Specialist, Regulatory Compliance at Hunter Engineering Company in Bridgeton, MO

Job description

• Looking to build your career with a company that values innovation, stability, and people? Join our dedicated team as a Regulatory Compliance Specialist in Bridgeton, MO.
• Since 1946, Hunter Engineering has been aligning cutting-edge technology with a strong commitment to quality. As a family-owned, American-made company, Hunter is the global leader in automotive service equipment, with our products used in over 130 countries by top vehicle manufacturers, tire companies, and service centers.
• We’re proud to be recognized as a Best Places to Work finalist by the St. Louis Business Journal for five consecutive years (2022 – 2026) – a testament to our commitment to our people. Here, employees are supported, challenged, and take pride in their work. We offer exceptional benefits, a healthy work-life balance, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.
• If you’re ready to join a team that’s shaping the future of automotive service, read on.
• As a Specialist, Regulatory Compliance, you will support Hunter’s product compliance, regulatory approvals, certification programs, risk management activities, and compliance testing efforts. You will work cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and external regulatory entities to ensure products meet applicable domestic and international regulatory standards.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global product compliance, certification, and market access strategies.
• Define regulatory requirements and certification roadmaps for new product programs
• Embed compliance-by-design practices into product planning, design reviews, risk assessments, verification, validation, and launch decisions
• Manage certification testing, submissions, approvals, renewals, listings, audits, and factory inspections.
• Coordinate work and communication with regulatory agencies, certification bodies, notified bodies, consultants, and test laboratories
• Own sustained compliance for released products; including regulatory changes, engineering changes, supplier changes, and component obsolescence.
• Maintain technical files, declarations, certificates, test reports, product reports, labels, manuals, and other compliance records.
• Lead audit readiness, responses to findings, and regulatory corrective actions.
• Coordinate product certification activities with ETL, UL, international safety and compliance organizations, and foreign regulatory and certification agencies.
• Monitor emerging global requirements and provide leadership with clear visibility to mitigate compliance risks, schedules, investment needs, and market impacts.
• Additional duties as assigned

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Regulatory Compliance, Business Administration, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in product compliance, certification, product safety, regulatory affairs, quality engineering, or a related field.
• Experience managing several relevant certifications or approvals, i.e. CE, UL, ETL, FCC, FDA/CDRH, laser compliance, ALI, CSA, EAC/EAEU, or other international requirements.
• Experience working with certification bodies, regulatory agencies, consultants, and independent laboratories.
• Experience leading or supporting product certification audits, surveillance activities, or factory inspections.
• Strong product management, technical documentation, cross-functional leadership, and communication skills with internal teams and external organizations are essential.
• The ability to interpret complex requirements and translate them into practical products and process actions.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 17025, IEC standards, machinery regulations, environmental substance requirements, or functional safety standards.
• Professional certifications preferred

Skills

Preferred

• Professional certifications preferred

Benefits

• Industry-Leading Healthcare Coverage
• Profit-Sharing Plan with Safe Harbor Contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Free Onsite Fitness & Recreation Center