Senior Consultant - SDS Author

Overview

Create and manage safety data sheets and provide regulatory consultancy for chemical products.

Key Responsibilities

• sds authoring
• regulatory support
• technical consultancy
• project management
• service development
• client liaison

Tasks

-Reviewing SDS Authored by the team providing feedback, then working with them to improve the quality of deliverables, both directly and through procedural changes. -Undertaking a range of Safety Data Sheet authoring for a variety of clients, with wider support to other technical areas including REACH, Poison Centre notifications etc. -Provide the product managers with management support to enable successful delivery of regulatory consultancy projects and fulfilment of personal development/ training needs for others in the team. -Identifying and helping to take forward opportunities that are uncovered through the technical work e.g. through technical conversations around Safety Data Sheets uncovering where the customer may require additional support in REACH, Poison Centres and Emergency Response or training opportunities and working with the sales team to close these. -Contribute ideas to the development of business strategy with respect to regulatory consultancy. -Supporting the personal development of other members of the team across these technical areas and management skills. -Providing expert technical consultancy input to support the growth and development and evolution of our SDS Authoring Services, developing new consultancy solutions to emerging regulatory changes. -Keep up to date with market trends and developments and provide technical support to colleagues in the development of new service offerings and creation of technical papers. -Providing management of project staff related to customers / consultants working on technical projects as agreed with the Product Managers for specific customer work (Managing the quality, accuracy and timeliness of deliverables) -Liaising with marketing and sales staff to ensure effective promotion of Ricardo’s capabilities in support of sales activities to grow these areas. -Performing and managing high quality technical consultancy in the field of chemical regulatory affairs. -Providing extensive technical knowledge especially in the area of SDS authoring, undertaking authoring work using Ricardo’s 3rd party SDS authoring software.

Requirements

• reach
• ghs
• clp
• sds author
• communicator
• leadership

What You Bring

-Have an extensive background in supply regulations (and potentially transport regs as well); safety data sheet authoring, understanding how to classify both substances and mixtures and author a fully compliant safety data sheet, expert knowledge of REACH and knowledge of Poison centres desirable but not a necessity. -Have and maintain expert knowledge of the regulations affecting the worldwide chemical industry, in particular supply regulations GHS and CLP. -Competent SDS author experience in across multiple jurisdictions (USA, EU, UK, Japan, China, Korea etc.), including extended-SDS. -Be an excellent communicator and used to presenting your ideas and project outputs to customers and ideally at regulatory conferences. -Have the ability to manage and influence people effectively and/ or delegate work to others.

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About Ricardo Plc

-Evolved from combustion technology to strategic consultancy, Ricardo now serves as a global engineering powerhouse. -Headquartered in England, it shifted focus from manufacturing to delivering engineering and strategic consultancy. -Key achievements include guiding clients through decarbonization and technical transformation in transport, energy, and environment. -Award-winning projects include carbon-capture plants, hydrogen fuel-cell ships, and digital energy-modelling tools for governments. -Iconic projects include diesel speed records, McLaren supercar engines, and Taxibot aircraft tugs, showcasing over a century of innovation. -Now publicly listed, it combines technical expertise with strategic consultancy to spearhead complex, sustainable projects across sectors.

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