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Product Certification Auditor

BSI

Wells

Hybrid

GBP 40,000 - 50,000

Full time

23 days ago

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Job summary

Join BSI as a Product Certification Auditor, where you'll conduct assessments ensuring compliance with rigorous certification standards. This field-based position requires extensive travel across the UK, and seeks individuals with a strong background in quality management and product manufacturing. Benefit from a competitive salary, company car, flexible working, and development opportunities within a globally recognized leader in product certification.

Benefits

Annual Bonus
Company Vehicle
Contribution Based Pension
Private Healthcare
27 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays
Life Assurance

Qualifications

  • Minimum of 4 years industry experience in product manufacturing.
  • Qualified to degree level in a relevant field.
  • Experience in product assessment or auditing.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct product certification assessments in various environments.
  • Prepare assessment reports and deliver findings to clients.
  • Lead assessment teams and maintain client relationships.

Skills

Auditing
Quality Management
ISO 9001

Education

Degree in Manufacturing or Construction

Job description

Great that you're thinking about a career with BSI!

Position: Product Certification Auditor

Location: South/South East UK (Field Based - UK Wide)

Salary: Competitive basic salary based on experience plus Company Car & Bonus

Join a Global Leader in Product Certification – Be a Part of Excellence!

Are you ready to be part of a world-renowned organization with nearly 120 years of innovation, growth, and industry leadership? Do you have a passion enabling organisations to continue maintaining high standards of compliance?

At BSI, we are looking for a Product Certification Auditor to play a key role in maintaining product excellence. In this role, you’ll conduct product certification assessments across varied environments, ensuring compliance with BSI’s rigorous certification schemes and Kitemark standards.

We’re seeking professionals to deliver product assessment audits across varied sectors and manufacturing environments and would be particularly interested in speaking with people with experience in construction product manufacturing, plastics, electrical lighting or consumer electronics manufacturing, gas product manufacturing, pressure equipment, personal protective equipment manufacturing, fire safety equipment manufacturing, doors & windows (fenestration) product manufacturing, precision engineering, or steel/aluminium product manufacturing.

Previous auditing experience is a plus, as well as expertise in quality management systems (ISO 9001). 9001 Lead Auditor certification would be a distinct benefit.

* This is a field based position that requires extensive travel and potential overnight stays nationwide across UK&I

Essential Responsibilities:

  • Prepare assessment reports and deliver findings to clients to ensure client understanding of the assessment decision and clear direction to particular items of corrective action where appropriate
  • Recommend the issue, re-issue or withdrawal of certificates, and report recommendations in accordance with BSI policy, procedures and prescribed time frame.
  • Maintain overall account responsibility and accountability for nominated accounts to ensure an effective partnership, whilst ensuring excellent service delivery and account growth.
  • Lead assessment teams as required ensuring that team members are adequately briefed so that quality of service is maintained and that effective working relationships are sustained both with Clients and within the team.
  • Provide accurate and prompt information to support services, working closely with them to ensure that client records are up to date and complete and that all other internal information requirements are met.
  • Coach colleagues as appropriate especially where those members are inexperienced assessors or unfamiliar with clients' business/technology and assist in the induction and coaching of new colleagues as requested
  • Plan/schedule workloads to make best use of own time and maximise revenue-earning activity.
  • Responsible for attending any required training and following all procedures/processes/policies within BSI for management of clients, management of a home-based office, use of BSI equipment and communication both internal and external to the organization
  • Must be willing to go through extensive onboarding plan in order to reach Lead Assessor status through the prescribed program (based on the knowledge, skills and experience they have as well as the requirements of the appropriate schemes)
  • Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills, to include preparation for and taking standardized assessments related to knowledge and application of audit practices
  • Responsible for managing a portfolio of assigned clients based on location and a match of qualifications and client contract requirements
  • Responsible for contacting clients and scheduling the visits, planning the assessments, making travel plans, conducting the assessments and reporting and managing the results in an efficient manner.
  • Responsible for monitoring the client accounts to ensure that records, visit cycle, invoicing and other related matters are properly dealt with to assure client satisfaction is maintained
  • Responsible for leading teams, when necessary, and mentoring and coaching new or inexperienced colleagues as needed to meet the business needs
  • Any other assignments as needed to meet assessment delivery business objectives

Education/Qualifications:

  • A minimum of 4 years’ industry experience gained within a product manufacturing environment and with an emphasis on quality management or product certification
  • Qualified to degree level within a manufacturing or construction related subject
  • Previous experience in product assessment or auditing, against standards
  • Can travel frequently across the UK
  • Knowledge of quality management system auditing practices (ISO 9001)

What we offer you:

BSI offers a competitive total reward package, an independent and varied job in an international environment, flexible working hours, ongoing training, and development with the inclusion of Annual Bonus, Company Vehicle, Contribution Based Pension, Private Healthcare, 27 Days Annual Leave + Bank Holidays, Life Assurance.

Do you believe the world deservesexcellence?

We are proud to be the business improvement company for other organisations to become more sustainable and resilient and finally to inspire trust in their products, systems, services, and the world we live in.

Headquartered in London, BSI is the world's first national standards organization with more than 100 years of experience. We are a global partner for 86,000 companies and organizations in over 193 countries, offering development, auditing, certification, and training services, including innovative software solutions and cyber security expertise for all industries: from aerospace and automotive to food, construction, energy, healthcare, IT and trade sectors. Incorporated by Royal Charter, we’re truly impartial, and home to the ultimate mark of trust, the Kitemark.

Through our unique combination of consulting, training, assurance, and regulatory services we bring solid and broad knowledge to every company.

If you want to contribute to this inspiring challenge, bring your open and enthusiastic mindset to our dynamic team, apply now and become part of the BSI family!

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Our Excellence Behaviours: Client-centric, Agile, Collaborative. These three behaviours represent how we do things at BSI. They help us ensure that BSI is a great place to work and a highly successful business.

BSI is conducting face-to-face interviews where appropriate and possible. If you are invited to a face-to-face interview but feel more comfortable with conducting the interview virtually, please speak to a member of our recruitment team.

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