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Consultant - Electrical Safety, Mississauga, ON
Intertek, a Nationally Recognized Testing Lab (NRTL) and leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world's leading brands and companies, is actively seeking a Consultant - Electrical Safety with experience to join our Electrical sales team in Mississauga, ON. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in 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 Consultant position offers independent advice on engineering, science and/or other related topics to companies and government organizations. The Consultant role assists in providing more efficient services to clients and independently conducts on and off-site evaluations to determine specific solutions for each customer.
About the Electrical Team
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.
Job Title: Consultant
Location: Mississauga, ON
Salary & Benefits Information
When working with Intertek, you can expect salary and benefit package competitively placed within the local market, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with company match, generous vacation/sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more. In addition to competitive compensation packages, Intertek employees are eligible for a variety of benefits including paid holidays.
What you'll do:
- Research, read and determine applicability of national codes and standards
- Validate the project scope and sample applicability
- Conduct thorough design review, document results
- Supply information for quotes such as length of project, resources and samples required, and standards that will be used
- Provide more specialized "expertise" in one product category, i.e., become subject matter expert, or obtain and maintain advanced product knowledge
- Coordinate and lead client meetings/discussions
- Provide sales support for any and all product requirements including direct customer presentations
- Communicate project status to client, sales personnel, and management throughout project
- Identify project needs and sample requirements for effective resource planning and meeting of client's expectations
- Delegate tasks to other team members to make sure the project is completed on a timely basis
- Provide the necessary support during the duration of projects to ensure the needs of the organization are met
- Perform technical assessments and analysis of specifications of projects and implement necessary solutions
This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties.
What it takes to be successful in this role:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- 5+ years of direct experience in fields such as, Regulatory and Compliance, Electrical, or Safety
- Complete understanding of product safety standards; ANSI, CSA, UL, EN, IEC etc. specifically related to Industrial, Medical, HAZLOC, SPE-1000 and the Canadian Electrical Code
- Be aware of, and adhere to, safety practices and policies to ensure your own safety, as well as the safety of others who may be affected by your actions at work
- Must be detailed-oriented and able to effectively prioritize and organize workload, with efficient time management
- Ability to communicate and interact effectively in verbal written and presentation formats
- Must possess the fundamental technical and administrative skills required to perform the job duties
- Must be customer focused and quality driven
- Ability to travel, up to 50%
- A valid driver's license and reliable driving record are required
Preferred Requirements & Qualifications:
- 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.
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.canada@intertek.com
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Please apply online at Intertek Canada Careers (oraclecloud.com)
*Intertek does not accept unsolicited approaches from agencies and will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume.
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