Staff Engineer - Electrical Safety - UL, CSA, NFPA - Intertek Testing Services NA Inc

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 U.S., Canadian, and other international product safety standards, i.e., 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, 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.
• 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?

Intertek is a world leader in the $250 billion Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. At Intertek, we exercise our spirit of innovation, the passion of our people and our unmatched customer commitment to realize our purpose of making the world an ever better, safer, and more sustainable place for all. Learn more about Our History and What We Do .

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

Intertek is a drug-free workplace. As a condition of employment, all hires are required to pass a pre-employment drug test.

Intertek believes that Our People are our strongest tool for success. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against applicants due to veteran status or on the basis of disability. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

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For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email hr.eeo@intertek.com or call 1-877-694-8543 (option #5) to speak with a member of the HR Department.

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#LI-AR1Intertek is a leading Total Quality Assurance provider to industries worldwide. Our network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices in more than 100 countries, delivers innovative and bespoke Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification (ATIC) solutions for our customers' operations and supply chains. 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.