Auditor - QHSE / Social Compliance (Full-time)

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QIMA is seeking a full‑time Auditor for QHSE / Social Compliance in Lyon, with candidates based anywhere in France eligible and on-site work expected. You will audit supplier manufacturing sites, sometimes without warning, focusing on labor rights, health and safety, and environmental security, and you’ll record findings in detailed client reports. You may also join client meetings to tailor quality control procedures and contribute ideas to improve Operations projects, always upholding the highest integrity. Ideal candidates have a higher education degree in a relevant field, 3+ years of QHSE and social audits, familiarity with SMETA/BSCI/SA8000/WRAP a plus, and fluent French and English. To apply, email [email protected] with a tailored resume that highlights audit experience, unannounced audits, and travel readiness.

Company Description

This position is available for candidates who are based anywhere within France.

At QIMA, we’re on a mission to help our clients make products consumers can trust.

Working with over 30,000 global brands, retailers, manufacturers and food growers, we are on the ground wherever products are made. We help businesses secure every step of their supply chain with quality inspections, supplier audits, certifications, and lab testing, all powered by our intelligent digital platform.

Our team of 5,000 QIMers (and counting) across 40 offices and laboratories, are united in our shared passion for innovation and integrity, and guided by our QIMA values in the decisions we make every day. We believe in the work we do, and in making a positive difference in the world. Does this sound like something you’d like to be a part of?

Our Consumer Goods Division is dedicated to helping brands, retailers and manufacturers worldwide deliver safe, quality and ethically made products to their consumers. Every day at work, our inspectors, auditors, and lab techs use their expertise to help safeguard the products you use every day in your home: from clothes and footwear to toys and baby products, to electronics, appliances, and furniture.

Our operations department’s purpose is to deliver our industry-leading services to our clients while ensuring that all the work we do is performed to the QIMA standard of quality

Job Description

You will be expected to:

• Audit the manufacturing sites of our clients’ suppliers, sometimes without warning. Your areas of attention will include labor rights, health and safety, environmental security, and others, according to the applicable international standard or the client’s in-house procedure 
• Be alert to any violations, staying vigilant when dealing with factory management, and recording all your findings in detailed reports, to be delivered to the client 
• Approach your job with utmost integrity, as your conduct during an audit can have lasting consequences for the supplier, factory staff, and our clients

We may also request you to: 

• Provide your expertise in client meetings, to create custom quality control procedures based on their specific requirements 
• Contribute your ideas for improving the quality of our Operations projects 

Qualifications

It could be you, if you have:

• A higher education degree in Engineering, Law, Economics, Social Sciences or a related major.
• A Master's degree.
• 3+ years of experience conducting QHSE and social audits.
• SMETA/BSCI/SA8000/WRAP or mixed audits done in recent 12 months is a plus
• Good command of French and English (spoken and written)

Additional Information

If you fit the bill for this position, don't hesitate to share your resume to [email protected]