Location
Staines, Surrey (Home-based position with extensive travel mainly within the UK, including frequent overnight stays)

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£45,000 per annum

About the Role
The United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) is seeking a skilled and experienced Assessment Manager to join our Environmental Engineering team. This role requires a passion for quality and hands-on experience within an Environmental Engineering environment. You will be the key focal point for customers, ensuring their accreditation expectations are met with objectivity, diligence, and excellent customer service. Your responsibilities will include selecting assessment teams, establishing assessment approaches, leading and coordinating assessments, collating and reporting assessment outcomes, and progressing each assessment project from start to finish. This is an engaging and rewarding opportunity to work in the public interest for the world's leading accreditation body.

Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
UKAS is committed to fostering a culture of belonging and values the diverse mix of minds, backgrounds, and experiences that everyone brings to the organisation. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds, circumstances, and identities to support our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion commitments.

Experience
- Strong working knowledge of ISO/IEC 17025 and its implementation
- Hands-on experience and broad knowledge in environmental engineering, including one or more of the following: temperature testing (including thermal shock), corrosion testing, vibration and shock testing, accelerometry, HALT & HASS testing, dynamic & static load testing, ballistics, and packaging
- Experience in organisation auditing or assessment
- Proven ability to lead assessment teams and manage assessment projects from start to finish

About you
- Customer-focused with excellent interpersonal, communication, and organisational skills
- A mindset of adding value and delivering quality outcomes
- Passionate about quality and environmental engineering
- Able to work independently in a home-based role with extensive travel commitments

Qualifications
- Educated to degree level is desirable but not essential
- Practical experience in a relevant discipline will also be considered