Certification Engineer

About the role

When you join Rockpanel, you become part of the ROCKWOOL Group: founded in 1937 and grown into the global market leader in stone wool solutions. The Group employs more than 12,000 people worldwide. Rockpanel develops and manufactures durable façade cladding boards and exterior building solutions made from stone wool technology. The company focuses on creating sustainable, low-maintenance, and fire-safe solutions for building façades. As a Certification Engineer, you will be part of the Product and Application Development team, where you are responsible for testing, certifying, and maintaining approvals for Rockpanel products within the European market. You ensure products meet European standards related to CE marking, fire safety, mechanical performance, and sustainability, while monitoring new regulations and translating them into practical guidance for the organization. In this role, you work closely with internal stakeholders such as Development, Quality, Operations, and Product Management teams, as well as external testing and certification bodies across Europe. You support the full process of bringing new products and applications from development and testing to certified market-ready solutions. As multiple certification and development projects run simultaneously, strong project management skills and knowledge of the European construction product certification landscape (CPR) are essential.

Responsibilities

• Advise on, discuss, and participate in (in-house, Initial Type Testing, or external) testing of new products or concepts, and set up external testing with strong attention to detail;
• Ensure the availability and validity of relevant approvals and certificates for the existing product portfolio and provide related technical support to colleagues in Sales and staff functions;
• Identify required approvals and certificates for new products/applications within development projects;
• Identify, plan, coordinate, and execute tests to obtain required approvals/certifications; analyze and process test results; report findings and translate them into relevant conclusions and recommendations;
• Provide management with relevant input regarding certification matters to identify opportunities and signal potential risks;
• Monitor developments in European technical product and testing standards and ensure proper translation/implementation within the organization;
• Seek support from and support the Product- and Application Development team to broaden its scope and knowledge;
• Act as a sparring partner for Process and Quality Engineers within Operations;
• Ensure that technical product knowledge and activities related to product/market development and innovations are implemented effectively in projects.
• Your Profile
• Bachelor's degree (for example in Construction Engineering, Applied Physics, or another relevant equivalent qualification);
• At least 3 years of relevant work experience; experienced in testing and certification, preferably within the construction or façade industry;
• Strong reporting skills combined with a hands-on mentality to prepare, build, and execute product testing;
• Strong personality, proactive, persistent, and able to manage priorities effectively;
• Excellent command of the English language, both spoken and written;
• Project management skills with a strong sense of priority and urgency regarding sales and marketing requirements.

Benefits

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Are you looking for a pivotal role where you can make a real impact? Do you want to work on innovations? Are you a connector with strong project management skills? Then this is the role for you!

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