Full Job Description
Are you passionate about ensuring regulatory compliance, maintaining high-quality standards, and making a real impact in a dynamic business environment? Do you thrive in a role where attention to detail and continuous improvement are key? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you!
Dakram Materials Ltd is a privately owned company specialising in the supply of mainly inorganic metal based chemicals, dedicated to excellence in product safety, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance. As a small team of five, we pride ourselves on a collaborative working environment where every team member plays a vital role. We are looking for the right person to fit into our team—someone we can train and develop. In this role, you will have the unique opportunity to work closely with the entire team, including the Managing Director, gaining exposure to a wide range of skills and responsibilities.
As we continue to grow, we are looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Regulatory Compliance & Quality Apprentice to join our team and help drive our commitment to compliance and quality.
Qualification Requirements
5 GCSEs at grades C/4 or above (or equivalent) including Mathematics English and Science
Salary - £23,000 - £25,000
Benefits
- Holiday Allowance – 20 days plus bank holidays. plus an additional 3-4 days for paid Christmas shutdown (Christmas Eve off plus 3 days between Christmas and New Years)
- Pension – Employer pays 8% (covers the employees contribution)
- Private Medical
- Casual dress
- Hybrid working, initially expected to be in the office whilst undergoing training, but flexible thereafter. Ideally 3 days in office, 2 days from home.
Location - Biggleswade, Bedfordshire
Working Hours
Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm (flexibility on times may be accommodated)
Duration - 18 months
Start Date -September 2025
Interview Date - May 2025
Closing Date for Applications - 24th April 2025
To Apply
To apply please click the apply now button to complete our application form. If you have any difficulty in applying, please contact us at [email protected]
Job Description
As the Regulatory Compliance & Quality Apprentice, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our products, processes, and systems meet all regulatory and quality requirements. Your responsibilities will include:
Necessary and Current Requirements
- Updating all Safety Data Sheets and Technical Data Sheets based on suppliers’ information
- Creating new Safety Data Sheets and Technical Data Sheets based on suppliers’ information
- Create a new system to monitor the latest version of SDS and TDS from suppliers and ensure current updates are sent to customers who have received these in the past
- Maintain or develop the current stock master spreadsheet which assigns stock code numbers and lists supplier information and latest date
- Liaise with Carechem (24 hour emergency response we subscribe to) ensure they have all of the correct SDS information and most up to date information for all products that we sell and ensure we have the correct coverage for our sales markets
- Look at packaging waste regulations and ensure we are compliant. Work with shipping team to get a system for collecting the data we need and if necessary, liaise with appropriate consultant to submit the data that is legally required
- Look at plastic packaging regulations to ensure we are compliant and work with necessary teams to put a system in place to monitor and report as per our obligations
- UK and EU REACH – check the status of all products we are purchasing in terms of their UK and EU Reach status. Monitor tonnages to confirm that suppliers are covering the material that we purchase. As and when UK REACH deadlines are approaching ensure that all suppliers, we use are going to comply with UK REACH. If any gaps are identified work with consultant to put cost proposal together and enable decision making as to whether we will register any products ourselves
- Ensure we have analysis certificates for all purchased goods and check positively whether goods are in compliance with the purchasing specifications
- Ensure that we are in compliance with the Explosives and Precursors regulations. Maintain the catalogue to ensure all materials that fall into scope of this are listed and carry out any annual declarations and checks that are required from customers in terms of photo ID and any other information that is needed for our legal obligations
- Liaise with Chemical Business Association to ensure that all staff are aware of any regulatory changes that could affect the business
- Monitor information from HSE and other sources to be aware of any potential regulatory changes that may affect the business
- Prepare and submit annual Indices of Performance to Chemical Business Association
- Prepare and submit annual SAQ and 3yr improvement plan to Chemical Business Association
- Look at Responsible Care initiative and see if there are any more benefits and opportunities to promote the company
- Conduct monthly ISO9001 audits
- Maintain the ISO9001 quality system to ensure procedures are all up to date and propose any changes that may become necessary
- Conduct monthly FEMAS audits
- Maintain the FEMAS system, including looking at new products, suppliers, work with sales staff to ensure products are fully compliant. Submit any necessary documentation to KIWA (governing body). Check updates from KIWA and be aware of any feed safety issues. Evaluation of new suppliers, liaising with government agencies to ensure compliance with legislation.
- Monitor and deal with non-conformances liaising with other staff to ensure prompt action and preventative action
- Evaluation of new suppliers
- Look at customer satisfaction surveys/communications for the benefit of the business
- Look at CBAM regulations and how this will impact our business and how we would collate the data required by customers for exports to Europe and also within the UK
- Attend and contribute to Quality Meetings, produce minutes, check progress of outcomes etc.
- Maintain and develop any office procedures that relate to regulatory issues
- Identify regulatory related training needs for all staff
Future Projects to work on as role develops
- Look at environmental issues and how we might improve our performance and highlight our progress – do we want to consider any compliance with environmental performance
- Look at Product Stewardship – is this something we want to consider?
- Look at Sustainability – is this something we can improve on, or does it come under Product Stewardship?
- Look at third party verification that is offered under ESAD and work with CBA to see if this is something we can work towards
- Work towards being Quality Manager
- Potential Qualifications for ADR and IATA training
- Consider whether to take over as Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor and complete the training and exams
Candidate Requirements
Skills required
- Has good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Has the ability to determine own work priorities and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
- Is self-motivated to achieve high quality results within defined timeframes.
- Demonstrates attention to detail and ability to appropriately prioritize and perform multiple tasks/projects simultaneously.
- Has a good understanding of Microsoft Office skills, specifically Excel and PowerPoint.
- Willingness to understand and Navigate Quality Management Systems in support of task execution.
- Completes assignments under broad guidelines and selects the most appropriate method or approach to do so.
- Takes a broad perspective to solve problems, sometimes choosing among less obvious approaches to identify solutions.
Personal Qualities
- Hard-working.
- Ability to solve problems, interact with others and manage a varied workload.
- Is self-motivated to achieve high quality results within defined timeframes.
- Attention to detail.
- Research skills for assignments and job-related activities.
- Has good organisational, interpersonal and communication skills.
- Can use own judgment to make decisions, non-routine issues within and outside of scope of responsibilities., using judgment to set own schedule.
- Quality mindset.
Training To Be Delivered
Apprenticeship Standard: Level 4 Regulatory Compliance Officer
Training Provider: TBC
Delivery model: At your workplace / online
Things To Be Considered
This is an entry-level position within a small, close-knit team, offering a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience in regulatory compliance and quality assurance. This role provides invaluable exposure to a wide range of responsibilities, allowing you to develop a diverse skill set. Working closely with experienced professionals, you will gain deep insights into compliance, quality management, and industry regulations with the with a potential pathway towards a Quality Manager position.
About Dakram Materials Ltd
Dakram Materials Ltd is a privately owned company specialising in the supply of mainly inorganic metal-based chemicals.
Our business has been built on a customer focused philosophy. We work closely with our customers and producers to ensure that we develop long term relationships and supply chain solutions that give the optimum benefits to our customers, large and small. We pride ourselves on our flexibility and ability to consistently offer quality products at competitive prices.
We maintain stock at strategic locations within the UK and Europe to serve our varied customer base and ensure that material is available when our customer’s need it, even if at very short notice.
We act as an agent and distributor and the manufacturers we work with are located in South America, USA, China, India and Europe. Our combined expertise of over 60 years of sourcing materials is our strength, and we are constantly expanding our product range in conjunction with our customers, putting our experience into practice to locate new sources of chemicals.
The industries that we supply are varied and diverse. They range from agriculture, animal feed and animal nutrition, catalysts, ceramics, electroceramics, metal treatment and glass to pigments and colours.
Our customer base is as diverse as the rest of our business. Our customers range from small businesses to multi-national blue-chip companies. We pride ourselves on being able to offer a high level of service and a flexible innovative approach to all our customers, and our success is reflected in the growth of our business.
