[Hiring] Senior Legislation & Standards Engineer @Expleo

Role Description

Expleo is seeking a Senior Legislation & Standards Engineer to support our client in the maritime defence industry. The successful candidate is likely to have an electronics or systems engineering background and be conversant with legislation compliance with industry, environmental and safety standards.

This role represents a great opportunity to work in a role which contributes directly to the security of the UK and our allies. Valued attributes are a team player who can use their initiative and has a real passion for engineering with an attention to detail, combined with a thorough, methodical approach.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing supplier documents, specifically legislation compliance reports, declarations of conformity, technical files, bills of materials, components, lists etc.
• Peer review of contract documents such as requirements, technical compliance matrices, ITTs etc for legislative requirements
• Liaising with programme managers, engineering managers, technical authorities and engineers
• Attending meetings with suppliers to help find solutions to issues with supplier documentation
• Provide technical guidance to other engineers and support the engineering management team in planning and controlling specialist activities
• Work with various engineering teams to improve own levels of domain knowledge and subject matter expertise

Qualifications

• Degree in engineering
• Where applicable suitable experience in addition to a lower qualification would be acceptable

Desired Skills

• Knowledge of process and/or governance processes and practices in the defence, maritime or highly regulated industry
• Understand the need for, and have awareness of, product safety and SHE
• A working knowledge of some of the following:
  • Def Stan 00-02 – Environmental Specification
  • Def Stan 00-055 – Security Management
  • Def Stan 00-250 – Human Factors Integration
  • Def Stan 07-247 – Naval Engineering Standards
  • UKCA / CE Marking
  • Machinery Regulation/Directive
  • EMC Regulation/Directive
  • Low Voltage Regulation/Directive
  • RoHS
  • REACH
  • Radio Equipment Regulation/Directive
  • Pressure Equipment Regulations/Directive
• A working knowledge of UK HASAWA 1974 (Health and Safety at Work Act)
• A working knowledge of PUWER (equipment safety)
• A working knowledge of LOLER (lifting operations)
• A working knowledge of COSHH (hazardous substances)
• A working knowledge of ITAR/EAR
• A working knowledge of WEEE

Experience

• Previous experience/understanding of Legal Processes would be very desirable
• Experience in engineering – electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical would be desirable

Requirements

• UK sole National
• SC Cleared with no caveats

Benefits

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo