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Legrand, North America · 1 day ago

Compliance & Sustainability Internship – Carlsbad, CA (Onsite)

Carlsbad, CA

Internship

Onsite

Intern

$22/hr - $25/hr

0+ years exp

Legrand, North America has an exciting opportunity for a Compliance & Sustainability Internship to join their team in Carlsbad, CA. This position will be responsible for supporting ongoing compliance and sustainability efforts and initiatives within Legrand, collaborating with internal teams and external clients to develop proactive approaches to regulatory compliance and sustainability initiatives.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for supporting compliance requirements on new products and ensuring continued compliance throughout the product life cycle

Works with product development teams to assure products being sold, reviewed, or developed meet all compliance and certification requirements

Ensures ROHS Directive, environmental requirements, and sustainability initiatives are being acknowledged and appropriately implemented with regards to engineering, purchasing, and new product development

Responds to internal and external customer inquiries regarding environmental, product compliance, and sustainability type requests

Interface with certification agencies, competent bodies, and test labs as needed and drive product safety/compliance testing requirements

As needed assists in efforts to obtain product compliance information from suppliers and maintain this information in an organized manner

Gathers product life cycle data through the analysis of CAD models, bench measurements, and consulting subject matter experts

Prepares Product Environmental Profiles (PEP) documents using Excel spreadsheets and Life Cycle Analysis software

Interfaces with certification agency and Legrand Group to obtain PEPs using Ecopassport program

Maintains data and documents pertaining to the development of PEPs

Documents best practices procedures for completing PEP work

Supports customer queries regarding product sustainability, including LEED requests and BOMCheck tools

Performs other similar and related duties as required

Qualification

Environmental StudiesRegulatory Compliance EngineeringISO Standards KnowledgeProduct Safety TestingTechnical Report WritingBasic Understanding of ElectronicsExcelPowerPointWordDetail-orientedTeam PlayerCommunication Skills

Required

Preferred background in Environmental Studies, Manufacturing, Regulatory and Compliance related Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or transferrable education or experience

Entry Level: 0-3 years of relevant experience preferred

Must have the ability to multi-task and to be detail-oriented, flexible and a team player, as well as desire to learn

Must have excellent verbal, presentation and written communications skills and be able to interact effectively across all levels of the organization

Must be an effective listener, able to maintain focus, extract necessary information and validate understanding of the information

Must have basic understanding of electronic components

Basic knowledge of domestic and international standards/regulations such as ISO, IEC, NFPA, FCC, UL, CSA, CE, RoHS/WEEE is a plus

Basic ability to summarize actions and learning's into an output for updating recommended practices related to compliance & sustainability. Technical report writing skills are a plus

Hands-on ability to perform Product Safety testing using HiPot, ground continuity, leakage current, ESD, EMC and other test equipment is a plus

Exceptional computer and software skills: PowerPoint, Excel, and Word; proficiency with various e-mail, calendaring, meeting management and related communications software