Staff Engineer - Electrical Safety - UL, CSA, NFPA

Staff Engineer Electrical Safety

Intertek, a Nationally Recognized Testing Lab (NRTL) and leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world's leading brands and companies and governments is looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Electrical Safety Team in Fridley, MN.

Want to build something great with an incredible group of people? This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career, facilitating international trade and regulatory product testing.

By joining Intertek, your contributions will be valued as we continue to help the world Build Back Ever Better.

Intertek's Electrical team provides assurance, testing, inspection, and certification for a variety of electric products, including appliances, consumer electronics, lighting, medical devices, information communications technology, HVACR, industrial, and energy transmission and distribution.

What are we looking for?

The Staff Engineer is responsible for providing technical expertise to personnel and operations at the local or regional level;

for recommending and managing capital expenditure projects; and for assessing and developing local training. This position is the primary resource for review and approval of test procedures, methods and interpretations.

What you’ll do :

Listed examples are illustrative and representative of the tasks required of this position and are not intended to be complete or exclusive.

• Provide local management with technical assessment of engineering skills and performance levels.
• Responsible for assessing training of the technical staff and development of new training programs.
• Provide on-going support and guidance on technical issues, test procedures, and standards interpretations.
• Provides expertise in multiple product categories.
• Provide quotes for a large array of standards and complex projects and products.
• Research new standards, technologies, and trends in standards.
• Handle calibration issues.
• Develop and communicate test procedures.
• Represent Intertek on technical committees, code panels and / or associations.
• Support accreditations activities such as audit follow-up and corrective actions. Investigate technical complaints. Audit and qualify sites for special Intertek programs.
• Design new test fixtures and report shells.
• Provide complex sales support such as giving presentations during client visits.
• Provide on-going support to clients as needed.
• Recommend and prepare capital expenditure requests and manage capital projects.
• Perform other work as required.

What it takes to be successful in this role :

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, master's degree is preferred.
• 6-8 years directly related experience.
• Advanced experience with ., Canadian, and other international product safety standards, ., ANSI, CSA, UL, EN, IEC
• Ability to apply principles of logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
• Ability to deal with non-verbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, in its most difficult phases.
• Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to make technical decisions and engineering judgments independently where limited standardization exists.
• Excellent communication skills, in both verbal and written formats
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to travel 50%, including international travel is required.
• Valid driver's license and reliable driving record is required.

Why work at Intertek?

A career with Intertek offers rewarding opportunities to help companies around the world develop products that are used safely by millions of people every day.

Working at Intertek means joining a global network of state-of-the-art facilities and passionate people who deliver superior customer service with a purpose of bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

What we have to 0ffer

When working with Intertek, you can expect salary and benefit package competitively placed within the local market, including :

• Competitive benefits package; Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, and Disability
• 401(k) with company matching
• Competitive market pay
• Generous vacation / sick time (PTO)
• Tuition reimbursement and much more
30+ days ago