Environmental Scientist

Job Title:

Environmental Scientist (Staff Scientist)

Job Description

This Environmental Scientist (Staff Scientist) role focuses on designing, supervising, and executing complex laboratory and field studies that assess the behavior and persistence of chemicals in the environment. The position plays a key role in delivering high-quality, regulatory-compliant environmental fate and ecotoxicology data to a global clientele across agrochemicals, industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, biocides, and animal health products. You will act as a technical expert, provide guidance to colleagues and clients, and contribute to the development of procedures, methods, and reports that support global regulatory submissions.

• Design and supervise simple and complex experiments and procedures in accordance with all applicable regulatory requirements, including but not limited to DEA, EPA, FDA, FIFRA, and OECD guidelines.

• Develop procedures and methods to solve technical problems and improve laboratory practices and workflows.

• Serve as a technical expert for staff and external customers, providing scientific guidance and support on environmental fate and related studies.

• Perform advanced troubleshooting of instrumentation and equipment to ensure accurate and reliable data generation.

• Conduct studies to determine the persistence, distribution, and behavior of chemicals in various environmental matrices such as soil, water, and other media.

• Perform complex data evaluations, interpret results, and ensure scientific integrity and accuracy in all analyses.

• Review the work and data generated by other staff members to ensure compliance with quality standards and regulatory requirements.

• Write complex technical reports, including study reports and standard operating procedures, that clearly document methods, results, and conclusions.

• Serve as a primary business contact for clients on assigned projects, providing updates, clarifying technical issues, and ensuring customer satisfaction.

• Work concurrently on multiple projects, effectively prioritizing tasks and managing timelines to meet project and regulatory deadlines.

• Monitor and direct activities of other staff within your area of expertise, offering technical leadership and mentoring.

• Potentially serve as Study Director on one or more projects, overseeing Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) compliance and ensuring that all work on assigned projects meets regulatory and internal quality standards.

• Confer with scientists and colleagues to plan research, discuss findings, and prepare technical papers and reports.

• Train staff on laboratory techniques, methods, and procedures necessary to complete environmental fate and related laboratory assignments.

• Maintain accurate records, follow established protocols and company policies, and support continuous improvement of laboratory operations.

• Demonstrated experience working in a GLP-compliant laboratory environment, including adherence to regulatory standards such as DEA, EPA, FDA, FIFRA, and OECD.

• Strong Expereince in environmental science, environmental fate studies, or closely related disciplines.

• Proficiency in chemistry and analytical chemistry, including chemical testing and wet chemistry techniques.

• Experience in environmental fate studies that evaluate the persistence and behavior of chemicals in environmental matrices.

• Working knowledge of environmental compliance and environmental field practices, including soil sampling and remediation concepts.

• Familiarity with laboratory operations, quality control procedures, and environmental engineering or environmental remediation principles.

• Ability to perform advanced troubleshooting of scientific instrumentation and laboratory equipment.

• Strong computer skills…