Product Compliance & Validation Manager (HVAC)

Volution Ventilation UK

Crawley

On-site

GBP 60,000 - 90,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Private Health

25 days annual leave

Company Pension

Ongoing training & development

Health Assured - EAP

Employee Referral Scheme

Quarterly Employee Awards

Ongoing training & development

Job summary

A leading ventilation solutions provider in Crawley is looking for a Product Compliance & Validation Manager to oversee test programs and ensure product reliability and compliance. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of experience in product design or compliance and familiarity with CE, LVD, and EMC directives. This role involves resource management of engineers, preparation of technical compliance documents, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives. A competitive salary and benefits are offered.

Qualifications

Minimum 5 years experience in product design or compliance environments.
Familiarity with CE, LVD, and EMC directives.
Experience in writing and implementing test plans.
Strong prioritization and risk management skills.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

Manage test programs for product reliability and safety.
Prepare and support Technical Files for compliance.
Identify future regulatory requirements.
Estimate and track external test costs for budgeting.
Generate monthly reliability reports and drive continuous improvement.
Lead improvement through FMEA and similar processes.
Improve development processes to prevent delays.

Skills

Risk analysis

Test planning

Product compliance

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

At Volution Ventilation UK, our purpose is to provide healthy indoor air, sustainably.

Job profile

As the Product Compliance & Validation Manager, you will work within the Volution Ventilation Group Technical Team, to identify, manage and complete test programs for product reliability, safety and other regulatory requirements for all new product developments and in-market product changes.

You will be responsible for resource planning and line management of 4 test engineers and 1 Approvals Manager, supporting continuous improvement, training and mentoring.

You'll prepare and continuously support the product Technical Files to ensure compliance and traceability to enable the Technical Director to sign off the Declaration of Conformity documents.

Responsibilities

Contribute to the design specification and ongoing project process to identify risks, test requirements and lab resource allocation.
Working with the design team to develop methodical test plans for all aspects of product design – from mechanical through to electronics, firmware and mobile apps. Ensuring products are released on time, on budget and fulfil our customer expectations.
Identify current and future regulatory requirements for all VVG markets, working with local teams to ensure product compliance, including performance, safety and energy related products directive.
Estimate and track resource and external test costs for budgetary purposes.
Generate monthly product reliability reports and contribute to our continuous improvement objectives.
Identifying areas of improvement through methodical FMEA or similar process.
Work towards continuously improving our product development process to improve efficiency and prevent delays.

To be successful in this role you will need

Minimum 5 years experience working within either of the following:
Product design and manufacturing company for domestic and/or commercial appliances.
Product compliance environment.
Familiar working with CE, LVD and EMC directives including safety standards.
Application of relevant tools to perform risk analysis and identify test requirements, fault analysis for preventative and corrective actions; for process, part or product improvement.
Experience in writing and implementing test plans.
Pragmatic and be adept at prioritizing: you understand the trade-off between velocity and perfection.
Understand and manage risks appropriate to the business and associated product.
Good MS Office knowledge, in particular Excel.
Strong written, verbal, communication and interpersonal skills.

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