Product Safety and Compliance Engineer III - Senior

Graco manufactures and markets premium equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray a wide variety of fluid and powder materials. What does that mean? Well, we pump peanut butter into your jar, and the oil in your car. We glue the soles of your shoes, the glass in your windows and the screen on your phone. We spray the finish on your vehicle, coatings on your pills, the paint on your house and texture on your walls. Graco is part of your daily life.

Graco’s Industrial Division is a fast-paced, high-performing, and growing business, with global operations and hundreds of millions of dollars in annual sales. Our equipment helps solve some of the world’s most complex manufacturing challenges. Graco technology is used by automotive companies to achieve the highest quality paint finishes; electronics manufacturers rely on our solutions to manage heat inside 5G equipment and gaming consoles; battery producers use our technology to get the extra mile out of electric vehicles; and Graco enables solar panel manufacturers to increase efficiency while reducing footprint, just to name a few applications. Many of our end user customers are household names that are synonymous with technology thought leadership.  Graco’s Industrial Team is built for performance, innovation and service within these markets, with Leading Technology and Proven Quality.

Job Purpose

Administer a corporate program of product compliance and assist internal customers in ensuring that Graco products comply with worldwide product safety and compliance regulations. Provide internal education and training necessary to prevent accidents and promote the safe design and use of Graco products. Support the corporate legal department by providing a narrow range of technical consultation in product liability defense cases.

Essential Duties

• Support design engineering in identifying and addressing safety concerns.
• Review and approve safety plans and release-for-sale documentation for new products.
• Review and approve instruction manuals, warning labels and other product safety documentation.
• Consult with and advise design engineering on relevant and appropriate standards for certification. 
• Support design engineering in acquiring product approvals.
• Review agency quotations for product certifications and negotiate with agencies as necessary regarding scope of work and costs.
• Interface between design engineering and the agency as necessary.
• Support design engineering in maintaining product certifications and correcting non-compliance findings of regulatory and approval agency inspections.
• Support design engineering in developing product compliance strategies.
• Develop corporate procedures related to product safety and compliance and assist in their implementation.
• Monitor new and revised worldwide product compliance regulations and provide guidance to design engineering on how these regulations apply to Graco products.
• Contribute to internal library of current US and International standards and regulations.
• Represent the corporation in trade organizations and participate in technical standards development committees.
• Provide technical consultation for a narrow range of Graco products in product liability defense, including product incident investigation and equipment identification.
• Provide general product safety and compliance guidance and training to Graco employees.
• Manage product incident reports from start to finish.
• Other duties as required.

Position Requirements

Education/Certifications

• BS degree in engineering required. EE degree preferred.
• Registration as a Professional Engineer is desirable, but not required.

Experience

• Minimum of 6 years of product development or safety engineer experience.
• Consistent highly effective performance at grade 7.
• Demonstrated successful results through project management skills and output of highly accurate work.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams involving multiple corporate stakeholders.
• Experience with product incident investigations
• Highly competent in interpreting product regulations and providing guidance to design engineering.
• History of creating and successfully implementing product regulatory processes and procedures.
• Experience in interfacing with product approval agencies (i.e. UL, Intertek, CSA)

Knowledge

• Strong engineering/technical aptitude.
• Familiar with industrial product safety standards, European Directives and worldwide product regulations.
• Basic knowledge of product liability claims and defenses.

Skills/Competencies

• Results driven with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and appropriately manage priorities to meet specified deadlines.
• Self-motivated, detail oriented and comfortable working in a team environment.
• Ability to accept guidance and mentoring; strong ability to teach others.
• Advanced problem solving and significant decision making abilities; with the ability to convey information to others to enable their own decision making.
• Ability to make and present difficult or unpopular decisions, including decisions where the solution and circumstances are not clear-cut.
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced professional office environment.
• Strong ability to understand and interpret detailed documents and drawings.
• Strong computer skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, web browsers).
• Creative thinker, ability to develop practical and sustainable processes to enable sales of safe products in the United States and around the world.
• Ethical, honest and willing to do the right thing.

Desirable:

• Experience with EMC and hazardous location approvals
• Occasional travel required

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At Graco, the Power to Be means providing the support, resources and freedom to pave your own way. Bring your unique attributes to the table, along with a commitment to being your best self, and you can be a part of a culture that rewards effort, celebrates uniqueness, and gives you the tools you need to succeed and become your best, fullest self along the way. Our culture empowers employees to chart their own career path. Our managers provide support and opportunities while offering freedom for employees to find their own Power to Be. Whether you decide to move up within the same department or expand to another cross-functional group, you will gain the well-rounded experience to succeed on your own terms.

Graco has excellent opportunities available to individuals who want to be part of a fast-moving, growing company that is committed to quality, innovation and solving fluid handling problems for our customers. Graco is proud to be named a Best Place to Work by Fortune Magazine in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021 & 2022. Graco offers attractive compensation, benefits and career development opportunities. Graco’s comprehensive benefits include medical, dental, stock purchase plan, 401(k), tuition reimbursement and more.

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