REACH Regulatory Consultant

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Exponent is the only premium engineering and scientific consulting firm with the depth and breadth of expertise to solve our clients’ most profoundly unique, unprecedented, and urgent challenges.

Our vision is to engage multidisciplinary teams of science, engineering, and regulatory experts to empower our clients with solutions that create a safer, healthier, more sustainable world. For over five decades, we've connected the lessons of past failures with tomorrow's solutions to advise clients as they innovate technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.

Join our team of experts with degrees from top programs at over 500 universities and extensive experience spanning a variety of industries. At Exponent, you’ll contribute to the diverse pool of ideas, talents, backgrounds, and experiences that drives our collaborative teamwork and breakthrough insights. Plus, we help you grow your career through mentoring, sponsorship, and a culture of learning. Thanks for your interest in joining our team!

Key statistics:

• 950+ Consultants
• 640+ Ph.D.s
• 90+ Disciplines
• 30+ Offices globally

We are currently seeking an experienced REACH Regulatory Consultant to operate within our Industrial Chemicals group for our Chemical Regulation and Food Safety Practice to provide leadership and support to project teams working on regulatory submissions for industrial chemicals in the EU and UK. The role could be based from one of our UK offices (Harrogate, Nottingham, Edinburgh, London), our Dublin (Ireland) office, Mannheim (Germany) office or from our Basel (Switzerland) office.

Remote working may also be considered.

• Providing strategic advice to clients and colleagues
• Keeping up to date with developments concerning EU REACH and UK REACH
• Managing REACH regulatory projects and providing technical and regulatory consultancy services, primarily to industrial clients in the chemicals sector
• Acting as the primary client contact and being responsible for ensuring that registrations are delivered to a high standard, on time, and within agreed budgets
• Maintaining excellent relationships with clients to ensure continued repeat business and to enhance Exponent's reputation for excellent and impartial regulatory and scientific advice
• Assisting in the development of new business with existing and new clients for the provision of regulatory services
• Mentoring and assisting in the personal development of junior members of the industrial chemicals team.

• BSc degree or above in scientific discipline
• Excellent working knowledge of EU REACH and UK REACH
• Good working knowledge of worldwide industrial chemical regulations, and practical experience in managing global regulatory projects would be an advantage
• Proven track record of working in regulatory affairs for industrial chemicals and managing regulatory projects
• Experience in preparing dossiers in IUCLID
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to explain complex regulatory issues
• Strong organizational/ project management skills and ability to work under pressure to time constraints and deadlines
• Strong commitment to delivering high quality work that exceeds clients’ expectations
• Must be able to work autonomously as well as part of a team
• Experience in business development would be a distinct advantage
• Staff management experience would be a distinct advantage

Applicants are encouraged to submit a CV (Curriculum Vitae) with publications (feel free to include publications that are in review or pending) [not restricted to 1 page].

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