Principal Technical Lead

1 month ago

Cleveland, United Kingdom CSA Group Full time

Employment Status:
Regular

Time Type:
Full time

BUILDING A WORLD CLASS TEAM STARTS WITH YOU

At the heart of CSA Group is a vision: making the world a better, safer, more sustainable place. It's been part of our mission for nearly one hundred years: from the first engineering standard for railway bridges developed in 1919, to more than 3,500 standards, codes & related products today.

Headquartered in Canada, with a global footprint of more than 30 labs and offices across Europe, Asia and North America, CSA Group tests, inspects and certifies a wide range of products - from every day househould items to leading edge technology-to meet exacting requirements for safety, performance and environmental impact.

Our employees take pride in making a difference in people's lives through the work that we do. We're looking for people like you to help make it happen.

Job Summary:
Responsible for providing technical leadership and consistency in an assigned product and/or standards area among all CSA certification offices and network members, internationally. Responsible to ensure and document that technical staff have the appropriate qualifications and training to consistently provide certification work of high quality in a particular product/standard area (including lab). Responsible for developing and launching new certification programs for CSA Group. Participates in development of national and/or international standards. International travel will be required.
- Acts as the trusted advisor and primary technical resource for an assigned product/standards area. Provides technical direction and support to staff engaged in certification work. Resolves technical issues and provides interpretation of technical requirements within the assigned area of responsibility. Reviews, assesses and audits staff engaged in certification work to ensure technical consistency across the organization and the network members. Works with Technical Manager in the development of technical requirements and programs for certification. Assists the Legal and Product Safety & Compliance teams in the resolution of issues arising out of Product Incidents Reports (PIR). Develops interim certification requirements (ORDs) and prepares Notices, Informs and Technotes, and other documentation to support the certification process. Works with the Technical Manager and Operations Managers to assess the technical competence of certification staff in the CSA offices, Network Members and subcontracted independent testing facilities within the assigned product/standards area.
- Develops training materials, and may deliver and/or arrange for training of technical staff in the assigned product / standard area under the direction of, and in support of, Operations and Technical Training. Delivers training and technical seminars to customers and Network Members engaged in certification work. Documents the training appropriately in employee training records. Supports the Senior Manager, Technical Training in the development and maintenance of the CSA Learning Management System.
- Participates, under the direction of the Technical Manager, in Canadian, US, binational, trinational and international standards development work. Proactively communicates to certification management and staff the new and revised requirements resulting from the standards development work and any implications the changes might have on current work processes and lab equipment requirements.
- Works with the quality assurance representative to perform technical and system audits of CSA offices, Network Members and subcontracted independent testing facilities. Reviews laboratory qualification assessment documents.
- Performs certification work appropriate to own qualifications and experience. Provides support to the Client Service Centre staff by answering technical inquiries.
- Develops innovative new programs to integrate new features or complex features in products. Assists and supports Commercial, Standards & Operations where required expertise and innovative solutions are created in order to address complex program requirements, such as multi-disciplinary technologies or products that are not addressed by currently published requirements.
- Leads CSA Group’s Technical Networks, which is comprised of key certifiers, certification specialists, technical managers and fellow technical advisors. With a primary goal of advancing the technical knowledge and technical depth of CSA’s certifiers globally, resulting in global technical consistency
- Provides answers in a timely manner and fosters open technical discussions in CSA’s internal Technical Forums.
- CSA Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on any grounds stipulated by applicable laws. We are an organization where opportunities are based on skills and abilities, and differences are respected and valued. Please contact

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