Senior Food Auditor

Job ID:41141
Location:Antwerp : Jan Van Gentstraat 7  
Position Category:Assessors
Position Type:Employee Regular

Job Overview

Are you looking for an independent, technically oriented job with a lot of freedom? Are you curious by nature and do you want to continue your career in the fascinating food industry? Do you like visiting a great variety of customers? Do you want to be part of an international renowned organization and enjoy developing yourself? Alternatively, do you want to focus on people management or are you more commercially oriented or being a Technical Leader & Expert? And do you want to contribute to a safer world by sharing your knowledge with organizations? Then LRQA is the right choice for you.

Job Responsibilities

• Verification of management systems in the food industry individually or as a part of the team
• Examination and assessment of quality management systems
• Contribution to improvement of a client's overall food management system
• Account management - acting as a sparring partner for delivering the audits at our key accounts
• Food technical Leadership i.e. a subject matter expert in your field of expertise
• Providing an excellent service to the client and be knowledgeable about the requirements of the accreditation.
• The broadening and deepening of the collaboration with our clients 
• Contribution to development of our services

This is a challenging and diverse job where you will get to meet a lot of different people, varying clients and meet interesting challenges in all aspects.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in the food industry (process and/or technology)
• Adequate working experience in quality management and food safety in the food sector
• Minimum of 5 years of work experience (in relation to food production & technology) in the food industry.
• Holding at least one qualification for 3rd party auditing in IFS Food, BRC Food, IFS Broker, Logistics and or & BRC Packaging
• Additional qualification for ISO 22000 and/or FSSC 22000 will be an advantage
• Analytical approach with proactive attitude and assertiveness
• Leadership and management experience
• Stakeholder management experience
• Very good communication skills
• Excellent language skills both spoken and written in Dutch, English and preferably French
• Confidence in using remote ICT technologies (Skype, MS Teams etc.) for remote auditing

 What does LRQA offer?

• Flexible & hybrid working (30% of audits can be done remotely)
• Possibility to work part-time
• Variety of trainings and diverse professional and personal development opportunities
• Career development
• Attractive salary package, yearly bonus and pension scheme
• Lease car
• Laptop & mobile phone
• Wellness day
• Inclusive & supportive team culture

We offer you a challenging and varied role, where you will visit large reputable companies (top 100). The diversity of assignments makes it fun and challenging for you to go out every time. LRQA is the organization to further expand your knowledge and to further specialize yourself. Of course, we also support you in obtaining and maintaining the required qualifications necessary to perform your job

About LRQA

By bringing together unrivalled expertise in certification, customized assurance, cybersecurity, inspection and training, we've become a leading global assurance provider.

The purpose that drives us every single day is: Shaping a better world together. In pursuing this purpose, we serve a huge variety of markets including:

• Quality, Environment, Health and Safety
• Food, beverage and hospitality
• Medical
• Automotive, Aerospace and Transportation
• Infosec and Cyber
• Sustainability and Climate Change

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. (Group entities).

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