Food Safety Auditor

Food Safety and Quality Auditor (contract and permanent positions available)

Bring your management systems audit skills and food safety sector experience to our Management Systems Lead Auditor role and make the most of your professional skills doing more of the work you enjoy. This role is home-based position with extensive travel required.

About the role

You will perform business assurance assessments and recommend certification, deferral, suspension, or withdrawal of certification in accordance with FSSC22000 and ISO9001 management systems standards. In addition, you will be qualified to audit a range of additional 2nd party addendums. You will actively build strong external and internal client relationships.

The outcome of your assessments will result in accurate, insightful reports that will be of real worth to our clients and meet demanding Technical review expectations.

Initial Ideal Requirements:

• Have GFSI Lead auditor certification (FSSC, SQF, BRCGS or ISO9001)
• Have experience in third party auditing/assessment to ISO22000 / FSSC22000 and / or ISO9001 / other GFSI standard including process style and compliance auditing.
• Have a minimum of 3 years of full-time work experience in the food-chain-related industry, including at least two years of work in quality assurance or food safety functions within food manufacturing or equivalent.
• Have experience of several food sectors including but not limited to perishable fresh food processing (salad, juices , nuts & fruit etc), confectionary, beverage, thermal food processing ( canning, aseptics, dairy). Animal feed manufacture and packaging manufacturing would be a bonus.
• Hold a degree (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant subject (including studies in general microbiology, general chemistry, and food science).
• Possess a high standard of personal presentation, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and a flexible attitude.
• Have the ability to travel extensively throughout North America, and occasionally overseas if needed. (Residence in Canada , USA or Mexico).
• The role will require travel every week to client sites and some weekend travel.
• Be keenly focused on client service excellence.
• You will be competent in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Work safely and robustly implement health and safety rules, instructions, and systems. Refuse any work that compromises your safety or health.
• Promptly report incidents including near miss and safety observations, accidents, and injuries. Flag any health and safety concerns with your line manager.

Pre-Employment Checks

• If you are successful in securing a role with us, you will be subject to pre-employment checks, depending on the legal requirements and practices in your country of employment.
• If eligible these checks will include right to work, identification, verification of employment history, education, and criminal records where permitted by local law.
• All checks will be conducted in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection regulations.
• We will involve the third party supplier to run the background checks as needed and your data will be retained for a period as needed for the recruitment purpose.
• To the extent to be permitted by the applicable local law, your data may be stored outside of your employment country dependent on our operation structure.
• Your application of this role will constitute your consent on this paragraph.

What We Offer

• A dynamic and collaborative work environment within a globally recognised assurance organisation.
• Ongoing professional development and training opportunities to enhance your expertise.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunities for career growth and international exposure.

Why Join Us?

At LRQA, we offer more than just a job, we provide an opportunity to shape the future of the Food industry through excellence in auditing. Join our global team of experts and work with global and prestigious clients, enhancing quality management systems and driving continuous improvement in the Food supply chain.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're passionate about driving excellence in the Food industry and want to be part of a world-class certification team, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and take the next step in your auditing career with LRQA.