Senior Product Safety Specialist

LyondellBasell is a leader in the global chemical industry creating solutions for everyday sustainable living. With a nearly 70-year legacy that includes a Nobel Prize in Chemistry and our proprietary  MoReTec  recycling technology, LYB is enabling a more sustainable future for generations to come.  LYB develops high-quality and innovative products for applications ranging from sustainable transportation and food safety to clean water and quality healthcare. LYB places high priority on diversity, equity and inclusion and is Advancing Good with an emphasis on our planet, the communities where we operate and our future workforce. We're addressing the global challenges of ending plastic waste, taking climate action, and supporting a thriving society, while generating value for our customers, investors, and society. A Day in the Life

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 consortium communication 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.