Description
Staff Engineer – Electrical Safety, Fridley, MN
Intertek, a leading provider of ATIC (Assurance, Testing, Inspection, and Certification) Services, is looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Electrical team in Fridley, MN. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in facilitating international trade and regulatory product testing.
Intertek's Electrical business line applies more than 100 years of product testing expertise to quickly and efficiently help clients meet safety, performance, environmental and quality requirements for every market. Spanning a wide range of industries such as Medical, Lighting, Renewable Energy, HVACR, Appliances & Electronics, Hazardous Locations, Industrial Equipment, Life Safety & Security, IT & Telecom Equipment, Intertek's global network of laboratories employ world-class experts in their fields who deliver quality, accurate testing and certification that continually exceeds our clients' expectations and helps to clear a path for their product's success. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands and organizations in every sector and industry around the world. We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Our Purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.
What are we looking for?
This Staff Engineer position is responsible for providing technical expertise to personnel and operations at the local or regional level; for recommending and managing capital expenditure projects; and for assessing and developing local training. This position is the primary resource for review and approval of test procedures, methods and interpretations.
Salary & Benefits Information
The base wage or salary range for this position is $100K - $125K. Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.
In addition to competitive compensation packages, Intertek employees are eligible for a variety of benefits including paid holidays. When working with Intertek, you can expect a benefit package competitively placed within the local market, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more.
What you'll do:
Listed examples are illustrative and representative of the tasks required of this position and are not intended to be complete or exclusive.
- Provide local management with technical assessment of engineering skills and performance levels.
- Responsible for assessing training of the technical staff and development of new training programs.
- Provide on-going support and guidance on technical issues, test procedures, and standards interpretations.
- Provides expertise in multiple product categories.
- Provide quotes for a large array of standards and complex projects and products.
- Research new standards, technologies, and trends in standards.
- Handle calibration issues.
- Develop and communicate test procedures.
- Represent Intertek on technical committees, code panels and/or associations.
- Support accreditations activities such as audit follow-up and corrective actions. Investigate technical complaints. Audit and qualify sites for special Intertek programs.
- Design new test fixtures and report shells.
- Provide complex sales support such as giving presentations during client visits.
- Provide on-going support to clients as needed.
- Recommend and prepare capital expenditure requests and manage capital projects.
- Perform other work as required.
Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering.
- 6+ years directly related experience.
- Advanced experience with U.S., Canadian, and other international product safety standards, i.e., ANSI, CSA, UL, EN, IEC.
- Project management experience.
- Ability to apply principles of logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
- Ability to deal with non-verbal symbolism (formulas, scientific equations, graphs, etc.) in its most difficult phases.
- Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
- Ability to make technical decisions and engineering judgments independently where limited standardization exists.
- Ability to work in fast-paced, multi-tasking environment with shifting priorities and demanding deadlines.
- Must be detailed-oriented and able to effectively prioritize and organize workload, with efficient time management.
- Ability to communicate and interact effectively in verbal written and presentation formats.
- Must possess the fundamental technical and administrative skills required to perform the job duties.
- Excellent communication skills, in both verbal and written formats.
- Excellent leadership skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Ability to travel 50%, including international travel.
- Valid driver's license and reliable driving record.
Preferred Requirements & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering.
- Master's degree in engineering
- 8+ years of experience in a directly related field/industry.
- Professional Engineer (PE) License.
Intertek Total Quality Assured
Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market, with a proven, high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion, pace, and precision we work to exceed our customers' expectations, while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.
Intertek is a drug-free workplace. For certain safety-sensitive roles, a pre-employment drug screen will be required. Based on local law and legislation, marijuana may be included in that screening.
We Value Diversity
Intertek's network of phenomenal people are our greatest assets, and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.
For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, or who need assistance applying, please email hr.eeo@intertek.com or call 1-877-694-8543 (option #5) to speak with a member of the HR Department.
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*Intertek does not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies and will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
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