Senior Environmental Health Risk Assessor

The State of Vermont is seeking a Senior Environmental Health Risk Assessor to oversee environmental toxicology and human health risk assessments. This hybrid role requires three days in the Waterbury office and involves developing risk levels for chemicals, providing public guidance, and responding to chemical emergencies. Candidates need a Master's degree and five years of relevant experience. Benefits include health insurance, paid leave, and retirement savings options.
About the position

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.

Responsibilities
• Develop health-based risk levels for chemicals in air, water, soil and food.
• Provide guidance to the public and partner organizations on the human health effects associated with these chemicals.
• Determine acceptable risk levels for volatile chemicals in indoor air.
• Provide or critically review human health risk assessments for contaminated sites.
• Advise on health-based levels for PFAS and other contaminants in drinking water.
• Respond to chemical emergencies.
• Review applications for pesticide use.
• Develop advisories for fish consumption.
• Serve on committees such as the Fish Contaminant Monitoring Committee (FCMC) or the Agriculture Innovation Board.

Requirements
• Master's Degree in a biological, environmental or chemical science.
• Five years at a professional level, including at least three in chemical human health risk assessment.
• Candidates must pass any level of background investigation applicable to the position. In accordance with AHS Policy 4.02, Hiring Standards, Vermont and/or national criminal record checks, as well as DMV and adult and child abuse registry checks, as appropriate to the position under recruitment, will be conducted on candidates, with the exception of those who are current classified state employees seeking transfer, promotion or demotion into an AHS classified position or are persons exercising re-employment (RIF) rights.

Benefits
• 80% State paid medical premium and a dental plan at no cost for employees and their families
• Work/Life balance: 11 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