OVERVIEW
Lead Auditor is responsible for the management and performance of internal operational and project audits.
SCOPE:
Lead Auditor is responsible for the management and performance of internal operational and project audits.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
N/A
EDUCATION:
Requires at least a four-year degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
- Compliance Auditing
- Familiarity with Auditing Software Packages
- Ability to work with people from the project team to top management levels
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills
- Teamwork approach, self-motivated, ability to make autonomous decisions, with a desire to learn
- Excellent verbal-oral and written skills
- Strong documentation, record keeping and planning skills
- Root Cause Analysis and Findings / Corrective Action Management
- Development and delivery of training programs
- Perform work at the home office, warehousing, fabrication, and construction sites
- Ability to travel if required to perform the essential job functions
- 5 years in the EPC Oil, Refining, Petrochem Industry preferred
- 5 years Compliance Auditing Experience
TYPICAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Audit Program:
- Plan, Manage, Conduct, Analyze, Summarize, and Report on Internal Operational and Project audits.
- Develop and implement Audit Programs and manage project quality requirements
- Supervise daily activities of audit team to ensure on-time delivery.
- With the advice and guidance of Counsel in duties that involve incident findings and root cause analysis so that the Company can claim privilege if necessary.
- Execute audit test steps through interviews, process observations, data analysis, and inspection of company documentation and systems
- Assist Quality and Process Improvement department with the preparation of draft issues for presentations to Company management.
- Incident/Finding Investigation
- Management of findings/nonconformance records database
- Reporting of quality metrics based on Audit data
- Evaluate business processes and internal controls to identify gaps and risks
- Analyze root causes of control inefficiencies and recommend corrective actions.
- Develop process improvements to improve effectiveness and quality of deliverables.
- Develop positive working relationships with management and audit team members.
- Educate team about audit tools, techniques, and procedures
- Assist team in audit processes and issues as needed
- Review audit recommendations with management and develop action plans
Support Maintenance of Company’s Quality Management System Program Documentation:
- Work with Process Improvement Team - implementation of system changes to ensure industry standards and customer satisfaction.
- Process Improvement
- Facilitation of findings, problem solving, root cause analysis, preventive and corrective actions, follow-up verification corrective actions are working
- Evaluate business processes and internal controls to identify gaps and risks
- Support the management/coordination of company compliance with ISO 9001
- Assist the Quality and Process Improvement department with planning of assigned sections by generating and analyzing Company data, evaluating the effectiveness of the Company’s internal controls, conduct interviews with Company personnel relevant to the process under review, and all other assigned planning tasks
- Participate in other non-scheduled projects in support of the Quality and Process Improvement department role of ensuring a strong internal control environment, and maintaining effective and efficient business processes
- Keep up to date with developments in the EPC energy sector, Internal Audit best practices and Company business
Support the Development of Project Quality Assurance Programs:
- Support development of Project Specific Quality Procedures (home office and field)
- Review and approval of project execution plan and quality compliance
- Quality input to proposals
- Review and comment on the Owner’s and Supplier’s Quality documentation
- Provide guidance and training to project team, contractors, suppliers, inspectors and third parties as required to ensure understanding of the project quality objectives
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, technical procedures, and government regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, a procedures manual. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios to practical situations. Ability to work with probability and statistical interference in practical situations.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
Occasionally, will conduct or participate in a field trip to an operating plant or construction site. This requires normal hearing, the ability to stand, walk, reach, climb and balance, clear close and distance vision, depth perception, and the ability to focus. Lifting up to 25 pounds may be required.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Works primarily in a heated and air-conditioned office environment. Occasional visits to construction job sites within operating plants are required. Exposure to adverse weather conditions and loud noise exist.