Posted 10 days ago
FSSC Auditor Canada
@ LRQA
Alberta
Overview
LRQA is hiring a home-based Food Safety and Quality Auditor on a contract-on-demand basis to perform FSSC 22000 and ISO 9001 management systems assessments. The role involves recommending certification decisions and writing audit reports for clients, with extensive travel and weekly client-site visits.
Responsibilities:
- Perform FSSC 22000 and ISO 9001 management systems assessments
- Recommend certification, deferral, suspension or withdrawal
- Audit additional second-party addendums
- Write accurate, insightful audit reports
- Build strong external and internal client relationships
Requirements summary:
- GFSI lead auditor certification (FSSC, SQF, BRCGS or ISO 9001)
- Three years of food-chain work, two in quality or food safety
- Experience auditing to ISO 22000, FSSC 22000 or ISO 9001
- Relevant degree or equivalent qualification
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Weekly travel to client sites
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · successfactors
- Employer posting date
- 2026-10-27
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-31
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Senior |
| Department | Quality assurance |
| Experience | 3+ years |
| Travel | air: moderate · ground: frequent |
| Work setting | Client sites, Home |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer high |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | GFSI lead auditor certification |
| Education | Bachelor’s degree (required) |
| Fields of study | General microbiology, General chemistry, Food science |
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LRQA
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 2 |
Job ID:43530
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Position Category:Assessors
Position Type:Contractor On Demand
Food Safety and Quality Auditor
Management Systems– Food Safety Auditor
Bring your management systems audit skills and food safety sector experience to our Management Systems Lead Auditor role and make the most of your professional skills doing more of the work you enjoy.
This role is home-based position with extensive travel required.
About the role
You will perform business assurance assessments and recommend certification, deferral, suspension, or withdrawal of certification in accordance with FSSC22000 and ISO9001 management systems standards. In addition, you will be qualified to audit a range of additional 2nd party addendums. You will actively build strong external and internal client relationships.
The outcome of your assessments will result in accurate, insightful reports that will be of real worth to our clients and meet demanding Technical review expectations.
Initial Ideal Requirements:
You will:
- Have GFSI Lead auditor certification (FSSC, SQF, BRCGS or ISO9001)
- Have experience in third party auditing/assessment to ISO22000 / FSSC22000 and / or ISO9001 / other GFSI standard including process style and compliance auditing.
- Have a minimum of 3 years of full-time work experience in the food-chain-related industry, including at least two years of work in quality assurance or food safety functions within food manufacturing or equivalent.
- Have experience of several food sectors including but not limited to perishable fresh food processing (salad, juices , nuts & fruit etc), confectionary, beverage, thermal food processing ( canning, aseptics, dairy). Animal feed manufacture and packaging manufacturing would be a bonus.
- Hold a degree (or equivalent qualification) in a relevant subject (including studies in general microbiology, general chemistry, and food science).
- Possess a high standard of personal presentation, excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, and a flexible attitude.
- The role will require travel every week to client sites and some weekend travel.
- Be keenly focused on client service excellence.
- You will be competent in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Work safely and robustly implement health and safety rules, instructions, and systems. Refuse any work that compromises your safety or health.
- Promptly report incidents including near miss and safety observations, accidents, and injuries. Flag any health and safety concerns with your line manager.
Diversity and Inclusion at LRQA:
We are on a mission to be the place where we all want to work and we are passionate about embracing different perspectives because we understand the value this brings to our business, our clients and each other. We are all about creating a safer and more sustainable future and our inclusive culture is right at the heart of our business.
Together our employees make our communities better and we want you to be part of our diverse team!
LRQA is a leading global assurance provider. The integrity and expertise we bring to our partnership with clients support their journey to a safer, more secure and more sustainable future. (Group entities).
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