Compliance Engineer (12 months)

RS Components; Corby; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering solutions provider is looking for a Compliance Engineer to join their team in Corby. This role involves evaluating products for compliance with safety standards, supporting commercial functions, and providing training on compliance. Candidates should have hands-on experience in product compliance and the ability to communicate effectively across various stakeholder groups. Join a company dedicated to innovation and employee development.

Benefits

Ongoing training and development

Diverse and inclusive culture

Commitment to employee well-being

Qualifications

• Previous experience within a hands-on product compliance role.
• Good working knowledge of issues relating to international trade compliance.
• Able to communicate confidently and effectively with various stakeholder groups.
• Ability to build relationships and work with stakeholders across the business.
• Ability to prioritize and take a risk-based approach.
• Demonstrate the ability to challenge and identify risks.

Responsibilities

• Conducting evaluation of products for compliance with requirements.
• Supporting commercial function on compliance aspects.
• Monitoring potential impact of legislative requirements.
• Providing training in relevant compliance areas.
• Supporting continuous improvement within the Compliance function.

Skills

Hands-on product compliance

International trade compliance

Effective communication

Stakeholder relationship building

Risk-based prioritization

Information distillation and presentation

Challenging compliance issues

Knowledge of global processes

Implementation of best practices

Job description

Overview

RS Pro is our Own Brand line of over 90,000 high quality products, and one of RS Group’s most successful business areas.

We’ve got an exciting opportunity for someone to join our team of Compliance Engineers based out of our state of the art Evaluation Lab here at RS Corby. With no two days the same, you will be getting hands-on with new and existing products, and ensuring that all articles are safe, compliant and reach the high quality standards that RS Pro are renowned for.

We provide ongoing training and development, so if you don’t already have all the following experience, don’t worry, we are here to help!

This role will be based fully on-site in Corby for a fixed period of 12 months.

What you will be doing

• Conducting evaluation of Private Label articles to ensure products are safe and comply with relevant requirements of Product, Trade and Transport Compliance for the applicable markets.
• Providing support to the commercial function on aspects of Product, Trade and Transport Compliance for existing and prospective RS PRO articles.
• Monitoring and assessing the potential impact of forthcoming product and other related legislative requirements that may impact the business and sales process.
• Providing support for the development and delivery of training in relevant areas of Compliance to appropriate audience.
• Supporting achievement of the commercial KPIs by adoption and driving of continuous improvement within the Compliance function.
• Providing support for investigations, ad-hoc testing and evaluation services to the business where required.
• Liaising with external agencies and 3rd party test houses where additional engineering or compliance services are required.
• Contributing to the centre of excellence for compliance, product evaluation and engineering. Sharing knowledge and facilities where appropriate.
• Providing Technical Support to Product and Supplier Management, Sales and Marketing Teams.

What we are looking for from you

• Previous experience within a hands-on product compliance role.
• Good working knowledge of issues relating to international trade compliance.
• Able to communicate confidently and effectively with various stakeholder groups in the business, both in writing and verbally.
• Ability to build relationships and work with stakeholders across the business.
• Ability to prioritize and take a risk-based approach.
• Ability to distil large amounts of information and present a case in a clear way.
• Demonstrate the ability to challenge, identify risks and issues, and facilitate development of practical options.
• Knowledge of how current Global processes and systems impact - both positively and negatively - the customer experience.
• Experience of embedding compliance across a multi-national business organization.
• Personal resilience, confidence and willingness to challenge on all areas of the business, on management of compliance risks and processes.
• Exposure to, identification of, and implementation of external best practice

We are RS Group. At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.

We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 700,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers.

We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and also in a human way with empathy. Because that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues and communities – to solve problems.

We’ll also invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do.

Come and join us and over 9000 employees worldwide – and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.