Senior Engineer

Company Description

As a global leader in sustainability, quality, and integrity, our 99,600-strong workforce across 2,600 offices and labs is dedicated to fostering a safer, more connected world. Our services impact every facet of daily life, enhancing the safety of food, consumer products, transport, and healthcare, to advancing nuclear industry testing. Your role is crucial in providing safer products, superior services, and maintaining societal connectivity.

At SGS, We're committed to recognising the dedication and effort of our team. By joining us, you'll have access to a range of benefits including performance-related bonuses, private medical cover, a competitive pension scheme with life assurance, and a generous annual leave allowance that grows with your service. Enjoy extra perks like a day off for your birthday, discounted gym memberships, retail discounts, an electric vehicle leasing scheme, enhanced parental leave, service awards, Christmas vouchers, and health & wellbeing initiatives.

Job Description

• Job Title: Senior Engineer
• Job Type: Permanent
• Hours: 37.5 per week
• Job Location: Hybrid UK

Your new role  

The role of Senior Engineer for Product Certification covers the following areas:

• Boiler and pressure vessels
• EU product directives
• UK Regulatory Compliance
• Global Certification Schemes
• Carriage of dangerous goods
• Mechanical, electrical and function safety certification

The Senior Engineer is an important element of the Product Certification team, and is responsible to the Operations and Technical Manager for any decisions relating to technical matters. The Senior Engineer has day to day operational responsibility to the Operations Manager for control and coordination relating to inspection, welding certification and product certification services for the accredited scope of activities.

Typical duties include:

• Effective utilisation, control and direction of technical staff.
• Recruitment Identification.
• Formulating, developing and participating in technical training programmes.
• Compiling and implementing general procedure work instructions and documentation.
• Reviewing procedures.
• Carry out literature surveys to facilitate the updating of the technical library.
• Assessing enquiries and orders.
• Reviewing manufacturing procedures and quality plans.
• Compiling specific work instructions, procedures and documentation.
• Liaising with clients, manufacturers and Inspectors.
• Providing advisory services.
• Directing and controlling sub-contractors.
• Producing concession documentation.
• Reviewing reports and preparing final reports/certification.
• Carry out design reviews/inspections/audits where necessary.
• Participating in internal and external quality assurance activities.
• Resolving non-compliance on specific objects.
• Maintenance of Verification records.
• Attend Conformity Assessment Body Forum meetings.
• Participate in SAFed Technical Committee or ad-hoc meetings.
• Deputise, within discipline, for the Technical Manager.
• Deputise, within discipline, for the Operations Manager (Oldbury).
• The minimum competency level in accordance with Safed SS 01 required is category 2. 

Qualifications

How to be a successful candidate

To be a successful candidate we are looking for a minimum 5 years of experience in in operation of inspection activities, design, manufacture, inspection, operation or maintenance of the accredited scope of activities. Have HNC (or equivalent) in a relevant engineering discipline. You'll also need to be competent to makeprofessional judgements on the range of operational activities within scope of competence likely to arise from the accredited scope of activities including sufficient knowledge of pertinent manufacturing technology, operational issues, potential defects and failures of the items/ processes to be inspected.

What you will get in return

At SGS we offer a competitive salary along with an extensive benefits packs including:

• 10% performance related bonus (discretionary and subject to eligibility criteria),
• Private Medical Cover
• 4-8% matching company pension contributions,
• 4x Life Assurance
• 24 days Annual Leave (increasing with service) plus bank holidays
• An additional day off for you Birthday
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Retailer Discount
• Enhanced maternity/paternity and adoption pay
• Length of Service Awards
• Health & Wellbeing initiatives

Additional Information

SGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetics, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristics protected by law.

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