Senior Compliance Engineer

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Compliance Engineer to join the Industrial Fume Extraction team based in Poole.   This role is responsible for our legal compliance program ensuring products meet global safety standards and directives relating to machinery equipment.  They will act as a company expert, resolving employee concerns and educating the team on the latest regulations and associated design philosophies.

This role provides an opportunity for the successful candidate to shape and lead the compliance strategy across the product portfolio, as well as influence the development of products from concept to market.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the technical authority for all legislative compliance, certification and product safety requirements.
• Lead the creation, maintenance and ownership of technical files, compliance documentation, risk assessments and DoC
• Manage product approvals and certifications to latest relevant standards.
• Primary point of contact for external compliance testing and certification activities (e.g. 61010, EMC, Intellectual property etc.).
• Balance demand with cost to implement and offer the best value proposition to a compliance requirement.
• Evaluate products against global legal safety requirements and ensure compliance with RoHS, REACH, TSCA etc.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders throughout product development lifecycle to ensure compliance requirements are incorporated from concept to production.
• Lead compliance audits, drive corrective actions and continuously improve compliance processes and controls
• Ensure technical manuals, product documentation and labels are in accordance with the relevant directives and standards.
• Regularly audit Product Compliance documents to identify possible weaknesses or risk, as well as FAI sample approvals

Essential Key attributes:

• Highly motivated, proactive, detail orientated, with the ability to work independently and influence stakeholders across functions.
• Excellent communication, analytical, problem solving and project management skills.
• Extensive understanding of CE Approval process and IEC electrical safety standards.
• Experience working with external test and certification bodies. i.e. Eurofins, VDE, MET, UL etc.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience in the design and construction of electrical machines, PAT testing and Flash (Hi-pot) testing
• Formal Qualification in Electrical/Electronic Engineering
• Electrical experience from within a manufacturing environment or Quality assurance/inspection experience
• Knowledge of RoHS and REACH, and global certification requirements beyond UK/EU regulations
• Experience in mentoring or developing team members

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