Certification Engineer (FTC until end of June 2025) required by a leading global engineering company based in West London. The postholder will be responsible for making sure company products meet regulatory and safety standards of relevant countries. The role involves liaising with laboratories on regulatory submissions, communicating with suppliers and staff members of all levels, and educating / guiding personnel and customers about compliance regulations
This is a fixed term contract to start asap until the end of June 2025 (there may be the possibility of an extension thereafter).
Salary £40k pro rata
Location: West London (Uxbridge area)
Working hours: Full time, Monday to Friday – 7.30am to 4.00pm
Hybrid working – Monday to Wednesday will be office days and Thursday and Friday will be working from home (all are fixed days)
Duties include:
- Being responsible for managing and maintaining product certifications and approvals.
- Developing and managing regulatory submissions with certification bodies.
- Reviewing, managing, and updating product compliance files.
- Developing and sustaining initiatives within compliance to improve processes and performance.
- Reviewing and understanding new and revised product standards, guidelines, directives and regulations to determine how they might affect product compliance.
- Liaising with all departments, especially Engineering and Production in support of product compliance with certification requirements.
- Liaising and supporting affiliates in obtaining EU or UK certification.
- Supporting external auditors and taking the lead role for compliance and certification audits.
- Supporting customers with certification projects, directly or via certification bodies.
- Complying with all current work instructions within the organisation.
- Complying fully with all current health, safety and environmental regulations in operation within the company whilst carrying out your duties.
Key requirements:
- Must have an engineering background (non-defined sectors)
- Must be comfortable doing Audits – will do external product audits with suppliers
- Knowledge of Quality and Compliance on products
- Knowledge of product testing is desirable
- Water knowledge is a desirable
- Experience in compliance and conformity within an industrial environment or laboratory.
- Experience in product certification and legislations such as CE, REACH, ROSH, SCIP.
- Manufacturing experience, ideally within injection moulding, machining and Assembly
- Ability to understand engineering drawings and product specifications.
- Educated to degree level, ideally in Quality, Product Design or Materials or equivalent experience.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office.
- Ideally experienced with SAP
Excellent benefits including superb annual leave entitlement, employee assistance programmes, excellent pension scheme, employee professional development programmes plus much more !