Food Auditor

SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 97,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

This is a senior full-time position for an experienced and qualified Food Lead Auditor.

The successful candidate must have prior experience auditing for a third-party Certification Agency across a number of food programmes e.g. FSSC 22000/ISO 22000, SQF, BRC, HACCP, MPI programmes (NP1, NP2, NP3 and Food Control plans).

As a Lead Auditor in the Food, Health & Nutrition business for SGS Business Assurance NZ, you will be responsible for planning and performing supply chain and third-party certification audits.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintaining your qualifications and recognition as a Food Auditor in multiple food industry audit standards and programs and be able to conduct a range of food industry program audits across a wide range of industry sector codes.
• Undertake management system assessments in accordance with SGS accreditation policies, procedures and management systems requirements.
• Collate audit / assessment findings, prepare reports and communicate findings to clients to ensure understanding of the requirements and area(s) that need to be addressed.
• Provide an assessment decision and clearly communicate corrective action requirements, where appropriate, including recommending the issue, re-issue or withdrawal of certificates, and report recommendations in accordance with SGS policy, procedures and prescribed timeframe(s).
• Act as a brand ambassador for SGS. This means acting ethically, with complete integrity and observing company rules, policies and protocols.

• Lead Auditor experience auditing for a Certification Body and qualified across a wide range and number of food industry sector NACE codes and/or SGS Technical Area Qualification (TAQ) Codes,
• Recognition as Lead Auditor in a number of food industry programs, these could include SQF, FSSC22000, BRC, WSEP, HACCP, MPI.
• The auditor recognitions and audit experience must be as a Lead Auditor with a Certification Agency, with evidence of these recognitions able to be provided.
• Lead Auditor qualifications and experience in ISO standards (e.g. ISO 22000, ISO 9001, ISO 22000, ISO 13485) would be advantageous
• Successfully completed an IRCA, Exemplar Global or equivalent recognised Lead Auditor Course and have a current certificate of this training.
• Willing to travel on business intensively, mostly with New Zealand, but also on occasion, to other Australia and the Pacific Islands.
• Current and full NZ Drivers licence

Working at SGS means joining an innovative, global company.

Here are some of the benefits to working for SGS. 

•    As a company, we have embraced the shift to flexible work

•    Sustainability is embedded in our culture and the way we do business

•    Ongoing learning & development 

•    Career development opportunities (Nationally and Globally)