Certification and Laboratory Engineer (Electrical

ELECTRICAL MANUFACTURING

Certification & Laboratory Engineer
R&D

The Area

The Client is a leader in outdoor lighting world-wide whose mission is to provide cost-effective lighting solutions for safe, comfortable, and sustainable environments. The Certification & Laboratory Engineer position will form part of the Research and Development (R&D), based at Head Office in Olifantsfontein.

Job Purpose

Responsible for ensuring that all products comply with the requirements of national and international standards. To plan, direct and coordinate the testing of luminaires to ensure maintained compliance with relevant standards. This specifically includes the testing of luminaires used in explosive atmospheres.

Content of the mission

• Product Certification - SABS and CERTEX

Ensure that all new and existing models of products are tested by an accredited test laboratory and that products comply with the requirements of the relevant standards. Retention and maintenance of product certification test records and capturing them on the CLIENT- CLIENT intranet system.

Liaise with the SABS Certification Department and CERTEX regarding the sampling and testing of post-permit samples and the carrying out of external post-permit audits.

• Testing of luminaires to specific permit conditions - SABS and CERTEX

Ensure that luminaires are tested internally in accordance with the requirements of specific permit conditions (SABS and CERTEX certification) to verify compliance with the requirements of relevant specifications.

Liaison with CERTEX with regards to change to design in Ex luminaires as defined in the type test report, ensure updating of the quality system and maintaining a system for categorizing updates, authorizing of initial approval and changes to relevant drawings, registering and control of drawings, authorizing of concessions, informing clients of any applicable special conditions for safe use and any schedules of limitations of luminaires used in explosive atmospheres. Responsible to ensure that all the necessary documentation accompanies the delivery note (IA Certificate, CERTEX certificate, CLIENT- CLIENT certificate with luminaire serial numbers, luminaire drawing). Ensure that unique serial numbers are applied to all luminaires and that the client acknowledges the receipt of the documents by signing the delivery note.

Conducting general safety tests on luminaires governed by the relevant national and international standards, coordinating the drawing and testing of samples from production/stores to verify compliance with the requirements of standards and formally keeping record of all test results.

• Testing of luminaire components

Conducting tests on new components for po