Senior Product Compliance Engineer

Emotiv Technical Recruitment; Dartford; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Emotiv Technical Recruitment has a challenging opening for a Quality Assurance/Regulatory Lead in Dartford, focusing on automotive conformity and type approval processes across the supply chain to meet customer quality expectations and drive continual improvement.

Based at our new state-of-the-art facility in Dartford with occasional travel to manufacturing partners, you will drive COP/CoP, CE/UKCA, RoHS/REACH/ WEEE compliance and maintain crucial product documentation.

Qualifications

• Relevant further education or apprenticeship to a minimum of national diploma level in allied engineering trade.
• Actively engages with IET or CQI or equivalent professional bodies.
• At least three years’ relevant industry experience in customer/supplier facing role.
• Experience in automotive supply chain (Prime, Tier 1 or OEM) or aligned industry.
• Conformity of Production (CoP), Type Approval, Homologation, CE, UKCA, FCC, IC, RoHS, REACH, WEEE, IMDS, IATF 16949:2016.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Support type approval and conformity of production activities across the value stream.
• Assist with new type approvals, extensions, regulation revisions and cessation of production.
• Ensure product conformity to global market access legislation.
• Support QA in Conformity of Production requirements across the supply chain.
• Raise competencies and awareness of type approval and homologation processes internally and externally.
• Train stakeholders on current or new product compliance topics and translate legislation into internal requirements.
• Own and maintain documented type approval, COP, and product conformance processes.
• Collaborate with procurement to ensure full assembly plant clearances and ongoing conformity.
• Coordinate with product managers on new product and project records for approvals and scope changes.
• Liaise with supply chain on EMC, sustainability, product safety and other regulatory requirements.
• Manage documentation for substances of concern (RoHS, REACH, PFAS, TSCA) and for supply chain transparency (Conflict Minerals, Extended Minerals).
• Represent the organisation in communications with test services and authorities, and respond to external requests.

Skills

Quality management

Regulatory compliance

Type approval

CoP

Communication skills

Project coordination

Education

National Diploma

Apprenticeship

Job description

• This position requires the applicant to support the positive approach to managing and enhancing business products, services and processes.
• Applying automotive quality tools, processes and working practices to ensure the business and its diverse customers’ product quality expectations are satisfied and continually improved.
• This role will require a candidate with a proactive approach to support the business ideals and customer relations while enhancing the Engineering teams and efficiency.
• The base for this position will be at our new state of the art facility in Dartford and may require occasional travel to support manufacturing partners.

Key Tasks

• Support assembly plant clearances and management of any changes to the value stream impacting type approval and conformity of production
• Support product and project teams with new type approvals, type approval extensions, regulation revisions and cessation of production.
• Support internal stakeholders with product conformity to global market access legislation.
• Support the Quality Assurance function in undertaking all Conformity of Production (CoP) requirements throughout the supply chain.
• Support the organisation in raising competencies and awareness of the type approval, conformity of production and homologation processes both internally and externally.
• Train and engage internal stakeholders in current or new product compliance topics and translate upcoming legislation into internal compliance requirements and management system updates.
• Taking ownership and responsibility of the organisation’s documented type approval, conformity of production and product conformance processes and procedures.
• Supporting the procurement department to ensure that the value stream is fully compliant with respect to assembly plant clearances and post product release continuing conformity of production.
• Supporting product managers and their respective new product and project management teams to ensure that new type approvals, extension to scope and cessation of production records are maintained.
• To coordinate with supply chain on product compliance requirements regarding EMC, product sustainability, general product safety or other product compliance requirements to legislation.
• Manage the product documentation regarding the substances of concern, for product sustainability regulations such as RoHS, REACH, POP, PFAS, TSCA and other future legislation.
• Manage the product documentation for supply chain transparency, for regulations such as Conflict Minerals and Extended Minerals.
• To liaise with and be the representative for the organisation in communications to test services and the respective authorities.
• To support with customer or other external requests regarding product compliance topics.
• Manage the product declarations of conformity to product compliance requirements for customers or market access.
• To help select and liaise with external compliance partners where required for product compliance.
• To liaise with and be the representative for the organisation to support customer whole vehicle homologation activities.
• Providing support and cover to other roles within the Quality Assurance team as required throughout the year
• Stay up to date with current and future product compliance legislation applicable to the business product portfolio and sales regions through horizon scanning.
• Inform, advise and liaise with stakeholders to further develop Management Systems where required for compliance to market legislation.

Environmental:

Responsible for reducing our environmental impact through sustainable practices across all departments and contribute to those efforts. Developing and implementing sustainability policies and strategies and manage waste reduction programs.

Person Specification.

• Relevant further education and/or apprenticeship to a minimum of national diploma level in allied engineering trade.
• Actively engages with a relevant industry institute, such as the “Institute of Engineering & Technology” (IET) or the “Chartered Quality Institute” (CQI).
• At least three years’ relevant industry experience within customer and supplier facing role.
• Experienced in working within the automotive supply chain (Prime, Tier 1 or OEM) or an industry aligned/allied with the industry
• Conformity of Production (CoP), Type Approval, Homologation, CE, UKCA, FCC, IC, RoHS, REACH, WEEE, International Material Data System(IMDS), Supplier Auditing& IATF 16949:2016
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective interaction.
• Decision-making skills, especially in high-pressure situations.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances and priorities.
• Strong organisational and multitasking abilities to manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Attention to detail in planning, execution, and follow-through.
• Proven track record of achieving and exceeding goals and objectives.
• Proactive, enthusiastic, and driven.
• Flexibility to work beyond normal business hours when required.