Project Toxicologist/Risk Assessor

About the position Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. The Environmental Business Line of Arcadis is seeking an ambitious, hardworking, dependable Toxicologist/Risk Assessor to join our world-class firm. The preferred location for this position is in Colorado This full-time position within our Risk Assessment and Toxicology Services group will support our diverse environmental assessment and restoration projects, as well as product stewardship projects. The ideal candidate will possess great attention to detail, excellent written and verbal communication skills, business development experience, an ability to work independently, ability to work as a productive member of a high-performance team, and a passion for continued learning

Responsibilities

• Performing literature reviews and hazard evaluations for chemical substances, as well as critically reviewing toxicological literature.
• Reviewing toxicological data, performing dose-response modeling, identifying points of departure, and developing toxicity reference values according to U.S. and international guidelines.
• Performing exposure assessments for environmental, consumer, professional, and occupational settings, and for assessing human health and/or ecological risk.
• Reviewing analytical data and instrumental analysis methods, and prepare visual, graphical, and tabular summaries of toxicological and environmental data.
• Interpreting state and federal regulations.
• Technical report writing.
• Developing presentations and present information to large audiences within Arcadis, at conferences, and at public meetings.
• Contributing to proposal development and business development.
• Working effectively with local and national project teams, clients, and all other stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Toxicology, Chemistry, Biochemistry, or closely related field
• Ph.D. in Toxicology
• A minimum of 5 years of experience as a working toxicologist in a consulting setting
• Experience performing systematic literature reviews, conducting systematic data evaluations, extracting data, and risk of bias assessments with quality control considerations
• Experience developing hazard profiles and toxicity reference values according to U.S. federal guidance (e.g., USEPA's Provisional Peer-Reviewed Toxicity Values or Integrated Risk Information System)
• Detail oriented, well organized, self-motivated, and collaborative
• Comfortable working remotely or in a hybrid setting
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Software

Nice-to-haves

• 7 years of experience working as a toxicologist in a consulting setting
• Experience developing and validating instrumental methods for chemical analysis (e.g., GC-MS, LC-MS)
• Experience evaluating exposures to and toxicological effects of emerging contaminants.
• Working experience with USEPA's Benchmark Dose Modeling software.
• Familiarity with OECD/USEPA guideline testing procedures for toxicological health effects.
• Experience performing data analysis using the R programming language

Benefits

• Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement.
• We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year.
• The salary range for this position is $86 496 - 142 718. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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