Senior Environmental Health Risk Assessor

at State of Vermont in Waterbury, Vermont, United States

Job Description

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. 

Review the job specification details here: Job Specification Details | Department of Human Resources.

Duties are performed primarily in a standard office setting. Some travel may be required to attend public meetings and hearings, for which private means of transportation must be available. At meetings and hearings, strongly conflicting and emotional opinions may be encountered. Some stress may arise from the need to render quick decisions in health emergencies.