Lead Auditor

Do you want to work in a position where you can utilize your experience in the process industry and promote standard-compliant, high-quality and responsible operations? We are looking for a lead auditor for the assessment of management systems in the process industry for Kiwa's certification and assessment services. As a lead auditor in the process industry, depending on your background and expertise, you will work with our customers in the chemical industry and/or other process industry sectors. Your task is to evaluate the management systems of process industry organizations from the perspective of occupational safety, environment, energy management and quality, and to help them find new ways of operating to implement continuous improvement. As a lead auditor, you will work with different organizations and familiarize yourself with the implementation of their management and quality management at all levels of the organizations. You will get to know a wide variety of operating environments and projects. Our customers are located across Finland and your place of work can be any of Kiwa's sites in Finland. We expect a suitable university degree and several years of work experience in the process industry. Your background could be, for example, from the chemical industry, or otherwise broadly from the process industry operating environment. We also value experience from various circular economy functions, such as waste management. We expect an understanding of management systems and the basic elements of risk management, including quality, environment, occupational health and safety, and energy management standards. Previous experience in customer work and working with management systems supports induction into the position. The position requires willingness to travel primarily in Finland and, if necessary, also abroad. You need fluent oral and written skills in Finnish and English. It is important that you can work in English both conversationally and in writing. We hope that you enjoy working with customers and are able to build confidential relationships at different levels of the organization. You discuss naturally with both production experts and corporate management and can grasp broad entities and identify essential things quickly. You work proactively and independently, but also value the support and sharing of expertise of colleagues. A flexible, curious and development-oriented attitude will help you succeed in the position and in a changing operating environment. At Kiwa, you will become part of an expert and respected organization where your work has a clear societal significance. A versatile and independent position offers a comprehensive view of the process industry operating environment and management. The health, safety and well-being of our staff are of paramount importance to us, and we invest in their development as part of our responsible corporate culture. We offer competent and encouraging colleagues and a team. In Kiwa's certification and assessment services, we are proud of our expertise and work, our working atmosphere, our commitment and the good development opportunities in a stable and growing organization. We want to be the most trusted partner for our customers for a more sustainable and responsible tomorrow. We offer very extensive occupational health care, leisure accident insurance and sports, culture and wellbeing benefits. Our staff club organizes hobby and leisure activities dreamed up by the employees, which bring joy to everyday life and increase community. We also have the possibility of a company bicycle. We believe that the expertise of the future is built on trust and caring. When cooperation is straightforward and the atmosphere is encouraging, people enjoy their work and have the courage to develop and innovate. A good feeling is visible in our everyday life as helping each other, a sense of security and doing things together, which are strengthened in every encounter, project and customer site. Further information about the position is provided by industry manager Elina Hopponen tel. 040 353 9952, Mon 17.8. 15-16 and Fri 21.8. 15-16. Come and help create a safer, more reliable and more responsible society. Fill in your application with your salary expectations by 25.8.2026 at 23:50. Kiwa is one of the world's largest testing, inspection and certification companies. In addition, we offer consulting, training and digital services to our customers through separate companies. Through our work, we create trust in our customers' products, services, processes, management systems and employees. Kiwa Finland provides services with approximately 700 experts. The Kiwa Group has a total of over 12,000 experts globally. Read more at www.kiwa.com/fi