- Office / Department
Abu Dhabi Certification
- Reporting to
Certification Manager
- Key Working Relationship
- Certification Manager
- Technical Manager
- Sales Team
- Operation Team
- Customers / Clients
- ICC / RCL / Other Critical Centre for Certification approval
- He is expected to establish direct contact with Client once audit is scheduled and whenever necessary with other Bureau VERITAS organization.
- Minimum Required Qualifications
- Specialty
QHSE Lead Auditor as per ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 27001 and 20001
- Education
Degree / Diploma (preferable in Engineering)
- Training
ISO 9001 Lead Auditor course
ISO 14001 Lead Auditor course
ISO 45001 Lead Auditor course
Others as per requirements
- Technical knowledge
Good understanding of organizational processes
- Experience
Industrial Experience of minimum 10 years including auditing (internal / external) as per QHSE standards
- Responsibilities / Authorities / Accountabilities
- Primary Functions
- Collection of required information from Sales and Operation Team once audit is allocated.
- Preparation of audit plan and submission to client / audit team / BV back office
- Chair opening and closing meetings
- Assign to each team member responsibility for auditing specific processes, functions, sites, areas or activities and reassign work as needed
- Manage external team representation during the audit process (expert, translator, Accreditation Bodies, …)
- Periodically communicate the progress of the audit and any concerns to the client and to the audit team
- Review with the client any need for changes to the audit scope which becomes apparent as on-site auditing activities progress and report this to the back office
- Attempt to resolve any diverging opinions between the audit team and the client concerning audit evidence or findings, and record unresolved points
- Review the audit findings, and any other appropriate information obtained during the audit, against the audit objectives and audit criteria and classify the nonconformities
- Agree upon the audit conclusions, considering the uncertainty inherent in the audit process, any necessary follow-up actions
- Confirm the appropriateness of the audit programme or identify any modification required for future audits (., scope of certification, audit time or dates, surveillance frequency, audit team competence)
- Ensure that the audit report is prepared and shall be responsible for its content
- Submission of audit pack to concern ICC / RCL and follow-up for approval
- Recommends to the Technical Manager initial certification, maintaining of certification, recertification, suspension, withdrawal, or reduction of the scope of certification, as required.
- Updating information from different sources (web-site / discussion / others) related to various management systems
- Updating issues reported at site / client to Certification Manager / Technical Manager / Operation team / Sales team as required.
- Addition of new schemes / codes qualification
- Maintaining internal communication
- Promotes Bureau Veritas service portfolio to clients
- Respects security guidelines of Bureau Veritas and safeguards personal security in the working environment
- Actively participates in the sharing of knowledge and information (Knowledge Management)
- Other, as assigned by office.
- Technical Expertise
- Application of codes and standards, project specifications and procedures
- Within his field of competence, the lead auditor / auditor is expected to conduct the activities stated in Primary functions.
- Fully conversant with relevant auditing techniques and able to select the most appropriate technique.
- Able to verify, communicate and approve Non-conformities / corrective actions
- Able to identify required Bureau Veritas interventions, based on a pre-defined Audit Plan and according to specified standards and / or site issues.
- Able to review / appraise auditing standard
- Business Requirements
- Update to Client(s) about day-to-day audit status, non-compliance / discrepancy to standards.
- Update to Certification Manager / Technical Manager / Operation for any issue during audit
- Self Management
- Maintains a high degree of expertise through permanent specialized training and knowledge management.
- Ensure that audit is carried out as per standards / audit criteria.
- Meet individual objectives
- Should be Results oriented, Service driven and Problem solving
- Comply with client specific / site specific requirements
- Comply with BV regulations, procedures and Code of Ethics.
- Customer Focus
- Ensure that audit is carried out as per audit plans and other applicable auditing standards / critiria.
- Understand client needs and work to achieve successful audit outcomes.
- Develop trust and open communication with the client.
- HSE Requirements
- Comply with client specific / site specific HSE requirements and BV HSE regulations, procedures and Code of Ethics.
- Performance Monitoring
- Continual Development
The opportunities for improvement in
- Technical and professional competencies through attending specialized training courses and seminars
- Stay updated on all auditing standards’ developments
- KPI’s
- Time taken to deliver the report to the Team Leader
- Quality of report
- Inspection done within the allocated timeframe
- Share information, Best practice, Knowledge Management
- Monitored By
Team Leader - audit Services at site
Certification Manager / Technical Manager - KPIs linked with team leaders / auditors, client feedback for performance of audits.