Toxicology Specialist

Position Description

Job Summary

What's the job?

This is a great opportunity to contribute to our Product Stewardship & Compliance program and support the compliance toxicology function in a collaborative environment. Come join our Product Stewardship & Compliance Team to contribute to "Making the World a Better Home".

The Toxicology Specialist ensures Saint-Gobain's products are safe for our employees, customers, and the environment by providing substance level hazard characterization to support the hazard communication program and generating toxicological data summaries and risk assessments as part of product toxicology risk evaluation to support product stewardship reviews. This key Product Stewardship & Compliance team member collaborates with internal stakeholders to meet Saint-Gobain's product stewardship and sustainability goals. The Toxicology Specialist also supports product toxicology testing in collaboration with various business units and R&D, develops processes to support the product stewardship and toxicology programs, and responds to internal or external customer inquiries.

Regulatory Toxicology

• Support toxicological risk assessment (hazard identification, exposure assessment, and risk characterization) preparations for new and existing products to support R&D product development and/or product stewardship reviews
• Provides oversight of acute and in vitro testing programs at contract laboratories.
• Maintain knowledge of emerging toxicology and ecotoxicology relevant to Saint-Gobain businesses and products and identify potential risk in regulatory toxicology area and work with Product Stewardship & Compliance, Legal, businesses, and R&D to manage risk
• Respond to internal and external customer inquiries about hazard classification, health effects or exposures related to our products or manufacturing processes

Documentation

• Critically evaluate and synthesize toxicological literature to prepare toxicology profile for product components or raw materials
• Perform hazard classification and develop appropriate summaries/documentation to support the hazard communication program

Planning, Management and Execution

• Develop toxicology procedures that support business unit programs to ensure safety and health protection to employees, customers and the communities that may be exposed to our product.
• Work as part of a cross-functional team having regular communications with key internal stakeholders including, EHS, sales/marketing, product management, quality, R&D, product stewardship and compliance and customer service

Required Qualifications

What do you bring?

• Bachelors Degree in Toxicology, Pharmacology, Biology, or related sciences required.
• Masters Degree Toxicology, Pharmacology, Biology, or related sciences preferred.
• 5+ years experience in product toxicological risk assessment required, manufacturing industry experience preferred.
• 5+ years experience in developing toxicology procedures that support business unit programs
• Advanced technical writing ability required
• Highly motivated, proactive, and persistent; strong interpersonal/negotiating skills; analytical problem-solver
• Skilled in standard Microsoft Office Software (i.e., Microsoft Office, Sharepoint, etc.)
• Strong communicator and collaborating skills with cross-functional teams and stakeholders

Additional Description

What are our perks?

We provide unique options to fit your unique lives! Our Total Rewards Program is customizable to accommodate your needs. Our menu of flexible options includes, but is not limited to:

• Excellent healthcare options: Medical, vision, prescription & dental
• Family Focus & Balance: Parental leave, paid time-off and Employee Assistance Program
• Financial Security: Competitive 401(k), Company-funded Retirement Accumulation Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Program (PEG)
• Tuition Reimbursement: Continuing education for every season of your career
• Pet Insurance options: Insurance plan & prescription discount program for your furry friends
• Employee Recognition Programs
• PerkSpot: Our exclusive one-stop online discount marketplace
• LiveWell: Rewarding you for living a healthy lifestyle

Company Summary

Why work for us?

At Saint-Gobain, our employees have pride in belonging to an organization whose culture is made up of these core values: Trust, Empowerment, & Collaboration. Our company encourages diversity and inclusion in all its forms while our products make the world a more beautiful, safer, and sustainable home.

Legal Statement

Saint-Gobain provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. Saint-Gobain is an equal opportunity employer of individuals with disabilities and supports the hiring of veterans.