Technical Lead - Energy, Lake Forest, CA

Technical Lead – Energy

Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety solutions to many of the top recognized brands and companies is actively seeking a Technical Lead – Energy, to join our Electrical team in Lake Forest, CA. This is a fantastic opportunity to grow a versatile career in facilitating international trade and regulatory product testing. 

Intertek's Electrical team provides assurance, testing, inspection and certification for a variety of electric products, including appliances, consumer electronics, lighting, medical devices, information communications technology, HVACR, industrial, and energy transmission and distribution. Our dedicated professionals help ensure the quality, safety, and sustainability of electrical products used by people throughout the world.

The Technical Lead – Energy position is responsible to provide Business Line and Regional Management with technical assessment of engineering skills and performance levels.  Responsibilities will include but are not limited to assessing training of the technical staff, development of training programs, provide ongoing support and guidance on technical issues and standard interpretations.

Salary & Benefits Information

The base wage or salary range for this position is $120K - $175K. 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:

• Provide regional management with technical assessment of engineering skills and performance levels.
• Responsible for assessing training of the technical staff and development of new training programs.
• Responsible for providing technical expertise to personnel and operations at the regional level for recommending and managing capital expenditure projects. 
• Provide on-going support and guidance on technical issues, test procedures, and standards interpretations.
• Demonstrate high-level expertise for product and/or standards and take on role as Subject Matter Expert (SME) for the Energy product group. 
• Provide thought leadership across the sector, including development of webinars, white papers, attendance and participation at industry events.  
• Support continuous improvement by leading efforts for new services offerings in response to emerging industry needs and standards. 
• Provides quotes for a large array of standards and complex projects and products.
• Develop and communicate test procedures.
• Represent Intertek on technical committees, code panels and/or associations.
• Support accreditations activities such as audit follow-up and corrective actions.  Investigate technical complaints.  Audit and qualify sites for special Intertek programs.
• Provide complex sales support such as giving presentations during client visits.
• Provide on-going support to clients as needed.
• Within policy guidelines, identify, properly document, and recommend engineering judgments.
• Recommend and prepare capital expenditure requests and manage capital projects.
• Mentor less senior technical staff.
• Perform other work as required.

This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties. Please refer to the physical job requirements questionnaire for detailed physical requirements.

Minimum Qualifications & Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering.
• 10+ years directly related experience; including experience in the testing and certification of products within the business line the position supports
• Advanced experience with i U.S., Canadian, and other international product safety standards (i.e.: ANSI, CSA, UL, EN, IEC)
• Demonstrated experience in standards such as (but not limited to) UL 9540, UL 1741, IEEE 1547, UL 2200, UL 991, etc.  
• Ability to make technical decisions and engineering judgments independently where limited standardization exists.
• Proven track record in managing complex engineering projects and leading cross-functional teams. 
• Ability to deal with a variety of abstract and concrete variables.
• Must be self-motivated wi