Product Certification Auditor – Building Information Modelling (BIM)

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Job Title: Product Certification Auditor – Building Information Modelling (BIM)

Location: United States - Field Based

Job Type: Associate/Freelance

Join a Global Leader in Product Certification – Be a Part of Excellence!

Are you ready to be part of a world-renowned organization with nearly 120 years of innovation, growth, and industry leadership? Do you have a passion enabling organisations to continue maintaining high standards of compliance?

At BSI, we are looking for an associate/freelance Product Certification Auditor to play a crucial role in maintaining product excellence. In this role, you’ll conduct product certification assessments across varied environments, ensuring compliance with BSI’s rigorous certification schemes and Kitemark standards.

We are seeking experienced professionals to carry out BIM-related product assessments in accordance with the ISO 19650 framework.

A background in the construction industry is essential, particularly in roles involving digital construction, project delivery, or design management. Prior auditing experience and expertise in quality management systems are highly desirable.

Experience with IT systems—such as software management, vendor management, or systems administration—will also be a significant asset in this role.

*This is a home based position with regular countrywide travel.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Prepare assessment reports and deliver findings to clients to ensure client understanding of the assessment decision and clear direction to particular items of corrective action where appropriate
• Recommend the issue, re-issue or withdrawal of certificates, and report recommendations in accordance with BSI policy, procedures and prescribed time frame.
• Maintain overall account responsibility and accountability for nominated accounts to ensure an effective partnership, whilst ensuring excellent service delivery and account growth.
• Lead assessment teams as required ensuring that team members are adequately briefed so that quality of service is maintained and that effective working relationships are sustained both with Clients and within the team.
• Provide accurate and prompt information to support services, working closely with them to ensure that client records are up to date and complete and that all other internal information requirements are met.
• Coach colleagues as appropriate especially where those members are inexperienced assessors or unfamiliar with clients' business/technology and assist in the induction and coaching of new colleagues as requested
• Plan/schedule workloads to make best use of own time and maximise revenue-earning activity.
• Responsible for attending any required training and following all procedures/processes/policies within BSI for management of clients, management of a home based office, use of BSI equipment and communication both internal and external to the organization
• Must be willing to go through extensive onboarding plan in order to reach Lead Assessor status through the prescribed program (based on the knowledge, skills and experience they have as well as the requirements of the appropriate schemes)
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and skills, to include preparation for and taking standardized assessments related to knowledge and application of audit practices
• Responsible for managing a portfolio of assigned clients based on location and a match of qualifications and client contract requirements
• Responsible for contacting clients and scheduling the visits, planning the assessments, making travel plans, conducting the assessments and reporting and managing the results in an efficient manner.
• Responsible for monitoring the client accounts to ensure that records, visit cycle, invoicing and other related matters are properly dealt with to assure client satisfaction is maintained
• Responsible for leading teams, when necessary, and mentoring and coaching new or inexperienced colleagues as needed to meet the business needs
• Any other assignments as needed to meet assessment delivery business objectives

Education/Qualifications:

• A minimum of 4 years’ industry experience gained within BIM, Built Environment, Construction or similar industry sector
• Expertise across ISO 19650, Building Information Modelling (BIM) Framework
• IT systems experience is highly desirable
• Previous experience in product assessment or external auditing, against standards
• Can travel frequently across the USA
• Knowledge of quality management system auditing practices