Certification and Compliance Specialist – East Longmeadow, MA
The Certification and Compliance Specialist is responsible for overseeing and executing approval and certification processes to ensure that products supplied are compliant with national and international standards. They will directly support global sales and R&D teams regarding product certification and certified body approval through understanding and assessing customer, distributor, and product requirements. This is onsite, Mon-Fri and reports to the Sr. Director of Engineering and R&D.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and maintain filing system and computer database for quality and related documents
- File certification hard copies and electronic copies
- Review certification requirements to collect and develop required documents
- Support document control system for users to have latest version of documents
- Perform in-house audits to determine readiness of certification related components
- Utilize technical judgment to determine whether noncompliance variations compromise the continued application of Certifications and determine if alternatives are acceptable
- Understanding of marking and labelling programs of production, inspection, and shipping to ensure products identified in compliance with certifying bodies
- Understands device construction, test acceptance criteria, and requirements of applicable sections of Standards, and procedures for Special Competency required categories
- Provide general info on policies and procedures for the varied certification services and levels
- Reviews procedures, test methods, test results, sample selection and variations in products, devices, processes, systems, and materials as necessary to resolve problems, implement changes to existing requirements, or help develop new requirements
- Collaborate with outside services to achieve the best results
- Collaborating with Universities and Colleges for research and recommendations
- Capable of interpretation of multiple product categories and/or inspection methods.
- Ability to utilize instruments to perform inspections, such as air quality gauges, flow meters, micrometers, voltmeters, and ammeters
- Assessment and identification of manufacturers' components necessary to meet UL and international requirements
- Document examination, variation, and test results to appropriate UL forms
- Organize and execute testing protocols on existing and new equipment
- Maintains logs for scheduling inspections and renewals for all company certifications, domestic and international
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a Science, Environmental, Manufacturing, or other related technical or Engineering fields
- Personal knowledge and experience working with regulatory bodies, domestic and international.
- 5-10 years experience in a manufacturing environment
- 5-10 years of project management software
- Knowledge of mechanical and electrical terminology, technical writing, and organizational structure to execute forms and applications
- Knowledge of raw material extraction, transportation and distribution, disposal and recycling, carbon footprint and environmental product impacts
- Knowledge of national and state regulations including healthy building programs
- Knowledge of safety and non-safety certification inspections and field evaluations in accordance with the applied performance standards
- Ability to execute forms in multiple languages using translation tools
- Work experience with Marketing and other departments for document creation
- Ability to coordinate teams domestically and internationally to resolve issues or establish needed information
Physical Demands:
- Ability to lift, push, and pull objects up to 30 pounds.
- Comfortable standing for up to four hours at a time.
- Onsite attendance at the East Longmeadow, MA location is required.
- Light travel to suppliers for certification-related activities.
Base salary $100-120k + Benefits package, 401k and generous PTO.
MKSG is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive team. We believe that a varied workforce enhances our business outcomes and contributes to a brighter future for our internal teams, Field Talent, customers, and communities. We are committed to considering all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or veteran status, and we do not discriminate based on disability. If you are a person with a disability and require assistance during the recruitment process, please reach out to us.
Job Type: Full-time