Are you hands-on with tools, experienced in building, and driven by precision? Join our Built Environment team at our Northbrook, IL Campus, where your construction know-how and manufacturing experience will help shape the future of product safety. In this role, you'll construct mock environments to simulate real-world conditions, ensuring products meet the highest safety standards before they reach customers. If you crave new challenges every day and want to make the world safer, this is your chance to be at the Center of Safety and make a tangible impact. + Responsible for the setup and performance of equipment and test setups for clients. + Builds and/or adapts setup and test equipment for performance of tests. + Examines test samples and reads blueprints, schematics, wiring diagrams, measuring instruments, and operational instructions. + Follows basically defined test plans and datasheets. + Evaluates test performance and sample operation to properly evaluate test results. + Records and explains test results and completes test report. + Builds and/or adapts setup and test equipment to new situations, based on data sheets and instructions from engineering department personnel. + May direct staff in test setups. + Examines less complex customer samples and learns to operate appropriate tests for each case with necessary supervision/support. + Communicates with customers during setup and operation to ensure proper evaluation. + Operates designated machines and special laboratory equipment. + Performs routine maintenance of designated test equipment and laboratory area. + May perform basic calibration of test equipment. + Reads and understands specific test standards and testing technology for scope of responsibility with necessary supervision/support. + Initiates recommendations for new equipment designs and recommends solutions to observed test problems. + Receives instructions from and reports data to engineers and engineering management. + May communicate with clients during test setups to discuss test methods and/or test results. + Operates with minimal supervision within defined limits of responsibility. + Records observed or calculated data on appropriate UL forms and prepares data sheets and test reports. + May plan tests, evaluate test results and report opinions and interpretations, as directed. + Integrates basic continuous improvement concepts and techniques into all aspects of the job. + Communicates with management and technical staff to provide suggestions for new equipment, processes, and forms to improve accuracy and efficiencies. #LI-BW1 #LI-Onsite Required Qualifications + Proven experience in construction, with hands-on skills in carpentry, concrete work, and general building techniques. + Ability to perform tasks such as framing steel stud walls, hanging drywall, and using tools like impact drills and rotary drills. + Comfortable working in a dynamic lab environment where daily tasks vary and may include building mock environments for testing (e.g., constructing wall assemblies). + Ability to work effectively with long-tenured team members, showing humility, respect, and a willingness to learn from others. + Strong foundational knowledge of construction principles and safety practices. + Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite. Preferred Qualifications + Experience in a manufacturing or industrial setting. + Certification or demonstrated experience operating powered industrial equipment such as forklifts or overhead cranes. + Familiarity with lab or testing environments is a plus. Ways of Working: + Change Mindset: Embraces change, seeks out new tools and processes, and contributes to continuous improvement. + Connectivity: Builds trust through clear, candid communication and fosters inclusive relationships across teams. + Customer Centricity: Understands and empathizes with customer needs, contributing to solutions that exceed expectations. + Decisiveness: Makes timely, informed decisions using relevant data and shares insights to support team decision-making. + Accountability: Demonstrates ownership of tasks and initiatives, meets deadlines with high-quality results, and proactively contributes to team goals. Total Rewards: We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career . The estimated salary range for this position is $42,000 to $56,000 and is based on multiple factors, including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, geographical location, as well as other factors. This position is eligible for annual bonus compensation with a target payout of 5% of the base salary. This position also provides health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental and financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country. We also provide full-time employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off (72 hours). A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage. UL LLC has been and will continue to be an equal opportunity employer. To assure full implementation of this equal employment policy, we will take steps to assure that: Persons are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, color, age, sex or gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, religion, creed, national origin, ethnicity, citizenship, ancestry, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy, marital or familial status, or any other protected category under applicable law.