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Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Dublin, Leinster, Ireland

• Managing all aspects of the ISO 17021-1 management system’s requirements.• Ensuring the continued Accreditation of all of the Standards, both local and International, in order for Certification Europe to legitimately Audit and Certify clients and that personnel are fully knowledgeable and fully compliant with the delivery of the audit process and service for all of the accredited standards.• Planning and conducting internal audits, reviewing cause analysis and effectiveness of actions.• Reporting to the management team on the performance of the management system.• Maintaining control of documents and records in relation to the accreditation requirements, driving changes and implementing revisions to improve efficiencies and reduce risks.• Providing guidance to the company’s auditors in relation to auditing requirements from ISO 17021-1, relevant standards, mandatory documents, ISO 19011 audit principles and ISO 31000 risk management. • Main point of contact for all related Accreditation Bodies and designating authorities and ensure timely response to all requested information, data and general queries.• Responsible for managing the Accreditation Body HQ Audits and Witness Audit programmes.• Managing applications for extensions to scope to company’s schedules of accreditation.• Responding to findings from external audits conducted by the Accreditation Bodies and managing CAPA.• Main Decision Maker for granting, suspending, or withdrawing of clients’ certification.• Conducting application reviews for new clients and ensuring compliance with schedule of accreditation.• Responsible for competence process approval for all personnel involved in the certification process.• Ensuring the impartiality throughout the certification process, liaising with the impartiality committee.• Managing client appeals in relation to nonconformities recorded during certification audits.

County Dublin, Ireland

ISO 9001, ISO 13485, ISO 17100, ISO 27100Key responsibilities - Creating, revising and reviewing the company’s QMS documented information.- Planning, executing and documenting internal audits of the company’s QMS and ISMS.- Defining the company’s language quality metrics, KPIs and maintaining suitable scorecards.- Monitoring and reporting of the company’s linguistic suppliers’ performance.- Liaising with the sales team on quotes for new business and solutions for existing customers.- Conducting bi-annual management review of the company’s QMS.- Facilitating external audits and follow-up with relevant parties.- Participating in the company’s Information Security Committee.- Assessing ISO standards’ suitability based on existing and potential new customers’ needs.- QMS induction training for new hires, and refresher training for existing employees.

County Dublin, Ireland

- Managing a team of project managers working with high profile, high revenue customers including Computer Associates, Cisco, Google (circa $10M annually) HP and Sony Mobile.- Customer facing, delivering projects on-time, on-budget, and exceeding quality and KPI expectations. - Responsible for project finances: quoting, purchase orders, invoicing and margin analysis.- Participating in client business reviews, collaborating on initiatives and managing action items. - Coordinating with internal production teams and global external suppliers.- Working with a variety of applications, including customers’ proprietary software.

County Dublin, Ireland

- Managing all aspects of project delivery from end to end, including finances.- Customer facing, delivering projects on-time, on-budget, and exceeding KPI expectations. - Working with internal and team global suppliers.- 5 months working on-site in the German office.- Assisted Quality Manager with internal audits. (Internal auditor training, NSAI)

County Dublin, Ireland

- Managing a team of software engineers and QA testers for customers including Corel, Eircom, IBM Lotus, Mattel Games and Symantec.- Engineering, testing, de-bugging customer’s client and server applications, on cross-platform operating systems (Windows, MAC, Linux), and a variety of hardware and mobile devices.

Post Graduate M.Sc, Physics

The development of a diagnostic instrument, based on the acoustic emissions from the temporomandibular joint - in conjunction with Dublin.

Bsc Degree In Physics And Mathematics

Technician Diploma In Science