Junior Associate, Toxicology (Fixed Term) Mississauga, ON

Intertek•Mississauga, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This is a fixed-term position for a Junior Associate in Toxicology, focusing on providing scientific support to the Food & Nutrition Group. The role involves assisting with safety assessments and health claims substantiation for food ingredients, additives, and supplements. Responsibilities include reviewing literature, summarizing scientific information, extracting and tabulating data, and preparing dossiers. The position also entails coordinating contract work requests, communicating data requirements, ensuring data completeness, and assisting scientific staff. Additionally, the role involves supporting special requests such as editing documents, researching information, and organizing government dossiers, all while adhering to company policies and exercising good judgment.

Requirements

Diploma from an accredited college in a researcher or sciences-based area of study.
0-1 years’ experience.
Strong writing skills and communication skills.
Exceptional attention to detail.
Highly organized and ability to manage short deadlines for contract work.
Personable and courteous to facilitate client interactions.
Familiarity with software packages.
Ability to prioritize and manage time effectively and work on multiple projects at once.
Team player.

Responsibilities

Provide scientific support to the Food & Nutrition group related to safety assessment and health claims substantiation of food ingredients, additives, and supplements.
Assist with reviewing results of literature searches.
Assist with tabular summaries of scientific information.
Extract and tabulate information from scientific publications.
Review data for completeness and relevance.
Present accurate summaries of literature/data to manager for review.
Address comments and make revisions as required.
Assist with dossier preparation.
Log in work requests from customers.
Communicate data requirements to customers in clear and straightforward terms.
Ensure all scientific data required to complete requests is obtained.
Assist scientific staff with identifying scientific data.
Assist with the preparation of reports.
Revise reports based on senior toxicologist’s review.
Coordinate efforts of customer, administrative staff, scientific staff, and senior toxicologists.
Provide customers with finalized reports.
Assist with updating databases and invoicing requested work.
Assist scientific staff with special requests, such as editing documents, researching information on various topics, document preparation, and organization and collation of government dossiers.
Carry out all responsibilities in a supportive manner with total adherence to the Company’s Health, Safety and Environmental Policies and Procedures, Quality Management System, Compliance and Ethics Policies, Vision, Mission and Strategy, and exercises good judgment, common sense, and diplomacy.