Senior Staff Engineer -Life Safety and Security, Detection

Intertek•Arlington Heights, IL

22h

About The Position

Intertek is searching for a Senor Staff Engineer - Life Safety and Security Detection to join our Electrical team in Arlington Heights, Illinois. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in 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 business line applies more than 100 years of product testing expertise to quickly and efficiently help clients meet safety, performance, environmental and quality requirements for every market. Spanning a wide range of industries such as Medical, Lighting, Renewable Energy, HVACR, Appliances & Electronics, Hazardous Locations, Industrial Equipment, Life Safety & Security, IT & Telecom Equipment, Intertek's global network of laboratories employ world-class experts in their fields who deliver quality, accurate testing and certification that continually exceeds our clients' expectations and helps to clear a path for their product's success. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands, and organizations in every sector around the world. Our purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life. The Senor Staff Engineer - Life Safety and Security Detection 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. Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons. In addition to competitive compensation packages, Intertek employees are eligible for a variety of benefits including paid time off, paid holidays, paid parental leave, medical plan options, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance, a 401(k) plan with company matching, tuition reimbursement, and more. This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering
8+ years directly related experience in a directly related field
Advanced experience with U.S., Canadian, and other international product safety standards, i.e., ANSI, CSA, UL, EN, IEC
Project management experience
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, etc.) 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
Ability to work in fast-paced, multi-tasking environment with shifting priorities and demanding deadlines
Must be detailed-oriented and able to effectively prioritize and organize workload, with efficient time management
Ability to communicate and interact effectively in verbal written and presentation formats
Must possess the fundamental technical and administrative skills required to perform the job duties
Excellent communication skills, in both verbal and written formats
Excellent leadership skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to travel up to 25%, including international travel
Valid driver's license and reliable driving record

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering
Master's degree in Engineering
10+ years of experience in a directly related field/industry
Specific LSS industry experience
Professional Engineer (PE) License

Responsibilities

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.