GQA Product Certification Lead

BSI; Spalding; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global quality assurance organization is seeking a GQA Product Certification Lead to manage product certification and accreditations while supporting third-party testing in an international environment. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of relevant regulations, experience in certification, and fluency in both Dutch and English. This role offers competitive benefits and the opportunity for professional development.

Benefits

Competitive total reward package

Flexible working hours

Ongoing training and development

27-days annual leave

Pension plan

Company car (dependent on role)

Qualifications

• Minimum of two years of hands-on testing or auditing experience.
• Experience with relevant EU regulations and standards.
• Ability to provide leadership and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Manage product certification scheme accreditations globally.
• Support product certification and CE schemes.
• Establish relationships with EU regulatory stakeholders.

Skills

Understanding of 17065/17025 requirements

Third party product testing or certification

Fluency in Dutch and English

Technical understanding of certification or testing

Education

Degree in Engineering, Science, or related discipline

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Global Quality Assurance (GQA) Product Certification Lead

Netherlands – homebased, less than 20% travel is required to BSI and third-party locations for training delivery, accreditor/regulator audits, meetings and conferences

About the role

Our Global Quality Assurance team is looking for a GQA Product Certification Lead who manages product certification EU designations and 17065/25 accreditations.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the product certification scheme accreditations and designations globally within ISO 17065, ISO 17025, ISO 17020, CE, UKCA, ISO17021-1 (module H), EA, IAF and other applicable accreditation requirements, as well as related regulated schemes. This includes managing office and witness audit programmes to support the maintenance of accreditation and designations.
• Provide support for product certification and CE schemes, by for example, updating procedures, investigating regulator/accreditor non-conformities, regulator queries and customer appeals and supporting activities during witnessed or office regulator/accreditor audits. Support the roll out of policy decisions and processes for product certification schemes globally.
• Establish and maintain appropriate relationships externally with Dutch and EU regulatory stakeholder groups. Establish and maintain appropriate relationships with impartiality stakeholders in the Netherlands.
• Provide accreditation/regulatory expertise, leadership and mentoring to product certification staff globally, technical specialists, scheme managers, sales, marketing and other BSI colleagues on BSI requirements for product certification.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• A comprehensive understanding of 17065/17025 requirements as applied to product certification including applicable regulations and standards.
• Experience in third party product testing or certification, preferably in either personal protective equipment (2016/425/EU), construction products (Regulation 305/2011/EU), appliances burning gaseous fuels (EU) 2016/426), Pressure Equipment (2014/68/EU), Marine Equipment (2014/90/EU), Lifts and safety components for Lifts (2014/33/EU), Hot water boilers (1992/42/EEC), digital trust schemes or eIDAS Regulation (EU No910/2014).
• A good understanding of the application of accreditation/designation, notified body, product, testing and quality standards and requirements
• Broad technical understanding of third-party product certification or testing; experience of coordinating or conducting third party product certification audits or testing
• Minimum of two years of hands-on testing or auditing experience, preferably against one of the areas listed above.
• Fluency in Dutch and English.
• First or second degree in Engineering, Science or related discipline.

BSI offers a competitive total reward package, an independent and varied job in an international environment, flexible working hours, ongoing training and development with the inclusion of 27-days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, pension plan, company car (dependent on role), various allowances (including healthcare), paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid parental leave, paid emergency leave, paid short-term care leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities,and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

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