Senior Environmental Health Risk Assessor

Overview

The Senior Environmental Health Risk Assessor works within the Vermont Department of Health's Division of Environmental Health's Toxicology Group. The responsibilities of the job are focused on human health risk assessment and related issues. This position is the State's scientific expert on human health risk from chemical exposures.

The senior human health risk assessor works with the State Toxicologist and technical staff to develop health-based risk levels for chemicals in air, water, soil and food. The senior human health risk assessor provides guidance to the public and partner organizations on appropriate limits for environmental chemical exposures.

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.

This is a hybrid position with the office located in Waterbury, Vermont.

Environmental Factors

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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: Master's Degree in a biological, environmental or chemical science.
• Experience: Five years at a professional level, including at least three in chemical human health risk assessment.

Total Compensation

As a State employee you are offered a great career opportunity, but it's more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package features an outstanding set of employee benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation, including:

• 80% State paid medical premium and a dental plan at no cost for employees and their families
• Work/Life balance: 12 paid holidays each year and a generous leave plan
• State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI)
• Two ways to save for your retirement: A State defined benefit pension plan and a deferred compensation 457(b) plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Flexible spending healthcare and childcare reimbursement accounts
• Low cost group life insurance
• Incentive-based Wellness Program
• Qualified Employer for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program