REACH Regulatory Project Manager

Exponent is a leading engineering and scientific consulting firm that brings together more than 90 different disciplines to solve the most pressing and complicated challenges facing stakeholders today.  Our vision is to engage the brightest scientists and engineers to empower clients with solutions for a safe, healthy, sustainable and technologically complex world.  We leverage over 50 years of experience in analyzing accidents and failures to advise clients as they innovate their technologically complex products and processes, ensure the safety and health of their users, and address the challenges of sustainability.

We employ experts from top programs at over 500 universities and from a variety of industries.  We are expanding and are excited about your interest in joining our team!

Key statistics:

• 1100+ Team members
• 900+ Consultants
• 550+ Ph.D.’s
• 30+ Offices globally

We are currently seeking a REACH Regulatory Project Manager to operate within our Industrial Chemicals group for our Chemical Regulation and Food Safety Practice to provide leadership and support project teams working on regulatory submissions for the registration of 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 a 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

We value and encourage diversity and inclusivity across all facets of our firm.  Having a team built of people with different backgrounds, skills and perspectives allows us to provide better value to our clients and enjoy an enriched work environment.

Our firm is committed to offering a variety of programs and resources to support health and well-being. We believe that providing competitive benefits as well as compensation and recognition programs empowers our staff to do work that makes a difference.

Exponent is a proud equal opportunity employer. 

If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at HR-accomodations@exponent.com

At Exponent, we have found that in-person interactions deepen employee engagement and are crucial for development, for realizing the full potential of our talented and diverse teams, and for​ building a more inclusive workplace where all have a sense of belonging. In our offices, you can expect a supportive culture and a collaborative, dynamic, multi-disciplinary work environment. Our consultants engage in-person in the office unless they are traveling for client work or other business activities.

We value the rich lives our colleagues enjoy outside of work and understand that work/life balance is critical to our employees and their well-being. Consultants have the autonomy to balance their work and personal schedules so you can meet with clients, visit inspection sites, attend conferences, and make time for priorities outside of work, too. It is this flexible, agile work style and working hours that allow our teams to drive innovation and results in their own ways, while meeting the needs of clients.