Manager, Accreditation

Employment Status:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

BUILDING A WORLD CLASS TEAM STARTS WITH YOU

At the heart of CSA Group is a vision: making the world a better, safer, more sustainable place. It's been part of our mission for nearly one hundred years: from the first engineering standard for railway bridges developed in 1919, to more than 3,500 standards, codes & related products today.

Headquartered in Canada, with a global footprint of more than 30 labs and offices across Europe, Asia and North America, CSA Group tests, inspects and certifies a wide range of products - from every day househould items to leading edge technology-to meet exacting requirements for safety, performance and environmental impact.

Our employees take pride in making a difference in people's lives through the work that we do. We're looking for people like you to help make it happen.

Job Summary:

Maintains and expands, as needed, all necessary accreditations and recognitions for CSA. Ensures that applications for all new accreditations and scope expansions are coordinated with Commercial / Operations / Technical Integrity. Assists with pre and post-assessment activities. Ensures that accreditation audits are well coordinated and are efficiently managed. Provides information and training to management and staff, as required, in support of accreditations. Determines the necessary financial resources needed for accreditations fees, as well as, other costs associated with accreditations and regulatory recognition. Monitors, reviews, and arranges for payment of accreditation fees while monitoring continuous coverage and value for the price paid. Prepares and maintains the annual budget for all expenditures pertaining to accreditation and regulatory recognition. Independently manages the accreditation and recognition of all CSA facilities. Coordinates decisions on any scope expansions or reductions of existing accreditations, and recommends new accreditations to Commercial / Operations / Technical Integrity as required. Prepares and transmits the applications for accreditation renewals and scope expansions. Actively coordinates and supports all accreditation audits in geographical scope. Serves as a liaison between facility Technical Integrity and Commercial / Operations in both pre-audit and post-audit follow-up activities (i.e. scheduling audits to mitigate the impact on certification work, preparing for audits, ensuring that findings and recommendations are properly interpreted and acted upon, etc). Receives and responds to audit reports and findings in cooperation with appropriate Operations / Technical Integrity staff. Coordinates the necessary corrective/preventive actions between all departments and functions relative to accreditation and regulatory recognition. Establishes and maintains all necessary accreditation records such as contact information, scopes of accreditation, regulatory recognition, accreditation requirements and related technical standards. Provides information to appropriate parties internally and externally, as required. Monitors accreditation-related legislative activities in geographical scope to identify potential impact on CSA and communicates this information to Commercial / Operations / Technical Integrity, as required. Reviews both active and proposed legislation, communicates internally and recommends appropriate policy and position, liaises with legislators for the purpose of obtaining formal acceptance and recognition.  Represents CSA interests in domestic and international conformity assessment body activities such as the ANSI Accreditation Committee (ACC) and the ANSI ISO/CASCO International Conformity Assessment Committee (ICAC).

Preferred Education & Experience

Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering or Technology degree ISO/IEC17025 Lead Auditor or equivalent training and experience Formal training in quality assurance methods and/or laboratory auditing 10-15 years of progressive testing and product certification experience 5-10 years of direct management experience in a supervisory capacity Expert knowledge of domestic/international certification schemes

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