Job Description
Senior Staff Engineer - Renewable Energy & Energy Storage, Cortland, NY
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the top recognized brands and companies is actively seeking a Senior Staff Engineer to join our Electrical Energy Team in Cortland, NY. Want to build something great with an incredible group of people? This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career, facilitating international trade and regulatory product testing.
We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide. Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands, and organizations in every sector around the world. Our purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.
Intertek's Electrical team provides assurance, testing, inspection, and certification for a variety of electric products, including appliances, consumer electronics, lighting, medical devices, information communications technology, HVACR, industrial, and energy transmission and distribution. Our dedicated professionals help ensure the quality, safety, and sustainability of electrical products used by people throughout the world.
What are we looking for?
The Senior Staff Engineer 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.
What you'll do:
- 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.
- Provide quotes for a large array of standards and complex projects and products.
- Research new standards, technologies, and trends in standards.
- Represent Intertek on technical committees, code panels and/or associations.
- Support accreditation activities such as audit follow-up and corrective actions. Investigate technical complaints.
- 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.
- Mentor less senior technical staff.
- 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.
- Ability to apply principles of logic or scientific thinking to a wide range of intellectual and practical problems.
- 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 detail-oriented and able to effectively prioritize and organize workload, with efficient time management.
- Excellent communication skills, in verbal, written and presentation formats.
- Ability to travel 15% is required.
- Valid driver's license and reliable driving record is required.
Preferred Requirements & Qualifications:
- Master's degree in engineering.
- 8+ years of experience in a directly related field/industry.
- Prior project management experience in a work environment.
- Experience with inverter standards such as UL 1741, IEEE 1547, IEC 62109, etc.
- Experience with utility interactive inverters and/or power conversion equipment.
- 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. As a condition of employment, certain positions may be required to pass a pre-employment drug test based on the type of work that will be performed.
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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