Certification Project Manager
BRE is looking for a Certification Project Manager to join their Fire Detection and Testing / Electronic Security team. This customer-facing role involves managing product approval projects from initial enquiry through to final sign-off, working closely with various stakeholders to ensure compliance with testing and certification requirements.
Responsibilities
- Manage product approval projects from initial enquiry through to final project sign-off
- Scope new projects and prepare quotations for customers
- Review customer technical product documentation and identify any gaps or issues
- Compile and verify test programmes and technical approval files
- Review test reports from internal laboratories
- Support customers in understanding what is needed to demonstrate compliance
- Help resolve type approval, testing or process issues
- Liaise with internal departments, customers, approval agencies and accreditation bodies
- Keep clients updated on project progress and next steps
- Support delivery in line with LPCB schemes, Construction Products Regulation requirements and internal processes
Skills
- Manage product approval projects from initial enquiry through to final project sign-off
- Scope new projects and prepare quotations for customers
- Review customer technical product documentation and identify any gaps or issues
- Compile and verify test programmes and technical approval files
- Review test reports from internal laboratories
- Support customers in understanding what is needed to demonstrate compliance
- Help resolve type approval, testing or process issues
- Liaise with internal departments, customers, approval agencies and accreditation bodies
- Keep clients updated on project progress and next steps
- Support delivery in line with LPCB schemes, Construction Products Regulation requirements and internal processes
- Bring a mix of technical understanding, project coordination, customer communication and attention to detail
- Experience in product approvals, certification, compliance or technical project management
- Experience in fire detection, fire testing, electronic security, life safety systems, construction products or product testing
- Experience in technical documentation review, test reports, technical files or approval files
- Experience working with laboratories, certification bodies, approval schemes or regulated technical processes
- Experience managing multiple customer-facing projects or technical workstreams
- Experience supporting customers, suppliers or internal teams to resolve technical or compliance issues
- Enjoy working with technical information and evidence
- Have strong attention to detail
- Can manage multiple projects, customers or priorities at the same time
- Communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Are comfortable asking questions, clarifying requirements and challenging incomplete information
- Can balance customer support with the need to maintain standards and compliance
- Are organised, proactive and able to keep projects moving
- Electronics qualification or electronics background
- Electronics engineering background, apprenticeship, BTEC or similar technical foundation
Benefits
- Pension scheme with 5% employer-matched contribution.
- Life assurance at 4x your basic salary.
- Enhanced maternity package.
- HealthPartners cashback scheme, allowing you to reclaim costs on prescriptions, physiotherapy, dental care and more.
- Onsite restaurant, nursery and free parking at BRE Science Park.
- At-cost EV charging points.
- Free access to BRE Academy and our online learning platform.
- Professional membership reimbursement.
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