Jul 25, 2026

REACH Programme Manager

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Job Title: REACH Programme Manager Location: Lincoln Contract length: 12 months contract Randstad Sourceright, a leading provider of RPO & MSP Recruitment Services is currently recruiting for a Package Repair Coordinator to join a World leader offering Products, Solutions and Services across the entire Energy value chain on behalf of a well established manufacturing organisation to play a key role in supporting Manufacturing Operations. You will shape a competitive, sustainable supply chain, partnering globally to drive productivity, quality, and digitalization. As the Senior Programme Manager, you will take total ownership of a critical, stalled environmental initiative to bring turbine protective coatings into full REACH compliance , managing four distinct project branches and senior executive stakeholders while ensuring manufacturing operations and customer deliveries are never disrupted. Some of the duties will include but are not limited to: * Take full ownership of the overall REACH Compliance Programme to establish clear governance, meeting cadences, control systems, milestones, and decision-making pathways. * Lead and coordinate the four primary branches of the programme (materials compliance, business continuity, regulations, and transformation), making sure all dependencies, risks, actions, and resources are visibly managed. * Step into a complex initiative that has lost its momentum and actively revive it by injecting clarity, pace, accountability, and confidence across all internal and external teams. * Ensure that all product modification and compliance plans are rolled out in a highly controlled manner that fully protects ongoing customer commitments and operational continuity. * Constructively push back against delays, resistance, and competing internal priorities while successfully maintaining the confidence and alignment of senior stakeholders. * Lead effective and professional communications with external regulatory bodies and stakeholders, ensuring all programme responses are robust and timely. * Provide concise and transparent progress updates, risk assessments, escalations, and recovery action recommendations directly to the Managing Director and senior leadership. * Develop strong, credible relationships across diverse technical, compliance, operational, commercial, and executive teams to secure long-term commitment to the programme's goals. Essential Requirements: * Proven track record in senior programme management, ideally gained within a complex engineering, manufacturing, energy, aerospace, or alternative highly regulated sector. * Demonstrable success managing large-scale portfolios or multi-workstream programmes defined by high degrees of compliance, technical, operational, and stakeholder complexity. * A robust understanding of how to lead regulatory compliance initiatives. * Practical experience delivering material, product, process, or compliance-related changes without disrupting ongoing operations or customer commitments. * The ability to navigate senior leadership landscapes confidently, including communicating directly with Managing Directors to provide concise insights, robust challenges, and clear recommendations. * A clear history of leading through ambiguity, successfully recovering stalled or challenged programmes, and establishing structure where priorities or governance are unclear. * Strong relationship management capabilities, specifically the ability to influence and align senior technical experts, operational leaders, regulatory bodies, and demanding internal clients. * A leadership profile built on resilience and strong judgment, meaning you are comfortable managing strong personalities, overcoming resistance, and holding stakeholders accountable under pressure. Desirable Requirements: * Direct REACH Experience: Having specific, hands-on experience working with REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) regulatory frameworks and compliance programmes

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