Senior Exposure Scientist - Environmental Health Hazard Assessment Office
Description:
The Cancer Toxicology and Epidemiology Section (CTES) within the Reproductive and Cancer Hazard Assessment Branch (RCHAB) provides technical support for the implementation of the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (Proposition 65). The Section identifies chemicals for listing as causing cancer under Proposition 65, conducts dose-response and exposure assessments, develops carcinogen risk assessment guidance and methodology, reviews information on exposure sources, pathways, risks and avoidance measures for chemicals listed under Proposition 65, and develops facts sheets and web site content to communicate this information to the public. CTES provides technical assistance to other programs in the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the Attorney General’s Office, and other California government entities.
Under the direction of the Senior Toxicologist Chief, CTES, the Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist) will have lead responsibility for sensitive exposure investigations and complex assessments, including designing and implementing scientifically valid approaches; independently identifying and addressing problems that may arise; analyzing and integrating many types of exposure data; accurately evaluating findings and making recommendations; and preparing scientifically robust documents to summarize findings. The Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist) performs all duties listed below and other related work.
Desirable Qualifications
- Proficient in exposure science principles, methods, and techniques, as applied to environmental and public health problems.
- Experience with planning, and implementing exposure investigations and complex chemical-specific assessements, or complarable activities.
- Ability to apply or modify scientific methods and principles; evaluate and analyze environmental exposure data, and draw scientifically robust conclusions, with an understanding of environmental policy implications.
- Produces high quality scientific documents that convey complex findings in a clear and concise way.
- Knowledge of a broad range of topics in environmental health sciences, including environmental and biological monitoring, chemical hazards, and biostatistics, or related topics.
- Functions well as part of a multidisciplinary team and works cooperatively with external partners.
- Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing.
- Committed to ethical scientific research principles.
- Dependable in meeting work related responsibilities.
- Ability to use Microsoft Office programs Word, Excel, Powerpoint, email programs such as Outlook, and literature databases and database programs such as PubMed and Endnote.