Senior Manager, Accreditation

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.

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The Senior Manager, Accreditation plays is primarily responsible for oversight and successful management of Accreditation Activities and Projects related operational and commercial needs within a specific region. This includes but not limited to:

• Leading/Project Management of key accreditation projects and activities

• Securing and maintaining existing accreditations and regulatory recognitions

• Maintaining expert knowledge related to accreditation requirements

• Maintaining relationships with external bodies

• Direct supervision, mentorship, and oversight of Accreditation Managers

• Advancement and continual improvement of the CSA accreditation processes

Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assume a leadership role for overseeing, delegating, maintaining, and expanding specified accreditations and recognitions for CSA. Ensuring that applications for new accreditations and scope expansions are coordinated with appropriate stakeholders (Internal and External). Assisting in pre and post-assessment activities. Ensuring that accreditation audits are well coordinated and are efficiently managed. Providing information and training to management and staff, as required, in support of accreditations and recognitions.

• Responsible for providing to the Director, Accreditation reports on efficiencies, areas for improvement, on time delivery of accreditation activities and projects, budgetary resolutions, ROI analysis and other areas of interest with recommendations.

• Oversees and provides feedback on the financial resources needed for accreditations fees, as well as, other costs associated with accreditations and regulatory recognition. Accountable for monitoring, reviewing, and arranging for payment of accreditation fees while monitoring and reporting on value for the price paid. Accountable for the development and ongoing maintenance of the accreditation budget and expenditures pertaining to accreditation, conformity assessment and regulatory recognition.

• Prepares and transmits the applications for accreditation renewals and scope expansions.

• Accountable for managing the accreditation and recognition of CSA facilities. Oversees decisions on scope expansions or reductions of existing accreditations, and recommends new accreditations to CSA.

• Responsible for establishing and maintaining 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.

• Responsible for monitoring accreditation-related legislative activities to identify potential impact on CSA and communicates this information to CSA groups 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 Mirror Committees, National Committees, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), The Asia Pacific Accreditation Co-operation (APAC), The European Co-operation for Accreditation, etc.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Applied Science in Engineering or Technology degree or diploma

• Sound knowledge of ISO 17065, ISO 17020, ISO 17011, applicable domestic and regional certification schemes, and other related regulations, standards, and requirements

• 15-20 years of progressive testing and/or product certification experience

• 7-10 years of direct management experience in a supervisory capacity

• Formal training in quality assurance methods

• Demonstrated strong collaborative and effective communication skills

In California, the typical hiring range for this position is $134,000-165,000 USD; however, based on a variety of considerations (such as education, licenses, certifications and/or, experience,) CSA Group reserves the right to flexibility outside of the stated range.

In British Columbia, the typical hiring range for this position is $134,000-165,000 CAD; however, based on a variety of considerations (such as education, licenses, certifications and/or, experience,) CSA Group reserves the right to flexibility outside of the stated range.

Le gestionnaire principal des activites d'accreditation est principalement charge de superviser et de gerer avec succes les activites et les projets d'accreditation lies aux besoins operationnels et commerciaux dans une region specifique. Cela inclut, sans s'y limiter, les taches suivantes

• la direction et la gestion de projets et d'activites d'accreditation cles

• Obtenir et maintenir les accreditations existantes et les reconnaissances reglementaires.

• Maintenir une connaissance experte des exigences en matiere d'accreditation

• Entretenir des relations avec des organismes externes

• Supervision directe, mentorat et controle des gestionnaires d'accreditation

• Promotion et amelioration continue des processus d'accreditation de la CSA

Taches et responsabilitesprincipales :

• Assumer un role de leader dans la supervision, la delegation, le maintien et l'extension des accreditations et reconnaissances specifiees pour l'ASC. Veiller a ce que les demandes de nouvelles accreditations et d'extension de la portee soient coordonnees avec les parties prenantes appropriees (internes et externes). Participer aux activites de pre-evaluation et de post-evaluation. Veiller a ce que les audits d'accreditation soient bien coordonnes et geres efficacement. Fournir des informations et des formations a la direction et au personnel, selon les besoins, pour soutenir les accreditations et les reconnaissances.

• Fournir au directeur de l'accreditation des rapports sur l'efficacite, les domaines d'amelioration, la realisation dans les delais des activites et projets d'accreditation, les resolutions budgetaires, l'analyse du retour sur investissement et d'autres domaines d'interet, accompagnes de recommandations.

• Superviser et fournir un retour d'information sur les ressources financieres necessaires pour les frais d'accreditation, ainsi que sur les autres couts associes a l'accreditation et a la reconnaissance reglementaire. Il est responsable du suivi, de l'examen et de l'organisation du paiement des frais d'accreditation, tout en controlant et en rendant compte de la valeur du prix paye. Il est responsable de l'elaboration et de la tenue a jour du budget d'accreditation et des depenses liees a l'accreditation, a l'evaluation de la conformite et a la reconnaissance reglementaire.

• Preparer et transmettre les demandes de renouvellement d'accreditation et d'extension de la portee.

• Responsable de la gestion de l'accreditation et de la reconnaissance des installations de l'ASC. Il supervise les decisions relatives a l'extension ou a la reduction de la portee des accreditations existantes et recommande de nouvelles accreditations a l'ASC.

• Il est responsable de l'etablissement et de la tenue de tous les dossiers d'accreditation necessaires, tels que les coordonnees des personnes-ressources, les portees d'accreditation, la reconnaissance reglementaire, les exigences en matiere d'accreditation et les normes techniques connexes. Fournir des informations aux parties concernees en interne et en externe, le cas echeant.

• Suivre les activites legislatives liees a l'accreditation afin de determiner les repercussions possibles sur la CSA et communiquer ces renseignements aux groupes de la CSA, au besoin. Examiner les lois en vigueur et proposees, communiquer a l'interne et recommander une politique et une position appropriees, assurer la liaison avec les legislateurs dans le but d'obtenir une acceptation et une reconnaissance officielles.

• Representer les interets de la CSA dans les activites des organismes d'evaluation de la conformite nationaux et internationaux tels que les comites miroirs, les comites nationaux, l'International Accreditation Forum (IAF), l'International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC), l'Asia Pacific Accreditation Co-operation (APAC), l'European Co-operation for Accreditation, etc.

Qualifications :

• Licence en sciences appliquees en ingenierie ou en technologie, ou diplome.

• Bonne connaissance des normes ISO 17065, ISO 17020, ISO 17011, des systemes de certification nationaux et regionaux applicables et d'autres reglementations, normes et exigences connexes.

• 15 a 20 ans d'experience progressive en matiere d'essais et/ou de certification de produits

• 7 a 10 ans d'experience en gestion directe dans une fonction de supervision

• Formation formelle aux methodes d'assurance qualite

• Avoir fait preuve de solides competences en matiere de collaboration et de communication efficace.