Assurance Officer

3 weeks ago

Edinburgh, United Kingdom LRQA group Full time

**Who are LRQA?**

LRQA stands for dedication to clients, market firsts, and deep expertise in risk management. We’ve grown to become a leading global assurance provider, bringing together outstanding expertise in certification, customised assurance, cybersecurity, inspection, and training.

While we’re proud of our heritage, it’s who we are today that really matters, because that’s what shapes who we and our clients can become tomorrow. By staying true to our shared values and combining decades of collective experience, we support our clients in building a safer and more sustainable future.

**What do we do?**

We help our clients negotiate a rapidly changing world, by working with them to manage and mitigate the risks they face. We serve a wide variety of industries, from food, beverage, and hospitality to automotive, aerospace and transportation.

From independent third-party auditing, certification and training; to consultancy services; to real
- time assurance technology; to data-driven supply chain transformation, our innovative end-to
- end solutions help our clients shape their own future, rather than letting it shape them.

LRQA’s focus is:

- Invest in customer excellence.
- Build on strong foundations to lead the digital transformation of assurance.
- Invest to enhance our products and services.
- Accelerate the growth of the business and deliver on our sustainability strategy.

With solid expertise and heritage in our sector, coupled with well-timed accelerated investment and a leadership team that is fully committed to delivering our vision, LRQA’s next chapter is set to be an exciting, transformational period of growth. We’re well placed to build on everything we’ve done and further our ambitions for the future. At such an exciting time key talent is critical, and this role is a great opportunity to be part of our next chapter.

Certification standards have an essential part to play in ensuring the safety and integrity of our food, from ingredients to finished products, and from supply chains to processing units and this is where the LRQA Assurance Programmes come into play.

The Assurance Officer will play an integral role within this, working within the team in ensuring audit delivery is delivered to a high standard by qualified and trained auditors, meeting the KPI/specification of LRQA clients and assisting with the planning operation for all LRQA schemes and allocations of the audits to ensure delivery on time to agreed Client KPI’s

Reporting to the Technical Assurance Manager, the Assurance Officer will be responsible for managing the Food Assurance Schemes. They will be responsible for managing the schemes in accordance with UKAS accreditation requirements and scheme owner KPIs and also delivering a first-class customer service experience.

**Technical / Professional Qualifications / Requirements**:

- Food Science Degree or equivalent qualification/experience
- HACCP
- Food Manufacturing Experience
- IT and MS Office literate
- Knowledge of Excel
- Knowledge of UK food manufacturing practices and process
- Working knowledge of the Food Industry and Standards

Desirable
- Lead Auditor Qualification
- BRCGS experience - Understanding of BRCGS Course
- Auditing Experience within Food Manufacturing
- Understanding of quality management systems, competency requirements, writing manuals, policies, quality procedures, work instructions
- A thorough understanding of the relationships between auditees, scheme owners and accreditation bodies
- Awareness of the UK food industry legislation
- Awareness of food sector quality assurance including BRCGS, Red Meat schemes and standards

Diversity and Inclusion at LRQA:
We are on a mission to be the place where we all want to work and we are passionate about embracing different perspectives because we understand the value this brings to our business, our clients and each other. We are all about creating a safer and more sustainable future and our inclusive culture is right at the heart of our business.

Together our employees make our communities better and we want you to be part of our diverse team

LRQA is a leading global assurance provider. The integrity and expertise we bring to our partnership with clients support their journey to a safer, more secure and more sustainable future.

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