Project Engineer, Life Safety and Security

Project Engineer - Life Safety and Security

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the top recognized brands and companies is actively seeking a Project Engineer, Life Safety and Security to join our Electrical team in Arlington Heights, IL.

This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in facilitating international trade and regulatory product testing.

Intertek's Electrical business line applies more than 100 years of product testing expertise to quickly and efficiently help clients meet safety, performance, environmental and quality requirements for every market.

Spanning a wide range of industries such as Medical, Lighting, Renewable Energy, HVACR, Appliances & Electronics, Hazardous Locations, Industrial Equipment, Life Safety & Security, IT & Telecom Equipment, Intertek's global network of laboratories employ world-class experts in their fields who deliver quality, accurate testing and certification that continually exceeds our clients' expectations and helps to clear a path for their product's success.

We go beyond Testing, Inspection and Certification of products: we are a Total Quality Assurance Provider to industries worldwide.

Intertek is continually innovating and evolving to reduce risk for consumers, brands, and organizations in every sector around the world.

Our purpose: Bringing quality, safety, and sustainability to life.

What are we looking for?

This Project Engineer position is responsible for performing testing and evaluation on a variety of Life Safety and Security products to determine compliance with applicable US, Canadian and other International product safety standards (Typical standards UL 864, UL 985, UL 1023, UL 294, UL 1638, UL 464, UL 2524, UL 2525, UL 1069, UL 2560, UL 2017 etc); writing reports; and communicating with clients, creating evaluation reports and test plans, conducting and/or witnessing testing, resolving technical and/or administrative issues.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

Salary & Benefits Information

The salary for this position is $70K - $80K.

Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related reasons.

In addition to competitive compensation packages, Intertek employees are eligible for a variety of benefits including paid holidays.

When working with Intertek, you can expect a benefit package competitively placed within the local market, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more.

What you'll do:


* Read and determine applicability of national codes and standards clauses for the EUT (equipment under test);


* Read and understand schematics and manufacturing instructions.


* Validate the project scope and sample applicability.


* Follow sample handling procedures, ensuring that sample is ...