SR Compliance Engineer
Henny Penny

Do you want to work for a global company that creates remarkable experiences through people, products, and food? If you want to be part of a rewarding People First culture that values relationships, trust, and taking the long view, then this is the place for you. Henny Penny was named the 2021 Dayton Business of the Year for many good reasons. Read on to learn more!

The Senior Compliance Engineer is responsible for ensuring products are designed and manufactured in full compliance with all applicable directives, regulations and legislative requirements, both domestic and international. They also have to the responsibility for correctly interpreting standards and understanding all agency concepts and processes. They are considered the subject matter expert regarding standards that apply to our products, and as such, are expected to aid in the development of systems and training that ensure the aforementioned responsibilities.

What We Offer:

• An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service. This is a qualified retirement plan that is separate from your 401k and consists only of Henny Penny shares that will be paid out when you retire (or when you leave the company, but we hope you'll stay)
• Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary
• Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week
• Defined career paths so you'll always know what's next and what steps can get where you want to go
• Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
• A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays
• Expanded onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners
• Achieve total well-being at our new Wellspring and Owners Hall facility, featuring 24/7 fitness center with a wide variety of cardio and strength training equipment. This facility reflects our continuous evolution in supporting our valued employee owners.
• Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner

What You'll Be Doing

• Open projects with certifying agencies.
• Review product changes to ensure continued compliance.
• Ensure internal and external certification questions are addressed in a timely manner.
• Conduct design assessments to the applicable standard.
• Ensure all products that require agency certification are certified on time and on budget.
• Oversee all product certification audits - work with organizational groups to resolve non-compliances.
• Review and ensure test data are compliant with applicable standards.
• Understand the correct application of the product standards.
• File appropriate compliance reports with regulatory agencies.
• Understand each certification agencies requirements.
• Ensure identified agency requirements are implemented in a timely manner.
• Create a compliance test plan and execute to completion with minimal guidance.
• Investigate and answer complex certification questions.
• Review new product designs and determine the correct certification requirements.
• Consistently models the Company Values and Expected Behaviors.
• Other duties as assigned.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's Degree in Science in Math or Engineering
• 7+ Years' Experience in Compliance
• Working knowledge of electrical theory
• Good communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Strong Collaboration skills
• Ability to interpret standards so they can be applied to products
• Working knowledge of agency concepts and processes.
• Advanced Project Management skills
• Advanced knowledge of all products standards and agency processes
• Working knowledge of EMC and control projects

About Us

We're known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We're a behind-the-scenes engine in the world's most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy's. We're 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.

We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world's most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.

Henny Penny is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth and pregnancy-related conditions), marital status, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

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