Regulatory Affairs Specialist

Specialist Regulatory Affairs Opportunity

Join a well-established manufacturing company in a permanent, full-time role dedicated to ensuring product compliance with applicable UK and European chemical regulations. This position offers a specialist opportunity for an experienced professional to provide regulatory guidance across the business and support the ongoing development of regulatory processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Classify finished products in accordance with EU CLP, GB CLP, and GHS requirements.
• Author, review, approve, and maintain compliant Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for formulated products using Lisam ExESS or equivalent software.
• Ensure SDSs remain accurate and up to date following formulation, classification, and regulatory changes.
• Review supplier SDSs and assess their regulatory impact on finished products.
• Coordinate SDS translations to ensure documentation meets local market requirements.
• Determine and verify hazard classifications, signal words, H-statements, and P-statements.
• Assess the regulatory impact of formulation changes, raw material substitutions, and new product developments.
• Maintain classification documentation and supporting justification records.
• Review and approve product artwork, labels, and packaging for regulatory compliance, ensuring consistency across primary packaging, outer cases, and online product information.
• Provide regulatory guidance on pictograms, signal words, hazard and precautionary statements, font sizes, language requirements, and recycling information.
• Support artwork change management and version control.
• Prepare, submit, and maintain Poison Centre Notifications (PCNs) through ECHA.
• Manage UFI creation and implementation across relevant product artwork.
• Ensure PCN dossiers are updated following formulation or classification changes.
• Act as a key point of contact for internal stakeholders and relevant external regulatory contacts.
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on existing and future product portfolios.
• Support the implementation of regulatory changes across the business.
• Contribute to SOP development and continuous improvement of regulatory processes.
• Provide regulatory guidance to R&D, Quality, Operations, Commercial, and Marketing teams.
• Support the training and development of junior members of the regulatory team.

Key Requirements

• Demonstrable experience with CLP/GHS product classification.
• Strong hands-on experience authoring and maintaining Safety Data Sheets.
• Experience using Lisam ExESS or equivalent SDS authoring software.
• Hands-on experience managing Poison Centre Notifications (PCNs).
• Experience creating and managing UFI codes.
• Strong understanding of product labelling and artwork requirements.
• Experience working with EU and/or UK chemical regulations.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate regulatory documentation.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to provide clear regulatory guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple regulatory requirements and priorities effectively.

Advantageous Requirements

• Previous experience within chemicals, detergents, household products, or industrial chemicals.
• Experience working within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting new product development and formulation changes.
• Knowledge of detergent and environmental labelling requirements.
• Experience with regulatory change management and implementation.
• Experience developing or improving regulatory procedures and SOPs.

Role Details

• Salary: £35,000 - £40,000
• Job Type: Permanent, full-time
• Location: Redditch
• Additional: Company benefits package, training and development opportunities