FSQR Specialist Regulatory

Rangen LLC•Chicago, IL

About The Position

The Regulatory Specialist creates, reviews, and maintains accurate Safety Data Sheets (SDSs) and technical data sheets for animal nutrition products and ingredients. The role administers the TotalSDS program, supports compliant hazard communication and product documentation, and works with internal stakeholders to keep regulatory information accurate, current, and accessible. The position supports employee safety, customer confidence, regulatory compliance, and product stewardship through accurate and timely documentation. The role also coordinates CHEMTREC emergency-response services, monitors relevant regulatory changes, and maintains controlled, auditable records of source data, approvals, revisions, and issued documents. The Regulatory Specialist supports audits, regulatory inquiries, customer requests, questionnaires, and product-registration activities, while protecting confidential formulation and supplier information and ensuring appropriate regulatory disclosure. Frequent travel between company sites is expected.

Requirements

Experience creating or maintaining Safety Data Sheets, technical data sheets, product specifications, or comparable regulatory documents.
Working knowledge of hazard communication, GHS classification principles, SDS content requirements, and document control.
Strong technical writing, research, data-management, proofreading, and organizational skills.
Ability to accurately interpret formulation, ingredient, supplier, and regulatory information and maintain confidential information.
Willingness to travel frequently between different company sites.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Regulatory Affairs, Environmental Health and Safety, Food Science, Animal Science, or a related field is preferred.
Experience with TotalSDS or comparable SDS-authoring software is preferred.
TotalSDS system experience or formal vendor training.
Hazard Communication and GHS training.
Experience coordinating CHEMTREC emergency-response services and maintaining emergency contact information on SDSs.
Regulatory affairs, technical writing, or product stewardship experience.
SDS authoring and hazard communication skills.
TotalSDS administration skills.
Technical writing and document control skills.
Regulatory research and interpretation skills.
Accuracy and attention to detail.
Data management and quality control skills.
Communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.
Planning, prioritization, and continuous improvement skills.

Responsibilities

Promote a workplace safety and quality culture aligned with Rangen Values.
Create, review, revise, and approve SDSs for finished products, ingredients, and related materials.
Administer the TotalSDS program, including product setup, data entry, document generation, version control, user support, and system maintenance.
Evaluate product formulations and supplier information to determine hazard classifications, required statements, and SDS content.
Maintain SDSs in accordance with applicable hazard communication and Globally Harmonized System requirements.
Coordinate CHEMTREC emergency-response services; send all SDSs to CHEMTREC and verify emergency contact information and account-specific details on applicable SDSs.
Develop and maintain technical data sheets covering product composition, characteristics, intended use, handling, storage, and other approved technical information.
Establish and maintain standardized SDS and technical data sheet templates, workflows, naming conventions, and document-control practices.
Monitor regulatory changes affecting SDSs, hazard classifications, labels, technical data sheets, or product communication.
Coordinate periodic reviews and timely document updates when formulations, suppliers, classifications, regulations, or product information change.
Respond to internal and customer requests for SDSs, technical data sheets, and related regulatory documentation.
Collect and verify formulation details, ingredient disclosures, supplier SDSs, Certificates of Analysis, specifications, and supporting technical information.
Collaborate with Product Development, FSQR, Operations, Procurement, Sales, and suppliers to resolve data gaps and confirm document accuracy.
Perform quality checks to ensure regulatory documents are complete, consistent, and aligned with approved product information.
Support Management of Change activities by assessing documentation impacts and issuing revised SDSs and technical data sheets as needed.
Maintain organized, auditable records of source data, approvals, revisions, and issued documents.
Track document status, review dates, and outstanding information to support timely completion.
Assist with audits, regulatory inquiries, customer questionnaires, and product-registration activities by providing accurate documentation.
Identify opportunities to improve TotalSDS workflows, document accuracy, cycle time, and accessibility.
Provide training and guidance to internal users on TotalSDS processes, document requests, and approved use of regulatory information.
Communicate document requirements, risks, and status clearly to stakeholders.
Protect confidential formulation and supplier information while ensuring appropriate regulatory disclosure.