Technical Compliance Manager

Location: Lancashire
Salary: Competitive, depending on experience
Hours: Full-time

Our client is a well-established UK manufacturer specialising in innovative life safety products. With a strong reputation for engineering excellence, they design and manufacture market-leading solutions that protect people and property across the UK and internationally. Due to continued growth, they are looking to appoint an experienced Compliance Manager to join their Research & Development team.

This is a senior technical leadership role responsible for managing all product compliance, approvals and certification activities across a portfolio of regulated electronic products. Working closely with the R&D team, you will ensure products meet UK and international regulatory standards, oversee internal verification and EMC testing, and manage relationships with external certification bodies.

Alongside your technical responsibilities, you will lead a specialist compliance team, providing guidance, support and direction to ensure projects are delivered efficiently and compliantly.

• Lead all product approval, certification and re-certification activities.
• Act as the technical expert for compliance with EN54 fire detection and alarm standards.
• Manage in-house verification and EMC testing before external certification or product release.
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of compliance and verification engineers.
• Coordinate testing and approvals with third-party certification bodies.
• Ensure compliance with UKCA, CE, CPR, EMC, LVD and RED regulations.
• Maintain technical documentation including Declarations of Conformity, Declarations of Performance and Technical Construction Files.
• Monitor changes to legislation and industry standards, advising the business on any impacts.
• Support continuous improvement across compliance processes and product development.

We're looking for an experienced engineering professional with a strong background in compliance and product certification within a regulated electronics environment.

Essential Experience & Skills

• Significant experience in product compliance, approvals or certification.
• Strong knowledge of EN54 standards and third-party approval processes.
• Experience carrying out EMC and verification testing.
• Excellent understanding of UKCA, CE, CPR, EMC, LVD and RED requirements.
• Previous people management or team leadership experience.
• Degree (or equivalent qualification) in Engineering or a related discipline.

Desirable Experience

• Electronics Engineering background.
• Experience working with certification bodies such as BSI, LPCB, VdS or UL.
• Hands-on experience using EMC or environmental test facilities.
• Knowledge of international product approvals.
• Experience with ISO 9001 or Factory Production Control (FPC).
• Background in fire detection, security systems, audio or other safety-critical electronic products.

• Competitive salary (DOE).
• 6.8 weeks annual leave including bank holidays and factory shutdown.
• Company pension scheme.
• Healthcare cash plan.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Death in service benefit.
• Free on-site parking.
• Long-term career opportunities within a stable, engineering-led UK manufacturer.
• Modern R&D facilities and the opportunity to work on innovative life-safety technology.

This role will involve occasional UK and international travel to support product testing, certification and approval activities. It is a hands-on technical leadership position suited to someone with extensive experience of regulated electronic hardware products and product compliance.