Toxicologist

About This Role

This role is part of Sasol International Chemicals’ Product Safety function, where you will help secure the long-term marketability of Sasol’s products by adhering to Product Stewardship and Corporate principles. You will support regulatory compliance, maintain and update toxicological information, and characterize new and existing products for risk to human health based on hazard information and foreseeable exposures.

Responsibilities

• Provide assistance in ensuring that Sasol Chemicals products can be produced, utilized, and marketed without posing any risk to humans and the environment, in accordance with Sasol’s strategy and objectives
• Conduct hazard assessments for Sasol Chemicals products
• Assess the risk to humans and the environment in connection with the development, production, marketing, utilization, and disposal of Sasol’s products and, if any potential risks are identified, develop strategies to mitigate such risks
• Initiate and monitor toxicological studies on Sasol Chemicals products
• Monitor health effects information and related regulatory developments, trends, and evaluate their impact on Sasol Chemicals products
• Coordinate the utilization of outside consulting services for global Product Safety projects such as product registrations and submissions
• Provide assistance in ensuring and implementing the general framework for safe production and marketing of Sasol Chemicals products, taking health, safety, and environmental aspects as key criteria into account
• Participate in refining, revising, and maintaining an emergency system to ensure efficient internal and external (regulators & public) short-term hazard and risk communication based on substance-specific hazard information in case of unintended emissions to the environment
• Represent Sasol Chemicals in registration and testing consortia (e.g., REACH), ensuring that Sasol’s interests are considered
• Cooperate in the planning and implementation of strategies aimed at ensuring sustained marketability of Sasol Chemicals products in the event of changes in the environmental and regulatory framework
• Prepare and exchange information with toxicology and eco-toxicology experts from academia, government agencies, customers, and industry in order to assess the inherent properties of substances with the overall aim of securing Sasol’s market position in accordance with the principles of "Responsible Care"
• Represent Sasol’s interests in national and international industrial associations as well as science, government, and industry committees to achieve divisional as well as overall company objectives
• Monitor, communicate, coordinate responses, and provide technical assistance to internal and external Sasol Chemicals customers on Product Safety and Occupational Health Act
• Actively participate in multifunctional teams to ensure fulfillment of Sasol Chemicals requirements with regard to international chemicals regulation (e.g., REACH)