Product Stewardship Specialist

About The Job

Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

The Product Stewardship Specialist is responsible for supporting global product compliance and stewardship activities across the product lifecycle. This role verifies that products, materials, chemicals, packaging, and associated processes comply with applicable environmental, sustainability, and product-related regulations while enabling safe, compliant, and sustainable product development and commercialization.

The specialist serves as a technical resource for product stewardship requirements, regulatory compliance, risk assessment, and emerging regulatory issues, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders to support business objectives and maintain market access.

Role accountabilities:

• Interpret and apply global product stewardship, chemical, materials, packaging, and environmental regulations to products and business processes.
• Support compliance with regulations such as REACH, RoHS, WEEE, Battery Regulations, Packaging and Packaging Waste requirements, TSCA, Proposition 65, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), and other applicable product compliance requirements.
• Conduct product stewardship and regulatory impact assessments for new and existing products.
• Monitor emerging regulatory developments and evaluate potential business, product, and supply chain impacts.
• Partner with R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Quality, Supply Chain, Procurement, Sustainability, Packaging, Manufacturing, and Commercial teams to support compliant product lifecycle management.
• Provide technical guidance regarding material composition, chemical compliance, restricted substances, product safety, and sustainability requirements.
• Support product stewardship reporting, registrations, regulatory documentation, declarations, and customer information requests.
• Assist with compliance audits, assessments, corrective actions, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of product stewardship procedures, governance processes, and compliance management systems.
• Deliver training and awareness programs related to product stewardship, regulatory requirements, and emerging compliance obligations.

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Science, Chemistry, Materials Science, Engineering, Toxicology, Regulatory Affairs, Life Sciences, or a related technical discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in Product Stewardship, Environmental Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, Chemical Compliance, Materials Compliance, or a related field.
• Experience in highly regulated industries such as medical devices, pharmaceuticals, consumer products, chemicals, electronics, or healthcare preferred.
• Working knowledge of global product compliance regulations, including chemical, materials, packaging, and environmental requirements.
• Experience conducting regulatory assessments and translating requirements into business and product actions.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and technical documentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively within global, cross-functional, and matrixed organizations.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in scientific or regulatory discipline.
• Experience with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs and reporting.
• Familiarity with sustainability, circular economy, and environmental reporting initiatives.
• Knowledge of regulatory compliance management systems and product stewardship data tools.
• Regulatory Affairs Certification (RAC) or related environmental/compliance certification.

Desired Competencies

• Regulatory interpretation and compliance management
• Product stewardship and risk assessment
• Chemical and materials compliance expertise
• Cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder management
• Technical communication and training
• Continuous improvement and process optimization
• Strategic thinking and problem solving

Why Arcadis?

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