Lead Compliance Engineer

Job Purpose

The Lead Compliance Engineer at Bren-Tronics, part of EnerSys and manufacturer of advanced power solutions, ensures Bren-Tronics' products are in line with the appropriate regulatory standards applicable to domestic and international markets. Responsible for identifying the applicable regulatory standards, obtaining the regulatory certificates from suppliers, and marshalling Bren-Tronics resources and efforts to obtain the regulatory certifications for products developed in-house. He is also responsible for maintaining a database of regulatory certificates and regulatory test data for Bren-Tronics’ products.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop forecasts and perform short and long-range planning for projects.
• Serves as an internal technical expert for regulations and compliance.
• Provide directions to shipping and sales on lithium ion battery transportation safety regulations, testing and training.
• Direct shipping personnel on packing and labeling requirements in compliance with lithium battery transportation regulations.
• Cook up UN performance packaging certification testing.
• Serve as the on-site export compliance manager by collaborating with legal, advising internal teams on export controlled projects and enforcing company export compliance policies.
• Support Sales with tariff classifications and customs-related issues.
• Provides technical guidance for other engineering personnel.
• Coverage of systems and components.
• Conducts periodic review of evidence generated by practices and procedures to ensure complete and accurate coverage of systems and components.
• Develops any necessary corrective action plans to address events or process failures related to standard requirements.
• Assists in conducting self-assessments, audit preparations, compiling self-reports and developing mitigation plans.
• Continue to stay informed of relevant regulatory standards by tracking new requirements and interacting with 3rd party testing facilities and agencies.
• Develops and maintains consistent practices and procedures across the organization to ensure that evidence produced by different work groups is timely and contains the required compliance data.
• When compliance problems arise, conduct investigations to discover the roots of the issue.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as an engineer, Engineering Program Manager role preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering
• Experience in export compliance strongly preferred
• Strong technical acumen
• Advanced written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent critical thinking for problem solving
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously

General Job Requirements

Generic