive client relationships and provide feedback.

Skills

Aviation industry experience

Client relationship management

Effective communication skills

Job description

We are seeking an Aerospace Management Systems Auditor to join our team.

About Us

LRQA stands for dedication to clients, market firsts, and deep expertise in risk management. We’ve grown to become a leading global assurance provider, bringing together outstanding expertise in certification, customised assurance, cybersecurity, inspection and training. While we’re proud of our heritage, it’s who we are today that really matters, because that’s what shapes who we and our clients can become tomorrow. By staying true to our shared values and combining decades of collective experience, we support our clients in building a safer and more sustainable future. LRQA currently operates across 150 countries, has more than 5,000+ colleagues globally, generates £407m in revenue, and supports more than 61,000 clients across a diverse range of sectors and markets. Our Assessment Business Unit is a recognised, world‑leading professional assurance services organisation. We specialise in management systems compliance, helping our clients improve their management systems and reduce risk.

How Will You Make a Difference

Clients in engineering, manufacturing and repair and overhaul, aerospace, defence, space and government sectors depend on LRQA to effectively audit their management systems, providing assurance of business‑critical compliance and risk management. As well as undertaking risk‑focused audits and making certification decisions yourself, you’ll call on your accomplished people skills to guide and develop other auditors, cultivate positive client relationships and proactively share feedback that helps us to keep improving the service we deliver. In return, we’ll invest in your training and development to include qualification to Lead Auditor status in several management system standards including formal qualification through AAAT training and examination to become recognised as an Aerospace Authenticated Auditor and listed on the international APMG/IAQG database of auditors. We’ve a well‑developed homeworking infrastructure for when you’re not visiting clients and have been a champion of new ways of working for many years.

Experience as Demonstrated By

• Substantial aviation, space and defence industry experience, preferably within a management systems environment.
• Detailed understanding of the relevant regulatory framework within which the sector operates.
• Understanding of and ability to apply the principles of client relationship management.
• Effective communication skills, able to deliver clear audit outcomes.

By joining us, you’ll help make the world a better place.