Product Safety and Compliance Engineer - Hertfordshire

I am currently looking to recruit a Product Safety and Compliance Engineer to join my client based in Hertfordshire.

Vacancy description

I am looking for a Product Safety & Compliance Engineer, to sit within the Projects engineering team office in Hertfordshire. In this role, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that all new products, including automated machinery, AGVs, robotics and wireless products, meet the safety and regulatory requirements appropriate for the country of use.

My client is experiencing enormous growth internationally as a business, having the right expertise in place to make sure their products are safe and compliant, as well to analyse and resolve any potential field-related safety issues, is vital to their success as a global organisation.

Responsibilities:

• Providing regulatory guidance and support to key customers/collaborators
• Conducting product safety evaluations or managing out-sourced product testing/certification as required
• Reviewing existing and emerging legislation for potential impacts and proposing compliance plans
• Performing and coordinating hazard and risk assessments for new product designs
• Compilation and maintenance of technical files for certification and regulatory compliance
• Review & approve safety related information prepared for manufacturing, end-users and service personnel (e.g. product testing, user guides, maintenance etc)
• Review and prepare compliance reports for product certification, regulatory bodies and management as required
• Support the development and implementation of internal safety processes and procedures

Skills/qualifications:

• Technically proficient in all areas of Mechanical and Electrical machinery safety
• Experience interfacing with external regulatory bodies
• Safety Auditing experience
• Experience in applying current European Directives and Standards pertaining to highly automated warehouses including automated machinery and robotics
• Experience in achieving certification for products outside of the EU
• Ability to support Mechanical and Electrical Design engineers in the design of appropriate safety systems and safety architecture to meet required product standards
• Ability to lead Task and Design based risk assessments
• Ability to create system test and validation plans
• Experience in the completion of EHSRs for Machinery Safety and the provision of body of evidence for CE Marking and regulatory compliance
• Ability to support and negotiate with suppliers for required certification / compliance deliverables

Skills/experience that are preferred but not essential:

• Knowledge of EMC testing/compliance and certification of Radio Products
• Knowledge of functional safety systems including SIL/PL assessments (e.g. Functional Safety Certified Eng)

 Application Process

If you have the above skills and wish to be considered for this position or find out more details then please submit your CV.

We will endeavour to contact all applicants however if you do not hear from me within two weeks then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful.