Senior Regulatory Specialist - Electrification Compliance

Your Work Shapes the World at Caterpillar Inc. When you join Caterpillar, you’re joining a global team who cares not just about the work we do – but also about each other. We are the makers, problem solvers, and future world builders who are creating stronger, more sustainable communities. Together, we are building a better world, so we can all enjoy living in it.

Salary/Grade: £76,368 - £95,000 per annum (depending on experience)

Location: Peterborough

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Up to 20% bonus
• Car Allowance - £650pcm
• Contributory pension scheme - Caterpillar will double the employee's contribution up to 10%.
• Contributory share scheme - Caterpillar will match 50% of the employee's contribution.
• Optional flexible benefits including access to health and dental care plans, EV car lease, holiday purchase.

Flexible working arrangements will be considered for this role, in-line with the needs of the business.

About E+ES: Caterpillar’s Electrification + Energy Solutions (E+ES) division focuses on delivering advanced electrified power train, zero-emissions products/technologies, and the solutions and services associated with these technologies. Focus areas include batteries, fuel cells, motors, inverters, micro grid controllers, charging, energy storage systems, lifecycle solutions/services and integration of components for ePowertrain solutions across industries. We are looking for top talent to build and scale the next generation of technologies, products and services to help our customers build a better—more sustainable—world.

The opportunity: As the Senior Regulatory Specialist, you will use your technical knowledge to support the development of compliant battery, fuel cell, charging, and powertrain systems. You will also engage in standards development and identifying industry best practices, to enable access to global markets. The role involves proactively identifying product regulatory requirements, providing training and guidance to development teams, and building lean and efficient processes for the delivery of new technologies and products.

What you will do:

• Working with our own regional compliance experts, standards bodies and trade associations, you will develop detailed knowledge of the global requirements for our products.
• Support the development of new technology and prototype products to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Communicate requirements to engineering teams through to leadership, ensuring that actions are clearly agreed, and delivered to timelines.
• Support the resolution of technical issues in line with industry standards.
• Identifying control systems and functional safety requirements.

What you have:

• Education: Qualifications in an engineering discipline relevant to electrical and electrified products or progressive experience in a regulatory compliance role.
• Risk Management - Level Working Knowledge: Produces and interprets common risk assessment and management reports. Identifies common technology and security risks relevant to electrification products. Able to implement or manage risk management plans from a regulatory standpoint. Documents the key steps of a unit-specific risk management process and associated procedures.
• Product Development Best Practices - Level Working Knowledge: Experience working in standards development or with regulatory bodies. Experience interpreting and implementing the requirements from product standards (e.g. IEC60204-1, ISO12100, ISO13849, ISO61508 etc). Creates, disseminates, and maintains best practice documentation. Researches existing best practices and aligns with industry standards and regulations.
• Collaborating - Level Working Knowledge: Ability to work with a variety of individuals and groups in a constructive and collaborative manner. Helps solve business problems and meet business goals through collaborative processes. Helps promote collaboration across functional areas of the business. Excellent communication / influencing skills at all levels.

Additional Information: This position is currently a hybrid in-office work model, requiring a 3-day weekly office presence onsite at our Peterborough office and remote work for the remaining days. However, work arrangements may be adjusted at any time based on business needs.

N.B The panel cannot make assumptions when shortlisting therefore please demonstrate your qualifications and experience on your CV relevant to the criteria outlined. Pending the number of applications, the criteria for the position may be enhanced to facilitate shortlisting.

About Caterpillar: Caterpillar Inc. is the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, off-highway diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives. For nearly 100 years, we’ve been helping customers build a better, more sustainable world and are committed and contributing to a reduced-carbon future. Our innovative products and services, backed by our global dealer network, provide exceptional value that helps customers succeed.

Posting Dates: April 4, 2025 - April 18, 2025

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO).