Ethical Auditor (CSCA)

QIMA; Chennai District; Remote; INR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading quality inspection firm in South India seeks an Auditor to ensure compliance with labor rights and environmental standards at manufacturing sites. The ideal candidate will have a higher education degree, APSCA registration, and strong auditing experience. Responsibilities include conducting audits, documenting findings, and collaborating with clients on quality procedures. Good command of English is necessary. This role fosters integrity and ensures adherence to international standards, contributing to quality assurance in the supply chain.

Qualifications

• APSCA registered at CSCA level is mandatory.
• Experience with SA8000/ISO14001/ICTI/C-TPAT/WRAP/BSCI standards.
• Recent experience with SMETA/BSCI/SA8000/WRAP audits.

Responsibilities

• Audit manufacturing sites, focusing on labor rights, health and safety.
• Record detailed findings in reports for clients.
• Provide expertise in client meetings for quality control procedures.

Skills

Third-party auditing experience

Knowledge of SA8000

Strong command of English

Environmental audit experience

Education

Higher education degree in Engineering, Law, Economics, or Social Sciences

Job description

This position is available for candidates who are based anywhere within South India.

At QIMA, we’re on a mission to help our clients make products consumers can trust.

Working with over 30,000 global brands, retailers, manufacturers and food growers, we are on the ground wherever products are made. We help businesses secure every step of their supply chain with quality inspections, supplier audits, certifications, and lab testing, all powered by our intelligent digital platform.

Our team of 5,000 QIMers (and counting) across 40 offices and laboratories, are united in our shared passion for innovation and integrity, and guided by our QIMA values in the decisions we make every day. We believe in the work we do, and in making a positive difference in the world. Does this sound like something you’d like to be a part of?

Our Consumer Goods Division is dedicated to helping brands, retailers and manufacturers worldwide deliver safe, quality and ethically made products to their consumers. Every day at work, our inspectors, auditors, and lab techs use their expertise to help safeguard the products you use every day in your home: from clothes and footwear to toys and baby products, to electronics, appliances, and furniture.

Our operations department’s purpose is to deliver our industry-leading services to our clients while ensuring that all the work we do is performed to the QIMA standard of quality.

Job Description

You will be expected to:

• Audit the manufacturing sites of our clients’ suppliers, sometimes without warning. Your areas of attention will include labor rights, health and safety, environmental security, and others, according to the applicable international standard or the client’s in-house procedure.
• Be alert to any violations, staying vigilant when dealing with factory management, and recording all your findings in detailed reports, to be delivered to the client.
• Approach your job with utmost integrity, as your conduct during an audit can have lasting consequences for the supplier, factory staff, and our clients.

We may also request you to:

• Provide your expertise in client meetings, to create custom quality control procedures based on their specific requirements.
• Contribute your ideas for improving the quality of our Operations projects.

Qualifications

It could be you, if you have:

• A higher education degree in Engineering, Law, Economics, Social Sciences or a related major.
• APSCA registered at CSCA level (Mandatory).
• Strong knowledge of SA8000/ISO14001/ICTI/C-TPAT/WRAP/BSCI.
• Work experience in 3rd party auditing.
• Experience in Environmental Audit.
• SMETA/BSCI/SA8000/WRAP or mixed audits done in recent 12 months.
• Have good command of English (spoken and written).