Certification Manager – Personal Protection Equipment (PPE)

Certification Manager – Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) 
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire (Office/Home Based, with some travel to client sites) 

About Us 

We’re BSI, the business standards company that helps organizations all over the world make excellence a habit. For more than a century, we’ve been showing businesses how to improve performance, reduce risk and achieve sustainable growth. 

Renowned for our marks of excellence, including the consumer recognized BSI Kitemark™, our influence spans multiple sectors including aerospace, automotive, PPE, food, healthcare and ICT. 

The PPE industry is an exciting and competitive place where companies are continually seeking to improve margins, reduce costs and yet maintain quality. This balancing act produces a variety of challenges for those within the market and we are seeking to address these with our high quality testing and certifications. 

We’re now looking for a Certification Manager to join us in Hemel Hempstead and respond to new challenges within the PPE industry. 

The Benefits 

- Salary of £25,000 - £40,000 DOE 
- Excellent company-contributed pension scheme 
- Company-paid private medical insurance 
- A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle 
- Develop your career with a business that’s committed to continual improvement, integrity and inclusivity 
- 27 days’ annual leave (with the opportunity to increase this to 30 days) 

This is a brilliant opportunity to support the success of products that support safety, promote vigilance and make for better workplaces across the world. 

You’ll have the chance to contribute to the development of our certification schemes, act as a gatekeeper of quality and enable companies to achieve excellence. 

What’s more, we have a strong focus on learning and development and will support you to build on your existing expertise and become a leader in your field. 

So, if you’re a mechanical engineer or a plastic technologies specialist looking for a change of pace and a different perspective, this is the role you’ve been waiting for. 

The Role 

As the Certification Manager, you’ll be tasked with managing PPE CE certification and Medical Kitemark schemes. 

Overseeing onsite testing and ongoing manufacturing surveillance, you’ll attend technical meetings with clients and committees to understand their needs and ensure our certification standards meet them. 

Your role will also involve: 

- Carrying out factory assessments 
- Interfacing with a global client base via email, telephone and face-to-face 
- Attending trade shows 
- Meeting with trade and technical committees 
- Contributing to the departmental income and regulatory requirements 
- Reading and understanding product specifications and directives 
- Discussing products at a technical level 

About You 

To join us as a Certification Manager, you’ll need: 

- A background in mechanical engineering and/or plastic technologies 
- Experience of devising complex test programmes for multiple product projects 
- The ability to read and understand product specifications 
- The ability to work independently and as part of the team when necessary 
- The ability to discuss technical issues with customers 

Ideal candidates may have experience as a lead auditor. Knowledge of product certification processes would be beneficial to your application. Knowledge of the PPE Regulation or European Directives in general would also be an advantage. 

We’d love to hear from you if you’ve worked as a Mechanical Engineer, Product Development Engineer, PPE Development Engineer, Personal Protective Equipment Engineer, NPD Engineer, Mechanical Product Development Engineer, or New Product Development Engineer. 

Other companies may call this role Certification Manager, Certification Scheme Development Manager, Construction Certification Manager, Regulatory & Compliance Manager or Quality Assurance Manager. 

Webrecruit and BSI are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be. 

So, if you want to drive the success of an incredible range of products as a Certification Manager, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.