Product Assessor

Overview:
Element has an opportunity for a
**Product Assessor** to join our growing team. This is a great opportunity to develop your Certification career within a Global Testing, Inspection and Certification business.

**Responsibilities**:

- Prepare robust technical engineering reports in relation to passive fire protection product sectors within your competency. Be able to judge the relevance and impact of primary and secondary supporting fire and non-fire data in order to provide advice based on customer needs and produce technical assessment and classification reports, European Technical Assessments, third-party
- Certification for fire safety products and constructions
- Plan test programmes in liaison with clients and the relevant testing departments
- Continuously develop knowledge in National, European and International Standards and Specifications relating to fire safety, and in specialist product areas
- Lead and contribute to the development of standards, and to represent the company, as appropriate, on nominated standards, sector group and trade association committees and on other public platforms where required
- Assisting in the development of the department - positively contribute ideas and provide sounding-board for new initiatives
- Work with manager, colleagues and team to increase knowledge of role and standards and the service provided by all; put effort into improving technical and decision-making skills for self and the team
- Suitably project manage enquiries from enquiry through to delivery of the scope of works. Manage customer expectations and ensure high levels of customer care

Skills / Qualifications:

- Educated to Degree level standard or higher, ideally with an engineering degree or relevant industry experience
- Further professional qualification in structural engineering and / or fire science is preferred
- Experience of working with advanced features of MS Office or coding packages (e.g. formulas, tables, advanced formatting, VBA, macros) is preferred, but not essential
- Able to read and understand technical drawings, design codes and product standards
- Exposure within any fire industry, building materials, materials science, product installation, engineering, construction, product certification, fire-related product development or a similar technical industry would be advantageous
- Ability to handle a varied workload in a busy environment
- Respond positively to change
- Keen interest in all aspects of fire safety
- Able to prioritise and reach decisions quickly and effectively
- Strong written and verbal communication skills

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Company Overview:
Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 7,500 brilliant minds operating from 200 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

Diversity Statement:
At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.