Product Development Technical Regulations Analyst - Materials
Your tasks
The Technical Regulations Analyst is responsible to develop and implement communciation strategies including training programs to share product compliance information with engineering, supply chain management, and other Corporate support groups, as well as customers and suppliers.
The TRA is responsible to inform affected stakeholder and helps to assess the impact on their operations.
▪ Participate in external authorities and association meetings to identify, understand, contribute to, and predict future relevant LTRs and applicable National and/ or International Standards
▪ Advocate for the Continental Position in the respective authorities and association meetings
▪ Inform affected stakeholder and enable them to assess the impact on their operations
▪ Develop and implemention of programs to ensure product compliance with existing and developing global restricted substance regulations including European Union ROHS, European Union REACH, Europrean Union WEEE, US Conflict Minerals, California Prop 65, and chemical management systems such as US TSCA and respond to customer requests.
▪ Align the official Continental Position by moderating the discussion between the contributing Experts and Stakeholder
▪ Initate IMDS and labeling of products
▪ Develop Common Interpretation together with relevant technical Experts
▪ Optionally request support for clarification (e.g. legal implications between various regions) by a Continental Legal Counsel and/ or further TR Experts on technical issues
▪ Provide Common Interpretation in Central Database
▪ Support the TRM(M) to scan defined tC relevant data sources and identify new and upcoming publications with relevance for Continental
▪ Support the TRM(M) to identify relevant LTRs and applicable National and International Standards for Continental
▪ Support the TRM(M) to make the national language edition available in addition to an English version in the Central Database
▪ Support the TRA to evaluate the relevance of LTR/ Standard for Group Sector/ BA product portfolio in alignment with Continental Legal Council (Global Law Department), affected Segments/ Markets/ Products and/ or Projects (optionally incl. a specific interpretation)
Your profile
Education / Certification
Academic Degree Engineering or adaquate experience in Chemistry
Professional Experience
▪ > 5 years working experience in the area of Expertise contributing to Material
▪ Acknowledged Expertise in the analysis and creation of LTRs/ Standards dealing with Product Safety/ Product Conformity/Product Environmental Compliance or related field
Project and/or Process Experience
Varity of Product, Project and Process experience is appreciated
Leadership Experience
Communication with Impact towards decision makers, Authorities, Associations, Customers, Supplier
Intercultural / International Experience
▪ Ability to communicate and collaborate on international stages representing Continental
▪ Advanced Business English, good and global legal understanding
Our offer
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
EEO-Statement:
EEO / AA / Disabled / Protected Veteran Employer. Continental offers equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to unlawful consideration to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable law. In addition, as a federal contractor, Continental complies with government regulations, including affirmative action responsibilities, where they apply. To be considered, you must apply for a specific position for which Continental has a current posted job opening. Qualifying applications will be considered only for the specific opening(s) to which you apply. If you would like to be considered for additional or future job openings, we encourage you to reapply for other opportunities as they become available. Further, Continental provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with a disability. If you need assistance in the application process, please reply to Careers@conti-na.com or contact US Recruiting at 248.393.5566. This telephone line and email address are reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or an accommodation in the job application process. Please do not call about the status of your job application, if you do not require accessibility assistance or an accommodation. Messages left for other purposes, such as following up on an application or non-disability related technical issues, will not receive a call back.
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About us
ContiTech, a division of Continental, is one of the world’s leading suppliers of technical elastomer products and is a specialist in plastics technology. ContiTech develops and produces functional parts, components, and systems for machine and plant engineering, mining, the automotive industry, and other important industries.
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Are you interested in shaping the future of ContiTech together with a great team?
Please join us and contribute to our goals with your new role as Product Development Technical Regulations Analyst - Materials. Your new place to work can be located in any ContiTech North America locations, preferably Fairlawn, OH location.