Senior Environmental Health Risk Assessor
About The Position
The position of Senior Environmental Health Risk Assessor is within the Division of Environmental Health's Toxicology Group. It is an exciting position to impact public health work in Vermont by overseeing a wide breadth of environmental toxicology and human health risk assessment issues for the Department of Health. This position is the State's scientific expert in chemical human health risk assessment. This position works with the State Toxicologist and technical staff to develop health-based risk levels for chemicals in air, water, soil and food. The position provides guidance to the public and partner organizations on the human health effects associated with these chemicals. The individual may work on topics such as determining acceptable risk levels for volatile chemicals in indoor air, providing or critically reviewing human health risk assessments for contaminated sites, advising on health-based levels for PFAS and other contaminants in drinking water, responding to chemical emergencies, reviewing applications for pesticide use and developing advisories for fish consumption. The position may serve on committees such as the Fish Contaminant Monitoring Committee (FCMC) or the Agriculture Innovation Board. This is a hybrid work position, requiring 3 days/week in the office which is located in Waterbury, Vermont.
Requirements
- Master's Degree in a biological, environmental or chemical science.
- Five years at a professional level, including at least three in chemical human health risk assessment.
- Must pass any level of background investigation applicable to the position.
- Must pass Vermont and/or national criminal record checks, as well as DMV and adult and child abuse registry checks, as appropriate to the position under recruitment (with exceptions for current classified state employees or those exercising re-employment rights).
Responsibilities
- Overseeing a wide breadth of environmental toxicology and human health risk assessment issues for the Department of Health.
- Developing health-based risk levels for chemicals in air, water, soil and food.
- Providing guidance to the public and partner organizations on the human health effects associated with chemicals.
- Determining acceptable risk levels for volatile chemicals in indoor air.
- Providing or critically reviewing human health risk assessments for contaminated sites.
- Advising on health-based levels for PFAS and other contaminants in drinking water.
- Responding to chemical emergencies.
- Reviewing applications for pesticide use.
- Developing advisories for fish consumption.
- Serving on committees such as the Fish Contaminant Monitoring Committee (FCMC) or the Agriculture Innovation Board.
Benefits
- 80% State paid medical premium
- Dental plan at no cost for employees and their families
- 11 paid holidays each year
- Generous leave plan
- State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI)
- State defined benefit pension plan
- Deferred compensation 457(b) plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Flexible spending healthcare reimbursement accounts
- Flexible spending childcare reimbursement accounts
- Low cost group life insurance
- Incentive-based Wellness Program
- Qualified Employer for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
