Certification Scientist

Industry Regulator seeks an experienced Certification Scientist.

**About the role**:
The main purpose of the Certification Scientist is to plan, co-ordinate and carry out assessments of construction products and systems. You will be managing multiple projects where you will be expected to prepare contract offers and estimates for the assessmentof various types of construction products and systems, including coatings, waterproofing materials and roofing. The job holder will be required to research and investigate aspects of construction product performance, work as part of a team contributing toteam and individual targets and objectives and regularly converse with clients ensuring you maintain good quality and standards at all times.

**Duties may include**:

- Prepare contract offers for assessments, ensuring that they are proportionate and realistic for the work to be done and that they are delivered within agreed timescales.
- Plan allocated assessments and produce, maintain and update detailed work programmes.
- Draft Certificates and Reports, seek and take due regard of comments thereon and arrange production of documents for publication.
- Research and investigate aspects of construction product performance as required.
- Assess the fitness for purpose of construction products within contract periods and price estimates.
- Co-ordinate all work and activities involved in assessments, including sub-contracting work, e.g. testing and inspection of production.
- Ensure that satisfactory information and data is available for the timely progress and completion of assessments.
- Carry out Certificate maintenance tasks, such as assessment of factory surveillance reports, as required.
- Monitor progress on allocated work and adjust priorities as required.

**Skills and experience**:

- Membership of a relevant technical/professional body such as the Institute of Mineral, Mines and Materials or Royal Society of Chemistry.
- Good knowledge of construction products, ideally coatings, waterproofing and roofing Building Regulations and relevant standards.
- Strong technical background with an understanding & analysis of technical matters.
- Strong planning, organisational and scheduling.
- Analytical report writing skills.