Mechanical Compliance Engineer

Bluebolt Recruitment; Macclesfield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A machinery certification company in Macclesfield is seeking a Senior Compliance Engineer. The role involves conducting safety inspections, providing technical support, and ensuring compliance with CE and UKCA marking requirements. The ideal candidate should have a degree in mechanical or electrical engineering and experience with hazardous machinery, able to work independently and engage in diverse projects.

Qualifications

• Competent and practical engineer who can work independently.
• Ability to assimilate new information quickly.
• Experienced in machinery safety, UKCA and CE compliance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct machinery safety inspections.
• Provide technical support for safe machine design.
• Draft and review technical files for CE/UKCA marking requirements.

Skills

Familiarity with hazardous machines

Hands-on experience with machinery

Understanding of user requirements

Technical compliance knowledge

First-principles thinking

Education

Mechanical or electrical engineering degree

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a Senior Compliance Engineer to work for a machinery certification company in Macclesfield.

We are looking for a competent and practical engineer who can work independently, assimilate new information quickly, work on a wide variety of projects and who is experienced in machinery safety, UKCA and CE compliance and working with C Type-standards.

Duties

The activities involve machinery safety inspections, providing technical support in safe machine design and CE/UKCA marking requirements; drafting and review of technical files; providing training on machinery safety and actively engage in accreditation and compliance processes of the Approved Body. The position requires someone with a breadth of engineering experience and love of machinery and involves regular travel within in the UK and some travel abroad.

Skills and requirements

• To have familiarity with different and complex hazardous machines from a range of manufacturing sectors
• To enjoy manufacturing and machinery and have some understanding of user requirements. Evidence of hands-on experience with machinery, be it design, development, engineering management or maintenance.
• Experience in technical compliance, or knowledge of, would be an advantage.
• Mechanical (possibly electrical) engineering degree with sound academic qualifications from school and university.
• Ability to apply first-principles thinking