Internal Auditor in Brighton

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do. L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defence tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Location – Brighton. Our Brighton business is moving to a new location in 2027. The new site is expected to be located in either Shoreham, Burgess Hill or Horsham and will be within a 15-minute drive of our current site.

About this opportunity and L3Harris UK: Operating at 11 sites in the United Kingdom, L3Harris supports Britain's mission to secure and strengthen the country by delivering sovereign innovation across the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains. L3Harris in Brighton are part of our Release Systems & Antennas division operating in the Aerospace domain. For over 70 years, L3Harris has designed and developed industry-leading carriage and release systems for fighter, rotary-wing and unmanned platforms and we design, manufacture and test a large portion of our release systems portfolio in our Brighton facility which offers 48,500 square feet of manufacturing space. Our mission-critical release systems equipment is on most major airborne fighter platforms worldwide, including the F-35, along with other aircraft like the Gripen and Typhoon.

Reporting to the Brighton site Quality Manager, this position is responsible for managing all aspects of the L3Harris Release and Integrated Solutions Ltd internal audit process, which is essential for this manufacturing business to identify, prioritise and act on areas for improvement and ensure the business acts to improve in a timely manner. The Internal Auditor is responsible for independently evaluating the efficiency, safety, and compliance of business processes and operational systems, focusing on compliance with these and industrial defence and aerospace standards relevant to the business, and reporting outcomes to senior management.

A few of our employee benefits are:

• Half day finish on a Friday
• 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
• Private medical insurance with optional family cover
• Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
• Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
• Group income protection
• Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
• Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
• Professional membership reimbursement (discretionary)

What the role will involve:

• Own and continually improve the organisation’s internal audit process.
• Compile and maintain the organisation’s internal audit schedule.
• Review procedures, records, registers, logs, and other documentation within the organisation’s Business Management System to check for accuracy, completeness, efficiency, and compliance against AS9100, ISO9001, business procedures, and related defence and military standards.
• Arrange and carry out internal audits to evaluate compliance against business procedures and relevant standards, and agree the required improvement action(s) with auditees.
• Prepare reports for management highlighting internal audit findings, root causes of inefficiencies, and actionable improvement recommendations.
• Monitor the implementation and timeliness of corrective actions and verify their effectiveness.
• Escalate to senior management when improvements are not carried out or when agreed timescales are missed.
• Support retention of the organisation’s AS9100 / ISO9001 certification and continual improvement programmes by owning, managing, implementing, and reporting on the internal audit process.
• Communicate the effectiveness of continual improvement and other programmes internally by preparing the related information for senior management consideration at management review meetings.

What you’ll bring:

• Knowledge of AS9100 and ISO9001 (or similar)
• Bachelor’s degree in an Engineering discipline
• CIA (Certified Internal Auditor), or other relevant auditing certifications are highly valued.

L3Harris Technologies is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.