IMS Auditor

Job Description

As an IMS Auditor supporting a major nuclear project, you will provide independent, objective and evidence-based assurance on the adequacy, implementation and effectiveness of the projects Integrated Management System and associated governance, compliance and assurance arrangements.

The role plans and delivers risk-based IMS audits, targeted and functional IMS audit activities, produces clear and well-written reports, verifies action close-out, and supports continual improvement across a fast-paced, highly regulated project environment.

Reporting to the IMS Audits Manager, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy, no direct line management responsibility, but significant influence across functional teams and project interfaces.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Develop and deliver a risk-based IMS Annual Audit Programme aligned with project priorities, certification requirements, and regulatory expectations.
• Plan and conduct IMS audits and targeted interventions using interviews, document reviews, sampling, observation, and objective evidence testing.
• Evaluate whether IMS arrangements are understood, implemented, controlled, and effective across the organisation and key interfaces.
• Produce clear, concise audit reports covering scope, evidence, findings, risks, good practice, and improvement opportunities.
• Strengthen Root Cause Analysis (RCA) by ensuring audit actions are tracked to closure, with corrective actions verified as timely and effective.
• Identify trends, recurring issues, and systemic weaknesses, providing insight and analysis to support decision-making and organisational learning.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships while maintaining auditor independence and the confidence to challenge constructively.
• Support external audits, certification activities, and continuous improvement of the IMS, including development of the Annual Audit Programme.

Qualifications

Essential

• Good understanding of integrated management systems and standards including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 19443.
• Good working knowledge of ISO 19011 principles and modern audit practice.
• Strong IMS audit, assurance or oversight capability within a regulated environment.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex evidence into clear, balanced and defensible reports.
• Strong interviewing, questioning and listening skills, with the confidence to probe below the surface and test assumptions.
• Ability to analyse trends, assess significance and make evidence-based judgements.
• Credible stakeholder engagement skills, able to influence constructively without losing independence.
• Must be willing to commute to London 2-3 days per week.

Desirable

• Working knowledge of nuclear governance, nuclear safety culture and major project assurance expectations.
• Experience of management of change, non-conformance, action tracking or organisational learning processes.
• Experience of using assurance data, dashboards or trend reporting to support management decision-making.
• Awareness of IAEA, ONR, Environment Agency or equivalent regulatory frameworks.
• Experience of working across complex interfaces with contractors, suppliers and delivery partners.

Additional Information

Additional information

🌟 Join us at Assystem and be part of a global team delivering some of the most exciting and complex engineering projects in the world. This is your chance to shape the UK’s energy future while developing your expertise in a unique environment.

Benefits include:

🏡 Hybrid Working Opportunity
🕒 Flexible working hours
🛡️ Pension scheme (8% company contribution / 4% personal contribution)
🏖️ 25 days’ paid annual leave + bank holidays + option to buy or sell days
💼 Professional fees reimbursed
💰 Employee referral scheme
🤒 Competitive Sick Pay – Support when you need it
🏥 Income Protection & 3x Salary Death-in-Service Cover
💪 Free Digital Gym Access – Expert-led fitness classes
📞 24/7 Employee Support Line – Mental health, financial & legal help

We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter!

Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future

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We are committed to equal treatment of candidates and promote, as well as foster all forms of diversity within our company. We believe that bringing together people with different backgrounds and perspectives is essential for creating innovative and impactful solutions. Skills, talent, and our people’s ability to dare are the only things that matter !. Bring your unique contributions and help us shape the future.