Job Description

UL Solutions has been an expert in Fire Safety for over 100 years and our Built Environment Lab in Telford provides safety testing and certification services for major customers all across the EMEA region.

We are now looking for a Laboratory Engineer who will support our Fenestration (Windows, Doors, Curtain Walls) and Hardware laboratory team.

The Laboratory Engineer role is split between project handling / management and hands-on testing on specific projects. Primarily, you'll be working directly with the customer to oversee their projects, communicating with them from the start of the enquiry, through to setup and operation. Often you will serve as a technical expert and a project lead for projects, whilst also being responsible for testing, following complex defined test plans and data sheets, then evaluating, explaining, and completing the test reports for intricate customer samples.

Responsibilities

• Follows complex defined test plans and datasheets with necessary supervision / support.
• Evaluates test performance and sample operation to properly evaluate test results.
• Records and explains test results and completes test report.
• Serves as technical expert and project lead for simple test programs as assigned with the necessary assistance.
• Communicates project status and results as needed.
• Holds responsibility for defining test plan, report completion and accuracy, meeting of agreed deadlines, and managing project related activities.
• Examines complex customer samples and supports laboratory team in executing appropriate tests for each case.
• Communicates with customers during setup and operation to ensure proper evaluation.
• Updates Project system and any other relevant portals.
• Understands specific test standards and product technology for scope of responsibility.
• Directs, builds and / or adapts advanced test setups and equipment for assigned work, based on test plans and instructions from engineering.
• May operate and maintain complex test equipment appropriately to measure and test customer samples.
• May perform complex maintenance on designated test equipment and laboratory area.
• May perform complex verifications and calibration of test and test equipment.
• Integrates basic continuous improvement concepts and techniques for both process and equipment.
• Communicates with management and technical staff to provide suggestions for new equipment, processes, and forms to improve accuracy and efficiencies.
• Reads and follows the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct and follows all physical and digital security practices.

Qualifications

About Us

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE : ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

About the Team

Our buildings don’t just shape our skylines — they provide the backdrop to our lives. And knowing they’re safe matters. We’ve been helping to create safer structures since 1894, bringing together more than a century of expertise with innovative new technologies to make sure both people and property are secure. As more people have to deal with extreme weather, we’re on hand to test products and building materials to increasingly rigorous standards. Whether we’re simulating tornadoes or testing smoke alarms, the work we do on our team is used in buildings around the world to — quite literally — help save lives. Join our team and build your skills, build innovative solutions and help build a safer world.

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