Senior Scientist

Gradient, a Geosyntec Company, is seeking a motivated, experienced and resourceful Senior Scientist to work remote out of their home office in Beltsville, MD supporting our Boston, MA office. The Senior Scientist will contribute to, lead and develop work in the areas of human health risk, chemical hazard assessment, product safety, and regulatory support. The candidate is expected to work independently and collaboratively with scientists in several disciplines (e.g., toxicology, epidemiology, exposure science, human health risk assessment, industrial hygiene, chemistry, and engineering) and should enjoy fast-paced, technically challenging consulting work.

Strong candidates will have experience developing and applying toxicological evidence to support systematic review, weight-of-evidence evaluation, regulatory comment, litigation support, product safety assessments, and human health risk assessment in the fields of environmental, dietary, pharmaceutical, pesticide, occupational, and consumer product toxicology. The successful candidate will also be expected to actively engage in business development, cultivate and expand client relationships, and help develop new opportunities and clients that support the continued growth of Gradient’s risk sciences practice.

Gradient is an environmental and health risk sciences consulting firm specializing in environmental sciences, human and ecological risk sciences, product stewardship, and life sciences. Gradient's scientists have a variety of backgrounds in chemistry, engineering, toxicology, epidemiology, ecotoxicology, medical device and pharmaceuticals, exposure sciences, industrial hygiene, GIS, product safety and liability, and sustainability.

We invest in our people. Each employee is unique, and your career at Gradient will be too.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, and well-being programs to support you and your family.

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• Lead and take responsibility for projects involving toxicology, occupational health, litigation support, regulatory comment, product safety assessments, and site-specific human health risk assessment.
• Actively engage in business development by identifying opportunities, preparing proposals, building and maintaining client relationships, with the goal of developing an independent client base over time. Collaborate with Gradient and Geosyntec scientists on business development efforts; and specifically help grow our practice in the areas of risk assessment, food/food-contact, pesticides.
• Qualitatively and quantitatively assess exposure and human health risks from chemicals in the environment and consumer products.
• Perform analyses including but not limited to systematic reviews, weight-of-evidence evaluations, hazard assessments, dose-response assessments, toxicity value derivation, and preparation of technical tables and summaries.
• Conduct literature searches and critically review and evaluate toxicology, epidemiology, exposure, and regulatory science studies relevant to chemical safety and human health risk assessment.
• Demonstrate familiarity with state and federal government programs that develop, implement, or oversee health-based regulations, guidance, standards, and risk assessment frameworks relevant to chemical safety, hazardous waste, environmental health, occupational health, consumer products, and public health protection.
• Contribute to and oversee the preparation of deliverables (reports, memoranda, proposals, agency comments).
• Oversee projects of varying scopes and complexity, including establishing technical approach, establishing and meeting budget and deadlines, coordinating multidisciplinary teams, integrating input from toxicology, exposure…