Head of Engineering

2 weeks ago

Waterlooville, United Kingdom Rentokil Initial Full time

  • To own the electrical, electronic and regulatory scope for all hardware projects.
  • To support the RI portfolio of products in- field and products under development as part of the NPD team.
  • To work with suppliers to ensure that electrical, electronic and regulatory aspects of projects are executed correctly, providing a solid foundation for on-going product production.
  • To lead the Product Validation team to ensure capabilities and resources exist to support the business.
  • To lead the Regulatory team to ensure expertise and support are available to provide confidence that RI Products are safe and legally compliant.
  • To lead the In Life Product Engineering Solutions team to ensure support, expert knowledge and resources exist to enable products to be supported throughout their life span from cradle to grave.
  • Responsible for managing product development projects to completion, through close collaboration with multiple functions across the global Hygiene & Pest Control businesses.
  • Manage Team of 17 technical and managerial colleagues.


What you need to succeed:


  • Expertise in electronics manufacturing and product design
  • Previous relevant experience within a mechanical/electrical/electronics and/or regulatory environment
  • A minimum of a good honours degree in an electrical or electronic engineering or similar discipline
  • Experience in bringing electronic products to production with high quality expectations.
  • Knowledge of RF devices and protocols.
  • Knowledge of regulatory affairs at a regional or international level
  • Knowledge of Household Equipment regulatory approval requirements for Global Markets essential.
  • Knowledge of CB/CE/cULus, FCC, RCM, UKAS, KCC, NOM, INMetro, BSMI, HACCP.
  • Experience of working with or within a Validation and Test environment and able to apply and recommend test strategies to ensure an understanding of a products expected lifetime within the field is understood prior to product release.
  • Previous experience supporting launched products and managing product improvements, cost down initiatives and product maintenance.
  • Strong leadership skills. Able to lead a technical project team.
  • Able to manage and deliver a complex project portfolio whilst also identifying opportunities for further simplification, standardisation and cost optimization.
  • Good analytical problem solving skills with ability to generate and interpret technical data, provide conclusions and recommendations for follow up action accordingly.
  • Working knowledge of Schematic capture, layout and gerber editing software an advantage.

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