Regulatory Data Engineer

Sphera is a leading global provider of enterprise software and services that enables companies to manage and optimize their environmental, health, safety and sustainability. Our mission is to create a safer, more sustainable and productive world.

Sphera is a portfolio company of Blackstone, a U.S.-based alternative asset investment company that focuses on private equity, technology and innovation, and more. Blackstone businesses succeed through strong partnerships, a personalized approach and a commitment to exceptional performance with uncompromising integrity. Sphera and Blackstone are leaders in the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) space.

We are guided by our core values of Customer Centricity, Accountability, Bias to Action, Innovation, and Collaboration. These values help us recruit the right talent to join our rapidly expanding team of around the globe. It is important to us that each and every Spherion is not only eager to challenge themselves and knows how to get work done but is an awesome addition to our company culture.

This position focuses on collecting data on chemical substances from published regulatory or industry association sources. Examples include international inventory lists, occupational exposure limits, GHS classification lists, environmental emission restrictions (air, water, waste), transport of dangerous goods, and physical properties among other types of data.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Proactively monitor legislation maintained by Sphera by reviewing regulatory standards and interpretations, registers, gazettes, newsletters, etc. as related to Regulatory Data Content.
• Identify applicable new and updated/revised legislation and obtain official source documents.
• Analyze regulations for inclusion in Regulatory Content database.
• Develop and maintain technical documentation (in pre-defined templates) that clearly describes the analysis and interpretation of the Regulatory Data Lists.
• Perform assigned data maintenance projects for a repository of over 230,000 regulated chemical substances. Be fully accountable for the individual update assignments in terms of quality and schedule.
• Develop and maintain effective relationships with regulatory agency contacts and consultants specializing in specific regulations.
• Liaise with Content Development, Rules, QA, product management and other teams to identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives for content quality and work process efficiency enhancements.
• Attend weekly meetings with the Regulatory Data Analysts/Data team.

Required Education:

• University degree in Chemistry, Toxicology, Ecology or related fields. University or Advanced degree or professional certification in a related field is considered an asset.

Preferred Experience:

• 0-2 years of experience working with EHS regulations or practical experience working with chemicals.
• Experience working with relational databases using programs such as MS Access or SQL.
• Experience with data manipulation in MS Excel.
• Experience with other MS office programs.
• Good knowledge of chemical nomenclature and chemical structures.
• Fluent in English (both spoken and written) and strong reading/writing skills.
• Preferable knowledge of any other languages (i.e. French, German, Spanish or a language from Eastern Asia).

Other skills:

• Knowledge of global chemical regulations and GHS; experience authoring Safety Data Sheets will be an advantage.
• Ability to assign chemical substances to applicable chemical groups based on properties such as solubility, metal content, petroleum streams, etc. will be an advantage.
• High level of attention to detail.
• High level of initiative.
• Flexible, adaptable to change.
• Excellent organizational, time-management and prioritization skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Physical Requirements: Ability to physically perform general office requirements. Must be able to perform essential responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations.

Sphera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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