Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia e Trentino Alto Adige Certification Lead Auditor

**Posting Date**:9 Oct 2025

**City**:San Bonifacio

**Location**:San Bonifacio, IT, 37047

**Contract Type**:Permanent

**Division**:Mediterranean & Africa Certification

**Level of experience**:Intermediate
- RINA is currently recruiting for a **Veneto, Friuli Venezia Giulia e Trentino Alto Adige Certification Lead Auditor** to join its office in San Bonifacio (VR) within the **Mediterranean & Africa Certification** Division.

**Mission**
- The role focuses on planning, conducting, and managing audits within our certification business related to the different certification schemes.**Key Accountabilities**
- **Audit Program Management**: Develop and maintain audit programs that reflect the company’s certification goals and comply with relevant regulatory frameworks. This involves scheduling audits, allocating resources efficiently, and continuously evaluating program effectiveness.
- **Document Review**: Conduct detailed evaluations of customer management system documentation, including manuals, procedures, instructions, files, and records to verify that they meet established standards and regulatory requirements.
- **Audit Planning and Coordination**: Strategically plan audit activities, liaise with stakeholders to ensure adequate preparation and resource availability, and adapt schedules to dynamic operational needs.
- **Audit Execution and Leadership**: Lead and participate in audits by conducting interviews, collecting evidence, and assessing the implementation and effectiveness of management systems in accordance with certification criteria.
- **Audit Result Analysis**: Accurately identify audit outcomes, categorize findings as non-conformities or opportunities for improvement, and articulate these results clearly to stakeholders.
- **Report Preparation**: Compile comprehensive and objective audit reports that detail findings and offer recommendations critical to certification decisions and continuous improvement initiatives.
- **Follow-Up and Corrective Action Management**: Oversee the timely resolution of non-conformities by monitoring corrective action plans, verifying their effectiveness, and ensuring compliance with agreed timelines.
- **Technical Review and Certification Decision Support**: Perform in-depth technical reviews of audit files, providing well-founded certification decisions or recommendations informed by rigorous analysis.
- **Continuous Professional Development**: Commit to ongoing skill enhancement by staying current with evolving industry standards, audit methodologies, and certification regulations to maintain personal qualifications and certifications.
- **Resource Performance Monitoring**: Evaluate and support the performance of auditors and other personnel involved in certification processes, fostering a culture of excellence and accountability.
- **Data and Record Management**: Ensure accurate and up-to-date maintenance of all audit records, customer information, and related documentation to support traceability, transparency, and audit integrity.
- **Customer Interaction and Relationship Management**: Facilitate technical discussions with customers to clarify audit requirements, address concerns, and strengthen relationships that support successful certification outcomes.
- In this role, you will be essential in driving certification quality, supporting organizational objectives, and enhancing customer trust through expert audit management and consultative collaboration.**Education**
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering General or Business Administration Finance Management**Qualifications**-
- Strong technical proficiency in identifying and categorizing audit findings, coupled with excellent communication skills to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders, is essential. Up-to-date qualifications, including Lead Auditor certification (ISO or equivalent), underscore your professional expertise. A thorough knowledge of industry regulations and continuous improvement practices will support your success in this position.**Competencies**
- PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Promote commitment by keeping promises as a Role Model
- MANAGE EMOTIONS - Recognise one's and other's emotions and express and regulate one's reactions
- PIONEER CHANGE - Actively embrace change and benefit from the new circumstances
- BUILD NETWORK - Forge trust relationships, across departments, and outside the organization
- MAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS - Structure activities according to priorities, actions, resources and constraint
- ADDRESS THE WAY - Have a big picture of different situations and reinterpret it in a perspective way
- THINK FORWARD - Capitalise on experiences and translate them into action plans for the future
- CLIENT INTIMACY - Embrace internal and external client needs, expectations, and requirements to ensure maximum satisfaction
- EARN TRUST - Take everyone's opinion into account and remain open to diversity
- RINA is a multinational company providing a wide range of services in the en