Engineer - Life Safety & Security

Engineer-Life Safety & Security - Arlington Heights, Illinois

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the world's top-recognized brands and companies, is actively seeking an Engineer-Life Safety & Security to join ourElectrical Safetyteam in Arlington Heights, Illinois.

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.

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

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

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

What are we looking for?

The Engineer-Life Safety & Security is responsible for performing electrical testing and evaluation on a variety of products to the provisions of U.S., Canadian and other International product safety standards; writing reports; and communicating with clients.

This position has the potential for 15% travel.

Salary & Benefits Information

The base wage or salary range for this position is $70,000-$80,000.

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, when working with Intertek you can expect benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, 401(k) with company match, generous vacation / sick time (PTO), tuition reimbursement and more.

What you'll do:



* Under the guidance of a more senior engineer, conduct on and off site evaluation of products to determine compliance with applicable standard(s).


* 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.


* Under scope of the project, identify and locate test instruments and equipment required for testing.


* Follow established test plan.


* Set up and operate EUT; perform and document simple repairs on EUT as needed.


* Conduct thorough construction review;...