Compliance Engineer

This is a remote position.

Commercial / Compliance Engineer

Anonymous Role Specification

Role Purpose

The client requires a Commercial / Compliance Engineer to lead the preparation, coordination, and delivery of product compliance documentation for submission to National Highways. The role will focus on ensuring the product technical file is fully aligned with National Highways requirements and achieves product acceptance by December. The successful candidate will act as the bridge between commercial, compliance, and technical teams in the UK and Germany, ensuring all documentation, evidence, and technical submissions meet the expectations of government bodies, transport authorities, and highways organisations.

Key Responsibilities

The role will cover the following core areas:

• Review, interpret, and understand National Highways technical documentation, standards, and compliance requirements.

• Prepare and manage the product technical file in line with National Highways specification.

• Identify gaps between existing product documentation and required compliance standards.

• Coordinate the collection of technical evidence, certifications, test data, and supporting documentation.

• Drive the product acceptance process through to completion by the December deadline.

• Read and analyse technical product documentation, compliance files, and authority specifications.

• Translate compliance requirements into clear actions for internal engineering and technical teams.

• Ensure all technical documents are accurate, complete, structured, and submission-ready.

• Maintain version control and auditability of all compliance-related documentation.

• Liaise closely with technical teams in Germany and the UK.

• Act as the key point of contact between the client and relevant highways or government authority stakeholders where required.

• Understand and navigate the expectations of organisations such as National Highways, local highways authorities, and Transport for London.

• Support communication between commercial, technical, and regulatory stakeholders.

Commercial & Authority Interface

• Understand the commercial importance of achieving product acceptance within the target timeframe.

• Support the client in positioning the product appropriately for use within UK highways and transport infrastructure.

• Help interpret the nuances of working with government bodies, public authorities, and transport agencies.

• Ensure compliance activity supports wider commercial objectives and customer requirements.

• Proven experience in compliance, technical documentation, product acceptance, or technical submissions within transport, highways, ITS, traffic technology, infrastructure, or a related sector.

• Experience working with government bodies, public authorities, transport authorities, or regulated infrastructure environments.

• Strong understanding of technical files, compliance evidence, and formal product approval processes.

• Ability to read, interpret, and apply complex technical specifications.

• Experience liaising with engineering or technical teams across different locations or countries.

• Familiarity with National Highways, UK highways authorities, TfL, or similar organisations would be highly advantageous.

• Strong technical documentation and compliance management skills.

• Ability to interpret standards, specifications, and regulatory requirements.

• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

• Commercial awareness and ability to work to fixed deadlines.

• Strong attention to detail.

• Ability to coordinate technical input from multiple teams.

• Confident working with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Organised, proactive, and deadline-driven.

Desired Background

• Compliance Engineer

• Product Approval Engineer

• Technical Documentation Engineer

• Certification Engineer

• ITS Engineer

• Highways Technology Engineer

• Technical Project Engineer

• Systems Engineer with compliance experience

• Commercial Engineer within infrastructure or transport technology

Project Objective

The primary objective of this role is to ensure the client product technical file meets National Highways requirements and supports successful product acceptance by December.

Summary

This is a commercially important compliance-focused role requiring someone who can understand technical product documentation, interpret authority requirements, coordinate with UK and German technical teams, and manage the product acceptance process with National Highways.