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Status: Available
Posted On: 7/22/2020
Job Location: Bluffdale, UT
Salary
Job Type: Full Time
Education: Associates degree in related field

Experience:
• 3-5 years of related work experience in compliance or legal support, preferably in consumer product goods
• Paralegal experience preferred
• Project or program management experience a plus

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Position Summary:
Our client is a large energy corporation with offices across the United States and is seeking a compliance specialist to work closely with our Product Development team. The ideal candidate would have a paralegal background with extensive experience with consumer product goods compliance and will be able to develop and execute a compliance program. This position will help identify compliance and standards requirements for various products, including those that apply to specific technologies or product categories (i.e. Bluetooth, Lithium batteries, AC/DC converters, lights and audio, etc.) and certifications required by regional regulatory bodies (e.g. CE certification in Europe, TELEC in Japan, etc.). This role will include collaboration with cross-functional teams, including working with Sales, Marketing, Operations, Legal Counsel, Compliance, and manufacturing partners.

Classification: Non-exempt

Essential Responsibilities:
• Prevents compliance issues by collaborating with engineering planning and design teams; reviewing design data; identifying and resolving product and engineering design issues; identifying short-term and long-range issues; researching and identifying applicable regulatory and industry compliance standards and codes; developing compliance policies.
• Develops compliance plans by researching, analyzing, selecting, and applying compliance engineering concepts, approaches, techniques, and criteria; adapting and modifying compliance engineering options; developing and evaluating new compliance methodologies; qualifying vendors, components, and parts.
• Organizes compliance program by preparing timetables, cost estimates, and required resources including test laboratories and equipment.
• Determines compliance by establishing compliance test standards; conducting and witnessing tests; performing diagnostic procedures; measuring performance; analyzing and evaluating findings; performing forensic analysis of failures; troubleshooting failures; supervising sub-contractors.
• Attains compliance by isolating and resolving non-compliance issues; recommending product and process changes; initiating engineering change orders.
• Documents compliance by completing approval applications; recording test results; preparing investigative reports; preparing and filing Declarations of Conformity; maintaining compliance database.
• Prepares compliance reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing measurement data and trends.
• Updates job knowledge by tracking and understanding emerging compliance engineering practices and standards; participating in educational opportunities and professional organizations; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks.
• Provide administration aid for all projects within product development and quality engineering team as needed.
• Enhances engineering and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Other duties as assigned