Job Summary
The Engineer, Product Material Compliance will be responsible for analyzing Vertiv’s products for compliance with material regulations (including RoHS, REACH, TSCA, PoP’s, PFAS and others) and customer requirements.
The Material Compliance Engineer contributes to a range of responsibilities, including evaluating compliance for new products; recertification of existing products; evaluating the impact of regulations and customer requests; analyzing compliance and process related data and making recommendations; and executing projects to develop and improve related processes. This individual will also collaborate with the procurement and engineering teams to improve the data in Vertiv’s systems and the data collected from Vertiv’s suppliers. This role may also support other compliance, ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance), and engineering activities.
Responsibilities:
- Utilize the material compliance processes within Vertiv product development (VPD) to ensure that products are compliant and product introduction schedules are met.
- Assist in driving improvement in the process of gathering and managing material compliance data between Vertiv’s product development system and its 3rd party compliance outreach provider.
- Develop and maintain subject matter expertise on material compliance regulations and best practices.
- Assist in improving the Product Material Compliance Team’s processes and protocols to improve efficiency and quality.
- Manage data entry into the environmental compliance database on a daily basis.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s Degree in chemical engineering, materials engineering, or related discipline required.
- Chemical, Environmental Engineering, Materials Science or Chemistry B.S.
- Minimum 3-5 years relevant experience.
- MS Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook.
- Bill of Material management systems (ex. Oracle PD, Agile, TeamCenter)
- Must have experience working with electronics hardware, components, assemblies.
- Must have experience with product compliance databases. Previous experience with PLM and Assent Manager is a plus.
- Preferred minimum 3-5 years of experience with product material compliance programs such as REACH, RoHS, CA Prop 65 or similar.
- Demonstrated experience with project/program management
- English, fluent written and spoken
- Strong analytical skills; should have the ability to evaluate, analyze and present data
- Empathetic collaborator whose style builds commitment and engagement.
- Intellectual curiosity about determining root causes to solve complex problems.
- Self-motivated, driven individual who is comfortable working in a global, matrixed, fast-paced environment
- Continuously looks for improvements, owns/acts on problems, takes intelligent risks, and seeks opportunities to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
- Clearly exchanges thoughts, ideas and messages through written, verbal and non-verbal methods that promote an understanding with the target audience. Creates accurate and punctual reports, shares information and ideas with others in a timely manner. Listens carefully and attentively.
The successful candidate will embrace Vertiv’s Core Principals & Behaviors to help execute our Strategic Priorities.
OUR CORE PRINCIPALS: Safety. Integrity. Respect. Teamwork. Diversity & Inclusion.
OUR STRATEGIC PRIORITIES
• Customer Focus
• Operational Excellence
• High-Performance Culture
• Innovation
• Financial Strength
OUR BEHAVIORS
• Own It
• Act With Urgency
• Foster a Customer-First Mindset
• Think Big and Execute
• Lead by Example
• Drive Continuous Improvement
• Learn and Seek Out Development
About the TeamSkills Required
- Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, materials engineering, environmental engineering, materials science, chemistry, or a related discipline
- Minimum 3–5 years of relevant experience
- Experience working with electronics hardware, components, and assemblies
- Experience with product compliance databases
- Experience with material compliance programs such as REACH, RoHS, CA Prop 65, or similar
- Experience with Bill of Materials management systems such as Oracle PD, Agile, or Teamcenter
- Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook proficiency
- Demonstrated project or program management experience
- Fluent written and spoken English
- Strong analytical skills, including evaluating, analyzing, and presenting data
- Experience with PLM and Assent Manager
- Ability to collaborate effectively in a global, matrixed, fast-paced environment
Vertiv Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Vertiv and has not been reviewed or approved by Vertiv.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with standard medical, dental, and vision plans plus wellness and mental-health resources. Core offerings also include disability and life insurance and an Employee Assistance Program.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off includes paid holidays and PTO typical of large employers, and many U.S. salaried roles feature flexible or "unlimited" PTO approaches. These programs are part of a structured, global total rewards framework.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair at start for many office-based, engineering, and field service roles, and total compensation packages are viewed as stable. In some hourly manufacturing settings, overtime opportunities help boost overall earnings.
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What We Do
Vertiv (NYSE: VRT) brings together hardware, software, analytics and ongoing services to ensure its customers’ vital applications run continuously, perform optimally and grow with their business needs. Vertiv solves the most important challenges facing today’s data centers, communication networks and commercial and industrial facilities with a portfolio of power, cooling and IT infrastructure solutions and services that extends from the cloud to the edge of the network. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, USA, Vertiv employs approximately 20,000 people and does business in more than 130 countries. For more information, and for the latest news and content from Vertiv, visit Vertiv.com.
