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.
Company Overview
BRE delivers innovative and rigorous products, services, standards and qualifications which are used around the globe to make buildings better for people and for the environment. It was founded in 1921, and is headquartered in Watford, Hertford, GBR, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://bregroup.com/.