Senior Staff Engineer, Scientist
TinyURL
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Seattle • California, Washington • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $70,595 - $106,945 per year
Job Level
Senior
About the role
- Assess exposure and human health risks from chemicals in contaminated environmental media and consumer products.
- Manage and analyze data to support environmental investigations and prepare tables, figures, and other data exhibits.
- Perform calculations to support human health and ecological risk assessments and environmental regulatory compliance.
- Conduct literature searches and critically review and evaluate scientific studies regarding toxicological, biological, chemical fate and transport, exposure, or other risk assessment subject matters.
- Prepare technical reports, letters, memoranda, workplans, proposals, investigative reports, and presentations.
- Focus on team project delivery, taking direction primarily from supervisors and Project Managers.
- Drive personal, company, and rental vehicles to client or company project or office sites, and other business locations, as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in biology or toxicology (required)
- Advanced degree with focus on aquatic toxicology (M.S. or Ph.D.) (preferred)
- At least 2 years of post-academic environmental consulting or research experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience (required)
- Experience and knowledge with aquatic toxicity (required)
- Experience and knowledge with PFAS bioaccumulation and toxicity (required)
- Knowledge of and experience in exposure assessment, human health risk assessment and ecological risk assessment (preferred)
- Prior research experience in environmental science (preferred)
- Experience with risk communication to stakeholders (preferred)
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements related to environmental remediation (preferred)
- Proven ability to publish scientific articles and/or present at scientific conferences (preferred)
- Prior internship experience in environmental consulting (valuable)
- Working knowledge of MS Word, Excel, and related software; AutoCAD and/or GIS (preferred)
- Excellent writing and communication skills (required)
- Health & Safety training, medical monitoring, and client-driven drug and background testing (required)
- Valid U.S. driver’s license and a satisfactory driving record for business travel (required)
Benefits
- 9 paid holidays
- 2 floating holidays
- 8 sick days
- minimum of 11 vacation days per year
- medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance
- 401(k)
- variety of leaves of absences and other benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
aquatic toxicologyPFAS bioaccumulationexposure assessmenthuman health risk assessmentecological risk assessmentdata analysistechnical report writingscientific literature reviewrisk communicationenvironmental regulatory compliance
Soft skills
excellent writing skillscommunication skillsteam project deliverycritical thinking
Certifications
Health & Safety trainingmedical monitoringclient-driven drug testingbackground testing