Specialist, Product Safety Systems

Entity:

Customers & Products

Job Family Group:

HSSE Group

Job Description:

Role purpose

Provide hands‑on operational support for the digital tools, data and reporting used to deliver global Product Safety and Hazard Communication activities. The role focuses on day‑to‑day system operation, data integrity, user support, testing and reporting to ensure Product Safety teams can produce accurate, compliant and timely documentation!

Key accountabilities

Product Safety Systems Operation:

Provide operational support for Product Safety and SDS authoring systems (e.g. Sphera IA or equivalent), ensuring tools are available, reliable and used consistently by global users.

Support routine system activities such as record creation, maintenance, corrections and controlled updates in line with defined processes.

User Support and Issue Resolution:

Act as a first point of contact for system‑related user queries, issues or errors, providing practical guidance and fix.

Bring up complex issues appropriately to senior systems specialists or Digital (IT) partners, supporting resolution through clear documentation and follow‑up.

Data Integrity and Information Management:

Maintain and validate product, substance and regulatory data used to generate SDSs, labels and related outputs.

Identify data quality issues, apply defined data standards and support corrective actions to ensure information remains accurate, complete and audit‑ready.

Testing and Change Support:

Support functional testing activities (UAT and regression testing) for system updates or changes, detailing results and identifying potential impacts to Product Safety outputs.

Assist with implementation of approved changes to systems, workflows or templates following deployment instructions.

Reporting and Operational Tracking:

Produce routine and ad‑hoc reports used by Product Safety teams and collaborators to monitor delivery, compliance status and system usage.

Maintain trackers and support transparency of work volumes, issues and resolution status.

Process Documentation and Continuous Improvement:

Maintain work instructions, user guidance and process documentation related to Product Safety systems.

Contribute ideas to improve system usability, simplify workflows, reduce rework and enhance data quality.

Essential education & Experience:

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant science, Digital (IT) or business subject area appropriate to systems and data work.

Typically 3–5 years’ experience supporting regulated systems, data management, reporting or compliance delivery, ideally within a Product Safety, Hazard Communication or regulatory environment..

Operational support of Product Safety / SDS authoring systems

Product and regulatory data validation and management

Reporting and operational tracking

System testing and change support

Understanding of how systems enable compliant SDS and label outputs

Ways of working & compliance:

Operate to bp’sOMS 7.5 Product Stewardshipand assurance practices; ensure audit readiness and drive continuous improvement of processes and systems.

Service‑oriented communicator who supports users with clarity and patience

Detail‑focused and well-adapted, with a strong data‑quality approach

Structured problem solver who follows issues through to resolution

Collaborative team member working optimally with Product Safety specialists and IT partners

Ownership approach, accountable for reliable day‑to‑day system support

Travel Requirement

Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:

This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:

This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:

Accounting for people, Accounting for people, Agility core practices, Communication, Continuous Learning, Cost-conscious decision-making, Crisis and emergency response management, Driving and transport safety, Fire incident response, Hazard communication, Hazard Identification, Health risk management, HSE data knowledge, HSSE auditing and self-verification, Human Performance, Incident investigation and learning, Industry knowledge and advocacy, Large scale evacuation, Managing exercises and drills, OMS and bp requirements, Personal Safety, Process safety culture, Process Safety Management, Project and construction safety, Reporting and classification {+ 5 more}

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