Product Safety Regulatory Compliance Principal Engineer

Johnson Controls has an exciting Global Product Safety Compliance Principal Engineer opportunity within the Global Products organization. This role involves leading Safety and Regulatory Compliance projects, partnering with various departments to ensure compliance programs are effectively implemented and maintained.

Responsibilities:

• Manage complex product safety and regulatory code projects and risk assessments
• Serve as an expert regulatory compliance advisor and Subject Matter Expert on key strategic and critical compliance issues
• Provide compliance expertise and global compliance perspective in the development of risk mitigation strategies
• Understand product and process risk profiles, proactively identify and prioritize risks. Partner with stakeholders to escalate critical risks to the appropriate level of management
• Partners with Supplier Quality leadership to provide compliance oversight and execute compliance programs to ensure compliance with all voluntary, regulatory and statutory standards
• Execute follow ups to audits, significant regulatory inspections, and regulatory actions. Partner with stakeholders to drive effective, sustainable action against associated action plans
• Maintain knowledge and application of the product safety regulations, standards, requirements and certifications that apply to Johnson Controls products
• Partner with other areas to identify critical areas for improvements in the product to assure continuous improvement

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering or equivalent technical discipline
• Demonstrated experience in developing strategy for Product Safety and Regulatory Code Compliance
• Demonstrated leadership and mentoring skills
• Demonstrated high level Project Management skills
• A minimum of 12 years' with experience in Product safety regulatory compliance
• Demonstrated track record of achieving successful compliance outcomes, remediating compliance issues, and supporting regulatory inspections
• Change maker with bias for positive action
• Flexible and agile; able to adjust to changing circumstances and business demands
• Prior experience leading various aspects of Safety Regulatory and Compliance globally
• Skills to work well and solve field issues with Certification regulators, field inspectors, etc
• Ability to build partnerships, handle complex situations, mediate issues and build consensus and impact outcomes without always having line authority
• Strong analytical skills and experience implementing risk-based oversight programs
• Strong executive communication and presentation skills
• Ability to balance technical understanding of products and processes with compliance perspective and business acumen
• Ability to navigate in a dynamic global organization and building strong partnerships with key stakeholders across multiple multi-national geographies
• Balanced contribution of listening, technical, analytical skills, and problem interpretation into technical product requirements
• Demonstrate strategic agility when faced with difficult situations when no near-term clear path is ideal. Keeping focus on long-term goals of platform
• Travel may be required up to 20%, typically North (possibly some future international travel)
• Knowledge of UL/CSA/IEC 60335 is preferred, but not required
• Knowledge of 8D, FMEA process is helpful but not required