Sds Author

Company Description
**ABOUT LGC STANDARDS**:
**Job Description**:
Under the direction of the Compliance Specialist, you will work closely with suppliers, Business Sector Managers and commercial departments to ensure that all products are compliant and to prepare regulatory documents for customers. Previous experience in a regulatory or product safety role in the chemicals/biological/pharma industry is highly desirable. Proven SDS authoring experience is essential.

Your main duties will be authoring SDSs and conducting product classifications for supply and transport. You will also provide regulatory support to colleagues and customers concerning the classification of products. Using the company's commercial SDS software system you will play a key role within the compliance team by taking responsibility for SDS classification, authoring and labelling.

You must be systematic, have strong attention to detail, be comfortable communicating with a range of stakeholders and be able to work in a small close knit team environment.

LGC Standards has an actively growing business in supplying controlled substances and related materials to customers, primarily throughout Europe and expanding into other areas territories globally. An opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and technically capable individual to take a leading role in the management and delivery of this critical service for LGC Standards. The role has scope for development within the compliance team as LGC standards continues to grow.

**Key accountabilities**
- Preparation of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and label recommendations in compliance with relevant global regulations and company policies.
- Research various regulatory and HES requirements (chemical composition, hazard evaluation, fire protection, handling and storage requirements, selection of PPE, transportation classification, chemical inventory status, etc.).
- Understand and be familiar with applicable international, European and national regulations (i.e. GHS, CLP, REACH, HazCom2012).
- Coordinate with the business sectors and their suppliers to collect and determine adequacy of available information.
- Use software tools to prepare SDS.
- Upload final documents

**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor's degree in Toxicology, Chemistry, Biology or similar.
- Experience with SDS authoring or experience with product classification.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a team atmosphere and to work independently.
- Ability to learn complex databases.
- Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

**Other skills and abilities**:

- Understanding of customer requirements and expectations.
- Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical personnel.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively on multiple assignments concurrently and to reprioritise work quickly to meet changing demands.

Additional Information
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