Auditor - Social Compliance (CSCA)

CSCA Auditor - Travel Based

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world's top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking a Supplier Management / Corporate Social Responsibility CSCA Auditor to join our Business Assurance team. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career with a company that wants to build something great with an incredible group of people.

Intertek's Business Assurance team goes beyond testing, inspection and certification to look at the underlying elements that make a company and its products successful. Our assurance solutions provide confidence and total peace of mind that a client's operating procedures, systems and people are functioning properly to provide a competitive advantage in the marketplace.

What are we looking for?

The CSCA Auditor will lead and/or participate as an assessor during all phases of a Supplier Management system audit in accordance with Intertek and Client social, environmental, quality, and security programs. The Lead Auditor is the primary interface with the client before and during the process of all auditing activities. Additionally, the Lead Auditor could also mentor new auditors through witness audits, technical support, and education of both client and sales force as needed. Independence, strong leadership, and management qualities are required in addition to the technical expertise necessary to perform audit assignments.

This will be a travel-based position, with extensive travel to client sites required. Candidate must be comfortable traveling 3 to 5 days per week.

Salary & Benefits Information

Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.

In addition to competitive compensation packages, when working with Intertek, you can expect benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more.

What you'll do:

• Managing all phases of assessments/audits and recommendation for registration.
• Planning and scheduling assessments/audits and coordinating with team member(s).
• Representing the assessment team and the company.
• Total evaluation of supplier sites, reporting non-compliances.
• Reviewing the social, environmental, quality, and security documentation, assessing the system, conducting audits in order to evaluate the supplier's management system before or after Certification, and for recommending whether the supplier's management system meets the appropriate program and customer requirements.
• Holding opening and closing meetings with and providing progress updates to suppliers on the conduct of initial assessments, surveillance assessments, follow-up assessments, and results of team findings.
• Explaining to the supplier non-compliances and other observations.
• Producing reports to be submitted to the Client and/or Certification Authority Department on each audit documenting all non-compliances.
• Conducting assigned audits in accordance with contracted client agreements & submit required reports in a timely manner.
• Manage/Perform management system audits.
• Evaluate client for compliance and non-compliance to the specifics of the program standards and/or specific customer requirements.
• Discuss corrective action and non-compliance with the client in a non-advisory capacity.
• Provide on the job training for auditors and provisional personnel.

This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties.

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:

• Must have APSCA CSCA Certification
• University level degree and/or equivalent auditing experience (HS Diploma or GED required).
• At least 1+ years of Social Compliance or Human Rights auditing experience
• SMETA (Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit), Amfori BSCI (Business Social Compliance Initiative), SA8000, RBA, or ETI experience (or other related social compliance audit schemes)
• Ability to travel overnight 3 to 5 days per week, to various worksites and client locations.
• Possess a valid unrestricted drivers license and the ability to operate a motor vehicle in the performance of the official duties of the position
• A demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing in the agreed language of the assessment/audit assignments.
• Ability to work well in an environment and react effectively in stressful situations.
• Have sound judgment and analytical skills.
• Ability to understand complex operations in broad perspective.
• Ability to obtain and assess factual information fairly.
• Must have strong leadership abilities.
• Ability to exercise effective time management in completion of assignments and all required reports.
• Ability to research, interpret, and communicate local legislative requirements.
• This is a travel-based position; however, applicants must live in and be legally authorized to work in the United States

Preferred Requirements & Qualifications:

• English / Spanish bilingual

Physical Requirements:

• The ability to ascend or descend ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• The ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word. Must be able to convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
• The ability to perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound.
• The ability to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body.
• Required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication parts at distances close to the eyes.

Intertek: Total Quality. Assured.

Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers' expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.

Intertek is a drug-free workplace. As a condition of employment, certain positions may be required to pass a pre-employment drug test based on the type of work that will be performed.

We Value Diversity

Intertek's network of phenomenal people are our greatest assets, and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.

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