Food Safety & Regulatory Lead (Remote)

About Exponent

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.

Key statistics:

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

Our Opportunity

We are currently seeking a Food Safety and Regulatory Affairs Specialist at the Managing Scientist level to operate within our Chemical Regulation and Food Safety Practice in one of our European offices (located in Ireland, the UK, Germany or Switzerland). Remote working is also an option.

You will be responsible for:

• Producing food safety assessments, food allergenicity assessments and defining acceptance standards to advise consumer risk protection mitigation measures including risk communication.
• Producing high quality, successful regulatory submissions relating to food, feed, food contact materials and food additives, including allergenicity assessments.
• Provision of high level, strategic risk management, regulatory and scientific advice to clients on international food regulations and food risk prevention best practices.
• Provision of relevant expert advice on potential for risk to consumers, food safety capability status of manufacturing sites to support incidents and recalls reactively and post-event, due diligence assessments pre-acquisition or pre-approval as co-manufacturers and suppliers, and remedial actions post-event or post-acquisition.
• Management of complex, multifaceted projects.
• Winning work and building, and developing successful client relationships.

You will have the following skills and qualifications:

• A minimum of a BSc in chemistry, biochemistry, food science, microbiology, nutrition or a closely related field, with a strong preference for higher degree.
• Extensive experience (ideally 10+ years) of working in food or feed safety management and/or regulatory environments.
• A proven track record working within the scientific and regulatory framework applicable to food and feed safety in the UK and European Union.

Applicants are encouraged to submit a CV (Curriculum Vitae) with publications (feel free to include publications that are in review or pending).

Life @ Exponent

To learn more about life at Exponent and our impact, please visit the following links:

• Life at Exponent
• Our Impact

Attracting, inspiring, developing, and rewarding exceptional people with diverse backgrounds and expertise are central to our corporate culture. Our diverse team 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.

Work Environment

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.

Benefits you will enjoy:

Exponent is a proud equal opportunity employer. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, you may email us at HR-Accommodations@exponent.com.

Job Locations:

• UK-North Yorkshire-Harrogate
• IE-Fingal-Blanchardstown
• UK-Nottingham
• UK-London
• CH-Basel
• DE-Mannheim