Product Compliance Specialist

We’re looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success – and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

The Product Compliance Specialist is responsible for developing and driving the company’s policies, procedures, and processes that ensure nVent’s products are, and remain, compliant to the relevant international, federal, and state environmental regulations and directives such as RoHS, REACH, TSCA, Prop 65, etc. as well as ensuring products are developed in a way that promotes the company’s sustainability goals and objectives.

WHAT YOU WILL EXPERIENCE IN THIS POSITION:

• Create/maintain procedures/processes that continuously improve nVent’ s compliance and sustainability program

• Oversee external partner’s collection of compliance and sustainability information from nVent suppliers of raw materials parts, and private labeled products

• Ensure environmental compliance and design for sustainability (DFS) is integrated and delivered in our New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Change Management processes

• Provide and maintain compliance and sustainability status at part level in nVent data systems such as ERP, PLM, product syndication database, and monitor systems for data integrity and quality

• Create and maintain nVent’ s Product Compliance Declarations and ensure they are available to customers on nVent websites and in nVent’s distributor sites

• Facilitate annual Conflict Minerals campaign, and other regulation reporting schemes such as CBAM, EUDR, CSRD, ISSB, etc.

• Build and maintain system level Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) that enable understanding, & optimization of environmental impacts across all stages of a product’s life cycle ensuring ISO compliance and customer/regulatory transparency

• Lead the conversion of LCAs into Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) where needed

• Develop and deliver product compliance and sustainability training where needed

YOU HAVE:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, chemistry, engineering, or other applicable related degree with 3 years of related experience is preferred ; an Associates Degree in applicable related field along with 5 years of related experience may be considered

• Working knowledge of most relevant international, federal, and state environmental regulations and directives (e.g., REACH, RoHS, TSCA, Prop 65, WEEE, CBAM)

• Experience with product information business systems including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Microsoft Office and Teams

• Firm understanding of international, federal, and state directives and regulation landscape with knowledge of future requirements and ability to interpret, analyze and communicate business impacts

• 3-5 years’ experience in manufacturing value stream engineering, product manufacturing or product design is a plus

• Experience in life cycle assessment modeling in software such as SimaPro or similar tool is a plus

• Experience with the International Uniform Chemical Information database (IUCLID) and EU Taxonomy is a plus

• Familiarity and experience with product compliance and sustainability within industrial manufacturing preferred

• Highly organized and skilled in data management and analysis tools including LCA software such as SimaPro

• Well-developed problem solving, systems thinking, quantitative, and detail oriented critical thinking skills

• Ability to build & maintain effective cross-functional relationships and collaboration internally & externally

• Continuous learner willing to take on additional challenges

WE HAVE:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the