Engineering Regulatory Compliance Manager

At Pentair, you will work alongside passionate problem-solvers who are committed to the future of our planet. We put our mission into practice, helping the world sustainably move, improve, and enjoy water, life's most essential resource. From our residential water filtration to industrial water management to pool products and more, our 9,000 global employees serve customers in more than 150 countries, working to help create a better world for people and the planet through smart, sustainable water solutions.

We have an opportunity for an Engineering Regulatory Compliance Manager to join our Sanford NC team. You will lead the product regulatory compliance function for pool and spa equipment and is accountable for ensuring products are designed, certified, manufactured, documented, and maintained in compliance with applicable safety, energy-efficiency, environmental, and agency requirements. This hands-on leader establishes the compliance strategy, infrastructure, processes, tools, and documentation controls needed to support both domestic and global markets across the full product lifecycle—from concept and design input through certification, production release, sustaining engineering, design change control, and post-market support. This role serves as the internal subject-matter leader for product certification and regulatory interpretation, providing clear and practical guidance to Engineering, Product Management, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Service, and leadership teams. The Regulatory Compliance Manager also acts as a primary technical liaison with external laboratories, certification bodies, regulatory agencies, industry associations, suppliers, and customers to obtain and maintain approvals for products such as pumps, heaters, sanitizers, controls, filtration products, lighting, automation, and related pool and spa systems.

You will:

·       Lead, develop, and manage the Regulatory Compliance team, including priorities, resource planning, technical development, performance management, and execution of compliance deliverables for both domestic and global markets.

·       Define and execute product-compliance strategy for new product development, product changes, market expansion, energy-efficiency programs, and legacy-product sustainment.

·       Establish and maintain scalable compliance infrastructure, including systems, procedures, templates, traceability tools, standards access, dashboards, work instructions, documentation controls, and compliance metrics.

·       Determine applicable regulatory and certification requirements for pool and spa products, including but not limited to safety, electrical, mechanical, energy-efficiency, environmental, labeling, and technical-documentation requirements.

·       Lead product certification and approval activities with external agencies and laboratories, including but not limited to UL, Intertek, TÜV, NSF, FCC, IEC, and other applicable domestic and international requirements.

·       Translate standards and regulatory requirements into clear engineering requirements, design inputs, test plans, acceptance criteria, documentation deliverables, and certification schedules.

·       Partner with Engineering, Product Management, Quality, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Service, and leadership teams to identify compliance risks early, resolve certification issues, and maintain alignment to project timelines.

·       Manage regulatory-impact assessments for design changes, supplier changes, manufacturing changes, software or firmware updates, label changes, component substitutions, and other changes that may affect certification status.

·       Ensure certified products, labels, instructions, critical components, manufacturing configurations, technical files, certificates, test reports, declarations, and agency records remain accurate, controlled, and audit ready.

·       Monitor regulatory and standards changes, lead transition plans, support certification audits, and factory inspections, and drive corrective actions for compliance-related findings, field issues, or product-safety concerns.

Key Qualifications: 

·       Bachelor’s degree, or higher, in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Materials Sciences.

·       10+ years of progressive experience in product regulatory compliance, safety and compliance engineering, certification engineering, quality engineering, or related engineering roles, with deep knowledge of compliance design for electronic circuits, electromechanical products, mechanical systems, and safety/failure-mode analysis.

·       5+ years of management experience leading regulatory compliance engineers, specialists, technicians, or certification-focused technical teams, or equivalent experience leading complex cross-functional compliance programs.

·       Ability to travel up to 10% as required to support business objectives. 

·       Demonstrated knowledge in driving product design for safety and compliance with safety standards such as UL 1081, UL 1563, UL 676, IEC 60335-2-41, NSF, and related follow-up service requirements.

·       Working knowledge of product safety certification processes and standards-development frameworks, and related agency follow-up requirements.

·       Ability to interpret and negotiate external agency scope, cost, schedules, and deliverables to support project objectives and annual budget goals.

·       Experience applying regulatory requirements throughout product development, design control, configuration management, manufacturing change control, and supplier management.

·       Strong ability to interpret technical standards, convert requirements into engineering actions, and communicate risks and decisions to both technical and nontechnical audiences.

·       Experience working with external test laboratories, certification bodies, auditors, suppliers, and cross-functional product-development teams.

·       Preferred Qualification - Technical knowledge of compliance test equipment, test procedures, agency submissions, certification reports, critical component documentation, and requirements for establishing a world-class compliance test capability.

·       Strong project-management, organizational, documentation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

·       Ability to travel periodically to manufacturing sites, test laboratories, suppliers, certification agencies, and industry events.

·       Proficiency with common business, collaboration, documentation, and data-management tools, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and related compliance, quality, or project-management systems.

·       Strong leadership and team building characteristics.

·       Ability to manage projects as well as conduct/facilitate meetings and presentations.

·       Strong personal work ethic, with attention to details.

·       Self-starter, high-energy, strong drive for accomplishment.

·       Works well independently towards achieving the goals of the group.

·       Resourceful, hands-on, problem-solving individual with initiative and drive to work around administrative and technical obstacles.

·       Demonstrated understanding of appropriate handling of confidential information.

Compensation:

For this full-time position working at this location, the anticipated annualized base pay range will be from $110700 - $205600 / year. At Pentair, it is not typical for an individual to be hired near the bottom or top of the pay range. Pentair considers various factors in determining actual compensation for this position at the expected location. Actual compensation will be commensurate with demonstrable level of experience and training, pertinent education including licensure and certifications, work location, and other relevant business or organizational needs. This position may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as, annual incentive bonus.

Benefits:

As a Pentair employee, you would enjoy a wide array of benefit options to help keep you and your family healthy and protected, health benefits, a generous 401(k), employee stock purchase program, disability benefits, life insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, parental leave, caregiver leave, tuition reimbursement, plus paid time off and wellness programs to encourage a healthy work/life balance.

Pentair is an Equal Opportunity Employer. With our expanding global presence, cross-cultural insight and competence are essential for our ongoing success. We believe that a diverse workforce contributes different perspectives and creative ideas that enable us to continue to improve every day.