Senior Forestry Auditor - Timber Legality & CoC

PT SGS Indonesia; Jakarta Utara; On-site; IDR 200,880,000 - 334,800,000; Full time

Job summary

PT SGS Indonesia seeks an experienced forestry auditor to conduct independent audits of forest management, chain of custody, timber legality, and related forestry certification scopes, including FSC, PEFC, and SVLK. The role requires travel to client sites and proven audit-reporting skills.

You will review scope documents, prepare audit plans, assess compliance, and deliver high-quality audit reports in line with SGS standards and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Forestry, Forest Science, Environmental Science, Natural Resource Management, Geography, Geoinformatics, Biology, Ecology, or similar field.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant forestry experience and verifiable audit records.
• Current auditor or lead-auditor approval for FSC/PEFC/SVLK scopes and completed required training.
• Knowledge of silviculture, biodiversity, forest management, and timber legality.
• Current qualification and approval for deployable forestry scopes such as FSC/PEFC/SVLK.
• Verifiable log of independent audits recently delivered in approved schemes and scopes.
• Completed mandatory audit-technique training, scheme training, examinations, and witness audits.
• Ability to plan, conduct, report, and close audits independently from deployment date.

Responsibilities

• Review scope, profiles, standards, previous audits, legal requirements, maps, and sampling requirements.
• Prepare audit plans and sampling for forest units, sites, contractors, product groups, supply chains, and stakeholder consultation.
• Confirm audit-team competence, logistics, client readiness, safety controls, and conflicts of interest.
• Conduct audits of forest management units, processing facilities, traders, and other certified scopes.
• Assess silviculture, biodiversity, environmental and social safeguards, and legal compliance.
• Assess timber legality, traceability, product-group controls, and chain-of-custody controls.
• Review maps, field implementation, monitoring records, and corrective actions.
• Identify and document nonconformities with evidence and references.
• Prepare audit reports, checklists, and supporting evidence for technical review.
• Review corrective-action evidence within authorized scope and respond to queries.
• Maintain audit records and support certification processes and continual-learning qualifications.

Skills

Fluent Bahasa Indonesia

English proficiency (audit reporting)

Auditing

Interviewing

Report writing

Planning

Time management

Attention to accuracy

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Forestry or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Audit management systems

Job description

PT SGS Indonesia seeks an experienced forestry auditor to conduct independent audits of forest management, chain of custody, timber legality, and related forestry certification scopes, including FSC, PEFC, and SVLK. The role requires travel to client sites and proven audit-reporting skills.

You will review scope documents, prepare audit plans, assess compliance, and deliver high-quality audit reports in line with SGS standards and regulatory requirements.