Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessor
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Job Location:
Portland, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 55200 - 82800
Posted on:
8 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36000 people in over 70 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role description:
The Environmental Business Line of Arcadis is seeking an ambitious hardworking dependable scientist to support human health risk assessment ecological risk assessment and/or toxicology focused projects. The preferred location for this position is Portland OR but Arcadis has offices throughout the US and the specific location for this position is flexible. This full-time position within ourRisk Assessment and Toxicology group will support our diverse environmental assessment and restoration projects. The ideal candidate will possess greatattention to detail excellent written and verbal communication skills ability to workindependently and will be capable of working as a productive member of a high-performance team.
Role accountabilities:
Position responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Supporting human health and/or ecological risk assessments and site investigations.
- Working effectively with local and national project teams clients and all other stakeholders.
- Analyzing and interpreting field data.
- Preparing visual graphical and tabular summaries of environmental data and trends.
- Technical report writing.
- Supporting proposal efforts.
- Conducting project related research (historical data regulations etc.).
- Interpreting state and federal regulations.
- Fieldwork (e.g. habitat assessment environmental sample collection emergency response)
We are seeking a candidate with a strong academic foundation in the life sciences demonstrated by relevant coursework inbiology zoology toxicology and chemistry and the ability to apply that knowledge to real-world environmental and technical challenges. The ideal candidate is also highly proficient withMicrosoft Office with advanced skills inExcelfor data analysis reporting and visualization.
In addition to foundational coursework candidates with specialized academic experience inrisk assessmentandchemical fate and transportare strongly preferred. The ideal candidate will have completed advanced coursework instatisticsand possess expertise indata visualization enabling them to interpret complex datasets and communicate insights effectively. Proficiency withR codingfor statistical analysis and modeling and familiarity withAI toolssuch as ChatGPT and Microsoft CoPilot would also be assets reflecting an ability to leverage emerging technologies for enhanced productivity and innovative problem-solving.
Qualifications & Experience:
- BA or BS in Environmental Science Biology Toxicology or closely related field.
- 0-2 years of experience
Why Arcadis
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.
Together we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women minorities people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.
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 salary range for this position is $55200- $82800. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.
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About Company
Arcadis is the leading global design & consultancy firm for natural and built assets. We are more than 27,000 people, in over 70 countries, who are dedicated to improving quality of life. We do so by developing innovative solutions to create liveable cities, to establish a people-cent ... View more
