Career Opportunities
About the Role
UKTC is expanding the scope of it's service provision. As part of this expansion, UKTC is
building a Technical Services business unit that will offer a variety of professional services to
it's existing customer base.
As a Senior Product Conformity Officer within the Technical Services division, you will prepare
engineering reports including, but not limited to, Classification Reports in accordance with BS
EN 13501-2 and Extended Field of Application (ExAp) Reports to BS EN 15269-1.
You will also play a pivotal role in shaping board-level decisions by actively contributing to
the organization's strategic vision. This will include a particular focus on defining the future
role of the Technical Services business unit and its seamless integration with other key
business divisions such as Testing and Certification.
Specification
Roles and Responsibilities
Judge the relevance and impact of primary and secondary fire and smoke leakage test data used to support classification, ExAp's and conformity assessment
Liaise with customers to understand and define their requirements and coordinate testing programmes with the relevant testing departments and/ or suppliers.
Witness test carried out by external suppliers to ensure compliance with the relevant standard or technical specification.
Continuously develop state-of-the-art knowledge in National, European and International Standards and Specifications relating to fire safety.
Lead and contribute to the development of standards, and to represent the company, as appropriate, on nominated standards, trade associations and on other public platforms where required.
Essential Knowledge/ Skills/ Experience
At least 6 years experience designing, testing, inspecting or certifying fire doors or other passive fire products.
BSc qualification or equivalent (scientific/ engineering discipline).
Demonstrable experience of standards BS EN 1634-1, BS EN 1634-3 and BS EN 13501-2
Able to read and understand technical drawings.
Proficient in MS Office, particularly, Word and Excel.
Can prioritise and reach decisions quickly and effectively.
Essential Personal Attributes
High level of written/ oral communications skills (customer liaison).
Detail conscious, high awareness of the importance of getting the facts right.
Enjoys evidence-based evaluation and measurement.
A self-starter who can take initiative.
Results orientated and able to measure and articulate what success looks like.