Chemist, Product
Requisition ID: 34396
Location: Deerfield, IL, USA, 60015
Workplace Type: On-Site
Experience Level: Associate
Job Type: Full Time
Job SummaryThe Product Chemist serves as a subject matter expert (SME) for Nutrien products, delivering high-quality technical, regulatory, and chemistry expertise in support of Regulatory & Stewardship teams across crop protection, adjuvants, biostimulants, and commodity fertilizer product chemistry.
This role focuses on problem-solving, technical documentation delivery, project support, and contributing to cross-functional knowledge sharing across Loveland product lines and wholesale chemistry support.
This position plays a critical role in facilitating the development, registration, and lifecycle management of crop input products by ensuring regulatory documentation meets both scientific rigor and compliance standards. The Product Chemist serves as a key technical interface between Regulatory Affairs, R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Quality.
What You'll Do:- Serve as an SME for Loveland products and wholesale chemistry support, delivering technical regulatory documentation, assessments, and project contributions
- Provide chemistry-based regulatory support for product registrations, audits, and lifecycle management
- Contribute to cross-training and knowledge-sharing initiatives across product chemistry functions, fostering broader technical and regulatory understanding
- Prepare and deliver regulatory documentation including:
- Confidential Statements of Formula (CSFs)
- Product specifications and composition statements
- Regulatory manufacturing process descriptions
- Data packages supporting FIFRA Sections 3, 24(c), and amendment submissions
- Product data sheet creation and maintenance
- Translate laboratory, R&D, and manufacturing data into clear, compliant regulatory summaries and assessments suitable for submission to regulatory authorities
- Collaborate with R&D, analytical laboratories, manufacturing, quality control, and supply chain teams to align product chemistry information with product specifications and regulatory commitments
- Gather, critically review, and interpret technical and regulatory chemistry data, including physical-chemical studies, five-batch analyses, method validation studies, stability and storage studies, and data conducted or evaluated for hazard communication compliance
- Assess product chemistry data for completeness, scientific integrity, and regulatory applicability in support of registration and stewardship activities
- Utilize regulatory knowledge management systems for effective data entry, retrieval, maintenance, and version control
- Support continuous improvement of product chemistry processes, documentation practices, and regulatory data management systems
- Maintain awareness of evolving regulatory requirements and industry guidance affecting product chemistry and agricultural input products
What You'll Bring:- Bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Biological Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Agronomy, or a related scientific discipline. Advanced degree (MSc or PhD) preferred
- Minimum 3 years of experience in pesticide, fertilizer, agricultural chemical registration, regulatory chemistry, product stewardship, or related technical roles
- Working knowledge of EPA registration requirements (FIFRA and/or TSCA) and product chemistry data requirements
- Demonstrated experience working with or interpreting laboratory and analytical data in support of regulatory submissions
- Familiarity with agricultural chemical regulatory frameworks outside the U.S. (e.g., EU, Canada, LATAM) is desirable
- Experience preparing or supporting regulatory submissions and technical product documentation
Compensation & Benefits: The salary range for this role, in Deerfield, IL, is between $75,300 - $118,250. While we provide this range as general guidance, several factors are taken into consideration when making compensation decisions including, but not limited to, candidate skill set, experience and training, licensure and certifications, work location, and other business and organizational needs. Actual salary and benefits may differ based upon location.
We provide an attractive benefits package that includes comprehensive medical, dental, vision coverage, and life insurance and well as disability coverage for positions working more than 30 hours per week. In addition, we have a retirement program that encourages our employees to save for the longer term, with generous matching employer contributions. Our benefit package also demonstrates our culture of care with paid vacation, sick days and holidays as well as paid personal and maternity/parental leaves and an Employee and Family Assistance Program. Details of the benefits package will be shared in the application process.
In addition to base pay, this role is also eligible to participate in our annual incentive plan, consistent with the terms of our program(s) where discretionary pay out of awards is reflecting components such as performance of the company and the employee. Details will be discussed through the application process.
This information is provided in compliance with applicable state equal pay and pay equity legislation and is the company's good faith and reasonable estimate of the compensation range and benefits offered for this position. The compensation offered to the successful applicant may vary based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, and other job-related reasons. Nutrien also makes internal equity a consideration in all pay decisions.
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