Associate Engineer - Product Material Compliance

Associate Engineer - Reliability

Job Summary
The Engineer, Product Material Compliance will be responsible for analyzing Vertiv’s products for compliance with material regulations (including RoHS, REACH, TSCA, PoP’s, PFAS and others) and customer requirements.    

The Material Compliance Engineer contributes to a range of responsibilities, including evaluating compliance for new products; recertification of existing products; evaluating the impact of regulations and customer requests; analyzing compliance and process related data and making recommendations; and executing projects to develop and improve related processes.  This individual will also collaborate with the procurement and engineering teams to improve the data in Vertiv’s systems and the data collected from Vertiv’s suppliers.  This role may also support other compliance, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), and engineering activities.

Responsibilities:

• Utilize the material compliance processes within Vertiv product development (VPD) to ensure that products are compliant and product introduction schedules are met.
• Assist in driving improvement in the process of gathering and managing material compliance data between Vertiv’s product development system and its 3rd party compliance outreach provider.
• Develop and maintain subject matter expertise on material compliance regulations and best practices.
• Assist in improving the Product Material Compliance Team’s processes and protocols to improve efficiency and quality.
• Manage data entry into the environmental compliance database on a daily basis.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in chemical engineering, materials engineering, or related discipline required.
• Chemical, Environmental Engineering, Materials Science or Chemistry B.S.
• Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience.
• MS Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
• Bill of Material management systems (ex. Oracle PD, Agile, TeamCenter)
• Must have experience working with electronics hardware, components, assemblies.
• Must have experience with product compliance databases.      Previous experience with PLM and Assent Manager is a plus.
• Preferred minimum 3-5 years of experience with product material compliance programs such as REACH, RoHS, CA Prop 65 or similar.
• Demonstrated experience with project/program management
• English, fluent written and spoken
• Strong analytical skills; should have the ability to evaluate, analyze and present data
• Empathetic collaborator whose style builds commitment and engagement.
• Intellectual curiosity about determining root causes to solve complex problems.  
• Self-motivated, driven individual who is comfortable working in a global, matrixed, fast-paced environment
• Continuously looks for improvements, owns/acts on problems, takes intelligent risks, and seeks opportunities to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
• Clearly exchanges thoughts, ideas and messages through written, verbal and non-verbal methods that promote an understanding with the target audience. Creates accurate and punctual reports, shares information and ideas with others in a timely manner. Listens carefully and attentively.

  

The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities. 

OUR CORE PRINCIPALS:  Safety.  Integrity.  Respect.  Teamwork.  Diversity & Inclusion.

OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES

•  Customer Focus

•  Operational Excellence

•  High-Performance Culture

•  Innovation

•  Financial Strength

OUR BEHAVIORS

•  Own It

•  Act With Urgency

•  Foster a Customer-First Mindset

•  Think Big and Execute

•  Lead by Example

•  Drive Continuous Improvement

•  Learn and Seek Out Development

Experience Level

Mid Level