Engineering Regulatory Compliance Manager

Pentair•Sanford, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

Pentair is hiring an Engineering Regulatory Compliance Manager for its Sanford, North Carolina team. The role leads the product regulatory compliance function for pool and spa equipment and ensures products are designed, certified, manufactured, documented, and maintained in compliance with applicable safety, energy-efficiency, environmental, and agency requirements. The manager establishes the strategy, infrastructure, processes, tools, and documentation controls to support domestic and global markets throughout the product lifecycle, from concept and design through certification, production release, sustaining engineering, design change control, and post-market support. This hands-on leader serves as the internal subject-matter expert for product certification and regulatory interpretation, advising Engineering, Product Management, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Service, and leadership. The role is also a primary technical liaison with external laboratories, certification bodies, regulatory agencies, industry associations, suppliers, and customers to obtain and maintain approvals for pool and spa products and systems, including pumps, heaters, sanitizers, controls, filtration products, lighting, and automation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Materials Sciences.
At least 10 years of progressive experience in product regulatory compliance, safety and compliance engineering, certification engineering, quality engineering, or related engineering roles.
Deep knowledge of compliance-by-design for electronic circuits, electromechanical products, mechanical systems, and safety/failure-mode analysis.
At least 5 years of management experience leading regulatory compliance engineers, specialists, technicians, or certification-focused technical teams, or equivalent experience leading complex cross-functional compliance programs.
Ability to travel up to 10% as required to support business objectives.
Demonstrated knowledge of product design for safety and compliance with standards such as UL 1081, UL 1563, UL 676, IEC 60335-2-41, NSF, and related follow-up service requirements.
Working knowledge of product safety certification processes, standards-development frameworks, and related agency follow-up requirements.
Experience applying regulatory requirements throughout product development, design control, configuration management, manufacturing change control, and supplier management.
Ability to interpret technical standards, convert requirements into engineering actions, and communicate risks and decisions to technical and nontechnical audiences.
Experience working with external test laboratories, certification bodies, auditors, suppliers, and cross-functional product-development teams.
Strong project-management, organizational, documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and related compliance, quality, or project-management systems.
Strong leadership and team-building characteristics; ability to manage projects and conduct or facilitate meetings and presentations.
Strong work ethic and attention to detail; self-starter with energy and drive for accomplishment; able to work independently toward group goals.
Resourceful, hands-on problem solver with initiative and the ability to work around administrative and technical obstacles.
Demonstrated understanding of appropriate handling of confidential information.

Nice To Haves

Technical knowledge of compliance test equipment, test procedures, agency submissions, certification reports, critical component documentation, and requirements for establishing a world-class compliance test capability.

Responsibilities

Lead, develop, and manage the Regulatory Compliance team, including priorities, resource planning, technical development, performance management, and compliance deliverables for domestic and global markets.
Define and execute product-compliance strategy for new product development, product changes, market expansion, energy-efficiency programs, and legacy-product sustainment.
Establish and maintain compliance infrastructure, including systems, procedures, templates, traceability tools, standards access, dashboards, work instructions, documentation controls, and metrics.
Determine applicable regulatory and certification requirements for pool and spa products, including safety, electrical, mechanical, energy-efficiency, environmental, labeling, and technical-documentation requirements.
Lead product certification and approval activities with external agencies and laboratories, including UL, Intertek, TÜV, NSF, FCC, and IEC.
Translate standards and regulatory requirements into engineering requirements, design inputs, test plans, acceptance criteria, documentation deliverables, and certification schedules.
Partner with cross-functional teams to identify compliance risks, resolve certification issues, and maintain alignment with project timelines.
Manage regulatory-impact assessments for design, supplier, manufacturing, software or firmware, label, component, and other changes that could affect certification status.
Maintain accurate, controlled, and audit-ready certified products, labels, instructions, critical components, manufacturing configurations, technical files, certificates, test reports, declarations, and agency records.
Monitor regulatory and standards changes, lead transition plans, support certification audits and factory inspections, and drive corrective actions for compliance findings, field issues, or product-safety concerns.
Interpret and negotiate external agency scope, costs, schedules, and deliverables to support project objectives and annual budget goals.
Travel periodically to manufacturing sites, test laboratories, suppliers, certification agencies, and industry events, as needed.