Regulatory Affairs Coordinator

Darling Ingredients; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Darling Ingredients is seeking a Regulatory Affairs Coordinator to manage regulatory documentation, track changes, and support databases for food, supplements, pharma, and animal by-product needs. You will coordinate supplier compliance for the USA and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure regulatory alignment.

The role requires at least 1 year in a regulatory setting, strong organization, and robust communication skills to interpret regulations and customer needs, with proficiency

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Food Science, Quality Management or related field.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a regulatory environment, preferably within food, pharmaceutical, pet food, or animal feed.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interpret technical procedures and government regulations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.

Responsibilities

• Maintains accurate regulatory statements to ensure global compliance.
• Prepares regulatory documents such as Letters of Guarantee, Prop 65 Statements, and EDQM documentation.
• Prepares FDA shipment affidavits and regulatory submissions.
• Represents Regulatory Affairs on project teams and provides regulatory guidance.
• Reviews documents for regulatory compliance and communicates progress.
• Prepares submissions to regulatory authorities and maintains project timelines.
• Maintains supplier compliance programs and conducts supplier documentation management.
• Performs onsite supplier inspections when required and follows up on findings.
• Supports quality and food safety procedures and audit readiness.

Skills

Regulatory coordination

Documentation

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Food Science, Quality Management

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description

The Regulatory Affairs Coordinator is responsible for regulatory documentation and statements, tracks regulatory changes, and maintains customer and regulatory databases. Provide a strong tie to supporting the regulatory needs of food, food supplements, pharmaceutical, biomedicals and animal by-product needs for our customers. Coordinates and maintains supplier compliance for USA.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Regulatory

• Maintains accurate regulatory statements to ensure global compliance.
• Prepares various regulatory documents as required by customers (i.e. Letters of Guarantee, Prop 65 Statement, EDQM's, etc.)
• Prepares FDA shipment Affidavits.
• Effectively represents Regulatory Affairs on project teams and provides regulatory guidance as outlined below:
• Reviews documents for regulatory compliance.
• Prepares submissions to regulatory authorities.
• Communicates importance of Regulations and Compliance.
• Represents the company with regulatory agencies.
• Works effectively in a team environment to ensure not only individual tasks are accomplished, but that team and department objectives are achieved.
• Communicates progress on regulatory projects.
• Projects professionalism and a cooperative demeanor.

Quality

• Researches customer inquiries and prepares regulatory/quality statements as necessary.
• Completes and manages Customer Quality Questionnaires.
• Follows all food safety procedures and practices to promote our food safety culture.
• Maintains Supplier Approval Program and ensures raw material suppliers meet audit standards.
• Performs onsite inspections of suppliers to ensure compliance, when required.
• Manages all required Supplier documentation, follows up with suppliers as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Food Science, Quality Management or related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in a regulatory environment, preferably within food, pharmaceutical, pet food, or animal feed.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with attention to detail.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to interpret technical procedures and government regulations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with regulatory agencies such as FDA, USDA, and/or APHIS within food, pharmaceutical, pet food, or animal feed environments.

Working Conditions and Physical Demands

• Occasionally exposed to wet/humid conditions, outside weather, chemicals, electrical hazards, and moving mechanical equipment.
• Occasionally requires standing, walking, reaching, climbing, or balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and crawling.
• Must be able to communicate effectively and use applicable senses as required to perform the job.
• Requires the ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 10lbs.
• Requires occasional travel to off-site locations, approximately 10%.

About Us

We’re one of the world’s leading practitioners of circularity, transforming materials from the animal agriculture and food industries into valuable ingredients. Ingredients that nourish people, feed animals and crops, and fuel the world with renewable energy.

About The Team

Darling Ingredients is an equal opportunity employer and gives consideration to qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, pregnancy, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, physical or mental disability, military service, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state and local law. Know Your Rights: If you would like more information, please click on the link and paste into your browser: https://www.eeoc.gov/poster of this job.