Salary: Competitive salary and benefits package
Hours: Part time, 25 hours a week, Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 2:30pm
Contract: Permanent
About the role
Originally a family business since 1939, we are now an Employee-Owned Trust, delivering civil engineering projects across the South East since 1939. Our accreditations are one of our real strengths. They show our clients, our partners and our own people that we work safely, consistently and to a high standard, and they underpin everything we do, from the work we win to how we deliver it every day.
As Compliance Coordinator, you’ll look after all of it. You’ll own our accreditations, prepare us for external audits, run our internal audit programme and complete pre-qualification questionnaires. Alongside that, you’ll help with day-to-day admin, supporting colleagues where the business needs it most.
What you’ll be doing
Accreditations and client portals
- Maintaining and renewing our accreditations, including ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001, Achilles UVDB, Constructionline, CHAS and SafeContractor
- Keeping company profiles, insurances, policies and certificates up to date on accreditation and client portals
- Watching for expiry dates and resubmitting early, so our status always stays current
- Handling portal queries and rejections, then amending and resubmitting quickly
Annual review
- Coordinating the yearly review of our policies, procedures and forms against current legislation and HSE updates
- Arranging the Managing Director’s sign-off on our health and safety, environmental and quality policy statements
- Working with our Health and Safety Manager on legislative changes
Audits
- Gathering evidence from across the business throughout the year to show our procedures work in practice
- Organising that evidence so auditors can review it efficiently
- Coordinating our ISO surveillance and Achilles audits
- Planning and running our internal audit programme ahead of external audits
- Completing PQQs for clients, with clear, accurate answers tailored to each client’s requirements
Wider support
- Supporting our Health and Safety Manager with forms, toolbox talks and document updates
- Helping with office admin, such as answering the phones, greeting visitors, ordering supplies and stock, gathering supplier quotes and data entry
What you’ll bring
- Experience in a compliance, quality or administrative role where accuracy and deadlines mattered
- Working knowledge of ISO management systems (9001, 14001 & 45001)
- Strong organisation and attention to detail, with the ability to manage recurring deadlines across several systems
- Confident, clear writing
- Comfortable using Microsoft 365 and online portals
- A self-starter who uses their initiative to solve problems and find answers independently
- A team player who’s happy to roll up their sleeves, and stays calm when deadlines bunch together
It would be great if you also have:
- Experience of construction, civils or utilities accreditation schemes
- Internal auditor training or experience
- Experience completing PQQs
Specific accreditation experience helps, but full training will be given.
Most of our team are directly employed members of the Employee-Ownership Trust, and many have built long careers with us, with our longest-serving colleague having joined in 1984. We invest an average of £85,000 in training each year, and we’ve recently been recognised for Investors in People and Wellbeing in the Workplace at the Uckfield Business Awards.
You’ll receive:
- A competitive salary and benefits package
- A thorough induction followed by ongoing professional development
- Opportunities for career progression within the Thorne Group
- An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with NHS top-up benefits
We’re an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from anyone eligible to live and work in the UK.
