Engineer Product - Product Safety Compliance and Standards

Product Engineer I-Product Safety and Compliance

Performs basic product design, testing, and analysis work for a defined portion of a project. Operates in a team environment, providing input to design solutions and participating in design reviews. Develops recommendations within established guidelines; work and decisions are reviewed by supervisors before implementation.

Major duties include:

• Carry out a range of activities under the guidance of more senior colleagues to support the analysis of information and the specification of the methods and process steps, as well as the plant, machinery, and equipment, required to design and continuously improve manufacturing or materials processes and process systems.
• Contribute to the development of, and implement feasibility testing of, proposed engineering solutions to provide feedback and data to validate the design.
• Carry out a range of activities under the guidance of more senior colleagues to support the drafting of engineering standards and specifications and the evaluation of the effectiveness of those standards.
• Carry out inspections under the supervision of senior colleagues to evaluate the quality of engineering works and/or the integrity of existing installations or structures, and make recommendations to senior colleagues on the remedial works needed to ensure conformance with specifications and regulatory requirements.
• Identify shortcomings in existing processes, systems, and procedures, and use established change management programs to address them.
• Work within an established project management plan to achieve specific goals.
• Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
• Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Work collaboratively with other professional teams and over organizational boundaries to ensure service users experience cohesive and seamless support to meet their needs.
• Create and maintain technical and/or user documentation to a high standard, and back up files to ensure instant recovery if problems occur.

Skills, abilities, and knowledge include:

• Works with guidance to get results using new and advanced engineering technologies.
• Works with guidance to execute engineering designs using the appropriate methods, tools, processes, and software.
• Works with guidance to achieve engineering development targets using appropriate methods, tools, processes, and software.
• Works with guidance to produce technical engineering specifications and related materials.
• Works with guidance to test, evaluate, and improve engineering outcomes.
• Builds engineering solutions with guidance.
• Works with guidance to implement engineering designs, evaluate outcomes, and make improvements as needed.
• Manages and applies safe systems of work with guidance.
• Uses clear and effective verbal communications skills without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on expressing ideas, requesting actions, and formulating plans or policies.
• Works with guidance to develop appropriate plans or perform necessary actions based on recommendations and requirements.
• Works with guidance to identify, assess, prioritize, and manage project-related risks.
• Works with guidance to measure and report progress toward intermediate targets to make sure a project stays on track to achieve its ultimate goals.
• Works at an intermediate level to identify, verify, and manage changes to the scope of the project or program, utilizing the most appropriate approach.
• Works under guidance to analyze data trends for use in reports to help guide decision making.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level

Specific position requirements:

• 1st shift:
  Core hours 8am-4pm
• Interview process: 1-hour teams
• Visa sponsorship not available now or in the near future
• Looking for new grads or early career talent

Your responsibilities as a Product Safety and Standards Engineer for Turf Compact Utility in Fuquay-Varina, NC will include:

• Gather data from test labs, product engineering teams, and others in support of safety and compliance activities.
• Prepare compliance documentation for commercial mowing, golf, and other products.
• Create and maintain test activity template records.
• Work with third-party companies to gather information on market entry requirements.

What skills you need:

• Effective verbal and written communication skills; ability to tailor communications to audience.
• Skills in managing multiple simultaneous projects.
• Ability to coordinate efforts and develop consensus recommendations.
• Ability to review, understand, and explain requirements from standards and/or regulations.

What makes you stand out:

• Knowledge and familiarity of engineering concepts related to mobile off-road…