Manager, Accreditation

CSA Group; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

CSA Group is seeking a Manager, Accreditation to oversee accreditation projects and regulatory recognition. The role involves managing audits, coordinating with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with standards. Ideal candidates will have a degree in Engineering and significant experience in product certification and quality assurance.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years of progressive testing and product certification experience.
• 5+ years of direct management experience.
• Expert knowledge of certification schemes in Canada and the US.

Responsibilities

• Manage accreditation projects and maintain regulatory recognition.
• Coordinate accreditation audits and corrective actions.
• Monitor legislative activities impacting CSA.

Skills

Project Management

Quality Assurance

Communication

Stakeholder Engagement

Education

Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering or Technology

ISO/IEC17025/17065/17020 Lead Auditor Certification

Tools

MS Office 365

Job description

Employment Status:Regular

Time Type:Full time BUILDING A WORLD CLASS TEAM STARTS WITH YOU

At the heart of CSA Group is a vision: making the world a better, safer, more sustainable place. It's been part of our mission for nearly one hundred years: from the first engineering standard for railway bridges developed in 1919, to more than 3,500 standards, codes & related products today.

Headquartered in Canada, with a global footprint of more than 30 labs and offices across Europe, Asia and North America, CSA Group tests, inspects and certifies a wide range of products - from every day househould items to leading edge technology-to meet exacting requirements for safety, performance and environmental impact.

Our employees take pride in making a difference in people's lives through the work that we do. We're looking for people like you to help make it happen.

Job Summary:

The Manager, Accreditation role manages activities pertaining to accreditation projects and regulatory recognition for CSA and CSA facilities in various geographical locations. Secures and maintains the accreditations and regulatory recognitions necessary for CSA to carry out program service offerings. Arranges and prepares for accreditation audits, assists in coordinating timely corrective/preventive actions, and responds to related findings externally. Supports the maintenance of an electronic system reflecting the status of CSA’s accreditation and regulatory recognitions and scope expansion activities. Activities exclude items related to CSA Standards.

Responsibilities:

• Monitors accreditation-related legislative activities in geographical scope to identify potential impact on CSA and communicates this information to stakeholders as required. Reviews both active and proposed legislation, communicates internally and recommends appropriate policy and position, liaises with legislators for the purpose of obtaining formal acceptance and recognition.

• Works with the various stakeholders for conducting gap analysis for obtaining accreditation, planning and executing the required activities for obtaining accreditation/recognition in a timely manner. Acts with urgency and is responsive to internal and external stakeholders.

• Maintains and expands, as needed, all necessary accreditations and recognitions for CSA. Ensures that applications for all new accreditations and scope expansions are coordinated with stakeholders. Assists with pre and post-assessment activities. Ensures that accreditation audits are well coordinated and are efficiently managed. Provides information and training to management and staff, as required, in support of accreditations.

• Determines the necessary financial resources needed for accreditations fees, as well as, other costs associated with accreditations and regulatory recognition. Monitors, reviews, and arranges for payment of accreditation fees while monitoring continuous coverage and return on investment. Prepares and maintains the annual budget for all expenditures pertaining to accreditation and regulatory recognition.

• Manages the accreditation and recognition of assigned CSA facilities. Coordinates decisions on any scope expansions or reductions of existing accreditations, and recommends new accreditations to Commercial / Operations as required. Prepares and transmits the applications for accreditation renewals and scope expansions.

• Actively coordinates and supports accreditation audits in geographical scope. Serves as a liaison between stakeholders in both pre-audit and post-audit follow-up activities (i.e. scheduling audits to mitigate the impact on certification work, preparing for audits, ensuring that findings and recommendations are properly interpreted and acted upon, etc).

• Receives and responds to audit reports and findings in cooperation with appropriate stakeholders. Supports the coordination of corrective/preventive actions between all departments and functions relative to accreditation and regulatory recognition.

• Establishes and maintains all necessary accreditation records such as contact information, scopes of accreditation, regulatory recognition, accreditation requirements and related technical standards. Provides information to appropriate parties internally and externally, as required.

• Represents CSA interests in domestic and international conformity assessment body activities such as Accreditation Committee participation.

• Works with the Quality Management team to implement the accreditation rules in the QMS.

Education and Experience Preferred:

• Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering or Technology degree.

• ISO/IEC17025/17065/17020 Lead Auditor or equivalent training and experience.

• Formal training or experience in quality assurance methods and/or auditing.

• A combination of 8-10 years of progressive testing and product certification experience, and

• 5 plus years of direct management experience in a supervisory capacity.

• Expert knowledge of certification schemes and mark acceptance programs in Canada and the US in areas of CSA interest.

• Project Management experience/certification is an asset.

• Comfortable working with MS Office 365 applications (Outlook, word, excel etc.) and willing to learn other productivity/collaboration tools.

Additional information:

• Site visits may include visits to factory locations.

• Regular travel to CSA offices (domestic and international) in support of accreditation assessments, as required.

• Requires the ability and flexibility to work effectively in multiple time zones.

CSA Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on any grounds stipulated by applicable laws. We are an organization where opportunities are based on skills and abilities, and differences are respected and valued. Please contact us at [e-mail] if you require accommodation in the interview process.