SDS Author

Company Description

LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomics and for quality assurance applications. LGC’s tools play a key role in customer workflows from discovery applications through to commercial manufacture and enable its customers to: bring new diagnostics and therapies to market; progress research and development; optimise food production; and continuously monitor and enhance the quality of food, the environment and consumer products.

LGC’s 180 years of scientific heritage combined with a track record of innovation and value enhancing acquisitions has enabled it to build its product portfolio and expertise, and develop deep relationships with customers, industry partners and the global scientific community. Its products and services are delivered by highly qualified and experienced teams, operating from a global network of accredited sites that showcase its scientific and manufacturing capabilities.

LGC’s core purpose of Science for a Safer World and its core values of passion, curiosity, integrity, brilliance and respect, infuse its culture. 

LGC is organised through six Business Units which report up via two reporting segments, Genomics and Quality Assurance. Each of these Business Units have distinctive missions which relate back to LGC’s core vision of Science for a Safer World – each Business Unit has its own leadership team which is charged with building their business, including marketing teams who are primarily orientated around the customer experience.

Activities which are common across the Business Units are managed centrally. Our Central Services Group (“CSG”) encompasses Finance, IT and HR activities and we have other specialist central capabilities in areas including Procurement, Pricing, Programme Management etc.

Job Description

Within the LGC Standards Division you will work as part of the Regulatory Compliance Team as SDS Author. You will report to the local Compliance Manager as well as dotted to the SDS Manager. Your main stakeholders will be within Production and Supply Chain.  

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.

Previous experience in a regulatory or product safety role in the chemicals/biological/pharma industry is highly desirable. Proven SDS authoring experience is essential.

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Demonstrated ability to work in a team atmosphere and to work independently,
• 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 and national regulations (i.e. GHS, CLP, REACH, OSHA, Whims, HazCom2012).

Preparation of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) and label recommendations in compliance with relevant global regulations and company policies

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Toxicology, Chemistry, Biology or similar.
• Ability to apply toxicology and phys/chem data to the safe handling of chemicals.
• Experience with SDS authoring or experience with product classification
• Knowledge about Transport regulation (IATA; ADR, DOT etc.)
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• 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 demand

1. Person Specification

• Highly self-motivated
• Strong team player
• Effective communicator
• Strong networker

Additional Information

ABOUT LGC:

LGC is a leading, global life science tools company, providing mission-critical components and solutions into high-growth application areas across the human healthcare and applied market segments. Its high-quality product portfolio is comprised of mission-critical tools for genomic analysis and for quality assurance applications, which are typically embedded and recurring within our customers’ products and workflows and are valued for their performance, quality, and range. 

OUR VALUES

• PASSION
• CURIOSITY 
• INTEGRITY
• BRILLIANCE
• RESPECT

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES 

LGC strongly believes that every job applicant and employee should be valued for their individual talents regardless of age, disability, race, color, ethnic or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion, or belief. Short listing, interviewing and selection will always be carried out without regard to gender, sexual orientation, marital status, color, race, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion or belief, age, or trade union membership.

For more information about LGC, please visit our website www.lgcgroup.com

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