Overview
Ready to take your auditing expertise further? Join RSSB as one of our Lead Auditors and play a key role in keeping Britain’s railways safe and efficient. This is a home‑based role with travel, mostly covering the Derby or Nottingham area and surrounding, offering flexibility, career development and a competitive benefits package. Whether you come from rail or another industry, ifyou’re IRCA‑accredited or have qualifications in health and safety and you are passionate about quality and safety, we want to hear from you.
Responsibilities
- Perform audits and analyse the competency, capability and capacity of an entity and its employees’ services and products.
- Prepare reports and perform risk management tasks to protect, improve safety and ensure compliance with appropriate standards and regulations.
- Be responsible for undertaking audits on suppliers registering to provide services through RSSB using the Rail Industry Supplier Qualification System (RISQS).
- Ensure compliance with scheme procedures by examining records, reports, operating practices, documentation and adherence to business procedures.
- Undertake remote and client site‑based audits through planning, opening, carrying out and closing audit procedures and protocols.
- Prepare or contribute to final audit reports, including making recommendations for improvements to systems and/or processes.
- Communicate with a range of stakeholder levels, including management, to understand the business and their needs and to share audit findings by preparing a final report and discussing findings with auditees.
- Contribute to team goals and occasionally deputise for the Senior Lead Auditor.
Qualifications
- IRCA accredited Lead Auditor.
- Experience in auditing against defined standards.
- NEBOSH General Certificate or IOSH Technical or equivalent.
- Rail experience is great—but if you’re new to rail, as long as you have a willingness to develop knowledge in this industry, we’ll help you.
- Proficient with IT, including MS applications.
- Able to build effective professional relationships with stakeholders.
- Able to communicate effectively and share thoughts and ideas through methods appropriate to the audience.
- Adaptable, responding effectively when embracing new opportunities, change and navigating uncertainty.
- Take responsibility and demonstrate accountability in completing tasks and achieving objectives, actively seeking to resolve problems and identify opportunities.
- Committed to customer service and placing customer satisfaction at the heart of our success to ensure we deliver against our shared goals.
- Must be based in the Derby, Nottingham or surrounding areas to cover the geographical requirement.
Benefits
- 30 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
- Private medical and dental cover.
- Flexible and hybrid working options.
- Season ticket loan and travel subsidy.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Volunteer leave.
- Performance‑related bonus.
- Pension scheme.
- Learning and development opportunities.
- Work‑life balance with flexible core hours and location options.
Equal Opportunity Statement
We value diversity and equal opportunities in employment and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone. As a member of the Disability Confident Scheme, we encourage candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria to apply. If you have applied under the Disability Confident Scheme, please let us know in advance by emailing vacancies@rssb.co.uk.
We understand the importance of work‑life balance and offer the flexibility to work within our core hours and the option to vary your location between the office and home. If you are looking for further flexibility, speak to us at interview stage so that we can consider your request.
For reasonable adjustments with respect to our selection process, including information in an alternative format, please contact us at vacancies@rssb.co.uk.
Find out more about Diversity and Inclusion at RSSB: https://www.rssb.co.uk/careers
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