Location:Rotterdam, NL, 3013 AA
Req ID: 88637
Facility: Rotterdam-548
Department: Global Chemical Control & Haz. Comm.
Division: Operational Excellence and HSE
Are you looking for a position where you will be responsible for providing expertise and knowledge for the REACH legislation and global chemical control for all product divisions in Europe? And do you have a background in chemistry and an interest is regulatory work? Do you want to work in a leading international company within its field, in an environment where professional and personal growth is encouraged? Welcome to LyondellBasell…

As the Sr Product Safety Specialist, you provide expertise and knowledge for the chemical control legislation for all product divisions in Europe. You will assist with substance registrations, dossier maintenance, process management and legislation interpretation in such ways that all the LYB legal entities are compliant. In addition, you will be responsible for the global chemical control evaluation and approval for all raw materials and finished goods including the SAP data requirements for compliance checks and volume tracking functionality. You anticipate and interpret complex regulatory issues and provides recommendations to business groups, sales, external customers, distributors, manufacturing facilities and R&D/technical. This position participates on external industry groups and trade associations dealing with global chemical control issues and represents LyondellBasell before regulatory agencies as appropriate.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities:

• Manage and resolve chemical control and Substance Volume requests for all materials globally;
• Provides chemical control expertise to all business area(s), manufacturing and R&D;
• Communicates new regulatory developments to key internal stakeholders and identifies the impacts to LYB;
• Assists with the registration process and data management systems for all legal entities;
• Completes relevant steps within the registration process are being performed by the responsible individuals or groups to meet the timeline for the substances;
• Focal point for sample collection, initiation of analytical testing and technical review of results to support substance identification;
• Record keeping for the following critical information to support the chemical control processes:
• Downstream uses;
• Downstream agreements for Strictly Controlled Conditions to support intermediate registrations;
• Only Representative agreements;
• Dossier versioning and communications with regulatory authorities;
• Letters of access for test studies;
• Assists with the data management within IUCLID and other chemical control databases;
• Assists with IT upgrades and enhancements with IUCLID and CHESAR;
• Participates in the dossier management team meetings with toxicology, hazard communication and regional chemical control staff to share and discuss registration/evaluation priorities and consortia activities;
• Assists with customer and supplier communication for end use compliance;
• Assists in the preparation of responses to ECHA and member states inquiries as required;
• Participates in the preparation for the manufacturing focal point network meetings, which involves holding regular meetings to update the network on the latest changes in regulations, provide training and address questions or concerns for site compliance;
• Familiar with the budget process and understands registration fees for all substances;
• Responsible for the global chemical control evaluation and approval for all European raw materials and finished goods including the SAP data requirements for compliance checks and volume tracking functionality.