Exposure Toxicologist - CA Department of Toxic Substances Control
Description:
Are you interested in a meaningful job and want to work toward building healthy, safe, and economically viable communities? Are you driven by protecting the environment and health of all Californians? Consider a career with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC.) We are located within the California Environmental Protection Agency network of agency partners that are committed to protecting all Californians and the environment. We are looking for a highly motivated and adaptable individual to join our team. To learn more about SCP, please visit our homepage at https://dtsc.ca.gov/SCP/.
As a Staff Toxicologist you will have the opportunity to:
- Conduct comprehensive evaluations and synthesis of information related to chemical hazards found in consumer products, potential chemical exposures from these products, and adverse impacts that may result from such exposures in order to support the implementation of the Safer Consumer Products (SCP) regulations
- Utilize expertise in public health, toxicity, and environmental data interpretation to perform assessments of human and ecological hazards of toxic chemicals in consumer products
- Independently prepare, review, and generate technical memoranda to support SCP decision-making processes, including product prioritization, Alternatives Analyses, and modifications to the Candidate Chemical list
- Evaluate potential human and ecological exposure pathways to chemicals in consumer products to ensure the comprehensive consideration of multiple environmental media (e.g. soil, water, air, biota) and sensitive subpopulations or species in order to support SCP decisions for product prioritization or the evaluation of alternatives
- Develop, refine, or evaluate conceptual models for exposure
Desirable Qualifications We Look For:
- Writing and verbal communication skills
- Experience in exposure modeling of environmental contaminants
- Research and fact-finding skills and can exercise good judgment
- Ability to work cooperatively and function effectively in a team
- Ability and willingness to handle complex technical issues, multiple activities/projects, and urgent deadlines
- Ability to use word and data processing computer programs to support and accomplish technical work
- Ability to work within the limits of the program’s/office’s/state’s policies/procedures/resources to implement toxicological and environmental health practices and procedures