Senior Certification Project Manager in Watford

Pension scheme – 5% employer-matched contribution. Trusted certification is essential to ensuring security products perform to the highest standards. At BRE, our Physical Security team delivers world-renowned testing, evaluation, and certification services that support the protection of people, buildings, and infrastructure across the globe. We are now looking for a Senior Certification Project Manager to lead complex security product approval projects from initial enquiry through to certification delivery.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine technical expertise, client engagement, and project leadership within a growing and highly respected assurance environment. Working across national and international standards, the role plays a key part in delivering high-quality certification services and supporting the continued growth of BRE’s Physical Security capabilities.

Your role at BRE: The Senior Certification Project Manager leads the delivery of physical security product evaluation, testing, and certification projects within BRE’s Assurance Division, ensuring projects are managed efficiently and delivered in line with national, international, and LPCB standards.

Key Responsibilities And Tasks:

• Manage security product approval projects from quotation and planning through to final certification delivery.
• Oversee testing, evaluation, and certification activities in accordance with relevant standards and client specifications.
• Develop test plans and coordinate project delivery to agreed timescales, budgets, and quality requirements.
• Manage bespoke certification and evaluation projects on behalf of clients.
• Prepare technical proposals and maintain strong client engagement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Provide technical review and sign-off support for security reports and certification processes.
• Support and guide team members through technical leadership, training, and process oversight.
• Engage with specifiers, end users, and stakeholders regarding security testing and certification activities.
• Represent BRE at exhibitions, conferences, standards committees, and industry working groups.
• Support the continued growth and development of BRE’s Physical Security services and certification capabilities.

What We Are Looking For:

• Strong experience managing certification, testing, or technical assurance projects within a security, certification, or compliance environment.
• Understanding of physical security products, technologies, and associated testing and certification processes.
• Knowledge of national, international, and LPCB standards relating to security product evaluation and certification.
• Experience developing project plans, quotations, technical proposals, and certification documentation.
• Ability to manage complex projects through all stages of delivery, ensuring quality, budget, and timescale requirements are met.
• Experience reviewing technical reports and supporting certification decision-making processes.
• Understanding of accreditation, quality management systems, and audit requirements, including ISO 9001 and ISO 27001.
• Strong client engagement and stakeholder management capability.
• Experience supporting, guiding, or mentoring technical team members.
• Excellent organisational, communication, and project coordination skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability with attention to detail.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Word and Excel.
• Technical qualification in a relevant discipline, ideally degree level or equivalent practical experience.
• Commitment to maintaining the quality, integrity, and reputation of BRE’s Physical Security certification services.

BRE Benefits:

• Competitive salary, reviewed annually, along with a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your financial security, well-being, and career development.
• Pension scheme – 5% employer-matched contribution.
• Life assurance – 4x your basic salary.
• Enhanced maternity package.
• HealthPartners cashback scheme – Reclaim costs on prescriptions, physiotherapy, dental care, and more.
• Onsite facilities – Restaurant, nursery, and free parking, including at-cost EV charging points.
• Learning & development – Free access to BRE Academy and our online learning platform.
• Professional membership reimbursement.

Work Location Options: Hybrid – This role offers a mix of home and office working. You will need to be within commuting distance of our Watford or Glasgow office, as you will be expected to attend in person (2-3 times per week).

Our Recruitment Process: As part of our recruitment process we will be conducting 10-30 minute phone screening calls via an AI recruiter called Ryan with all shortlisted candidates. The information gathered from this screening will be used to help assess your suitability for the position.

Equal Opportunities Statement: BRE is an equal opportunities employer. We assess all qualified applicants based on merit and do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics.

BRE contributes to a thriving and sustainable world by developing science-led solutions to built environment challenges. Our vision is to be the world-leading innovation, science, and data hub for the built environment. We’re ambitious in terms of quality and global scope. We want governments and commercial markets to recognise us and demand our services, products and solutions. We want to be world-class, innovative, science-led and provide solutions.