Engineering Regulatory Compliance Manager

Pentair•Sanford, NC

3d•$110,700 - $205,600•Onsite

About The Position

Pentair is hiring an Engineering Regulatory Compliance Manager for its Sanford, North Carolina team. The role leads product regulatory compliance for pool and spa equipment, ensuring products are designed, certified, manufactured, documented, and maintained in accordance with applicable safety, energy-efficiency, environmental, and agency requirements. The manager establishes compliance strategy, infrastructure, processes, tools, and documentation controls for domestic and global markets throughout the product lifecycle, from concept and design input through certification, production release, sustaining engineering, design-change control, and post-market support. This position serves as the internal subject-matter leader for product certification and regulatory interpretation, providing practical guidance to Engineering, Product Management, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Service, and leadership. It also serves as a primary technical liaison to external laboratories, certification bodies, regulatory agencies, industry associations, suppliers, and customers for approvals involving products such as pumps, heaters, sanitizers, controls, filtration products, lighting, automation, and related pool and spa systems. The position may require travel of up to 10% and periodically to manufacturing sites, test laboratories, suppliers, certification agencies, and industry events. The anticipated annualized base pay range is $110,700–$205,600. The role may also be eligible for an annual incentive bonus. Pentair notes that actual compensation depends on factors including experience, training, education, work location, and business or organizational needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or Materials Sciences.
10 or more years of progressive experience in product regulatory compliance, safety and compliance engineering, certification engineering, quality engineering, or related engineering roles.
Deep knowledge of compliance design for electronic circuits, electromechanical products, mechanical systems, and safety/failure-mode analysis.
Five or more years of management experience leading regulatory compliance engineers, specialists, technicians, or certification-focused technical teams, or equivalent experience leading complex cross-functional compliance programs.
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.
Strong 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 common business, collaboration, documentation, and data-management tools, including 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 personal work ethic and attention to detail; self-starter with high energy and drive for accomplishment.
Ability to work independently toward group goals and to address administrative and technical obstacles with resourcefulness, initiative, and a hands-on problem-solving approach.
Demonstrated understanding of appropriate handling of confidential information.
Ability to travel up to 10% as required to support business objectives, including periodic travel to manufacturing sites, test laboratories, suppliers, certification agencies, and industry events.

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 execution of 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 scalable compliance infrastructure, including systems, procedures, templates, traceability tools, standards access, dashboards, work instructions, documentation controls, and compliance 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, IEC, and other applicable domestic and international bodies.
Translate standards and regulatory requirements into engineering requirements, design inputs, test plans, acceptance criteria, documentation deliverables, and certification schedules.
Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Service, and leadership 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, and component changes that may affect certification status.
Keep certified products, labels, instructions, critical components, manufacturing configurations, technical files, certificates, test reports, declarations, and agency records accurate, controlled, and audit ready.
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, cost, schedules, and deliverables in support of project objectives and annual budget goals.
Conduct or facilitate projects, meetings, and presentations, and handle confidential information appropriately.