Junior Associate, Toxicology (Fixed Term) Mississauga, ON

Specific Responsibilities

1. Provide Scientific Support to Food & Nutrition Group

• Area of focus is to provide scientific support to the Food & Nutrition group related to safety assessment and health claims substantiation of food ingredients additives and supplements

• Assist with reviewing results of literature searches

• Assist with tabular summaries of scientific information

• Extract and tabulate information from scientific publications

• Review data for completeness relevance etc.

• Present accurate summaries of literature/data to manager for review

• Address comments and make revisions as required

• Assist with dossier preparation

1. Co-ordination of Contract work requests

• log in work requests from customers

• communicate data requirements to customer in clear and straightforward terms

• ensure all scientific data required to complete request is obtained

• assist scientific staff with identifying scientific data

• assist with preparation of reports

• revise reports based on senior toxicologists review

• co-ordinate efforts of customer administrative staff scientific staff senior toxicologists

• provide customers with finalized reports

• assist with updating databases and invoicing requested work

C. Assist scientific staff with special requests: e.g. editing documents researching information on various topics document preparation organization and collation of government duties related to the above as assigned

• Carrying out all responsibilities in a supportive manner with total adherence to the Companys Health Safety and Environmental Policies and Procedures Quality Management System Compliance and Ethics Policies Vision Mission and Strategy and exercises good judgment common sense and diplomacy.

Education and Experience Requirements

• diploma from an accredited College in a researcher or sciences-based area of study (0-1 years experience)

• strong writing skills and communications skills

• Exceptional attention to detail

• highly organized and ability to manage short deadlines for contract work

• personable and courteous to facilitate client interactions

• familiarity with software packages

• ability to prioritize and manage time effectively and work on multiple projects at once

• team player

This position outline is a general guideline and does not represent all encompassing details. The position assumes that the incumbent has both the mental and physical requirements to carry out the above defined duties.

Salary & Benefits Information

The hourly rate for this position is $22.00 per hour. Individual compensation packages are based on a variety of factors unique to each candidate including skill set experience qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Interteks Commitment

Intertek is a world leader in the Quality Assurance market with a proven high-quality business model and a global network of customer-focused operations and highly engaged subject matter experts. With passion pace and precision we work to exceed our customers expectations while engaging with our employees to be 10X in their performance and professional growth.

Our Culture of Total Quality Assurance

Intertek promotes a culture where motivated customer-oriented employeescan flourish experience professional fulfillment and reach their highest potential. At Intertek we exercise our spirit of innovation the passion of our people and our unmatched customer commitment to realize our purpose of making the world an ever better safer and more sustainable place for all.

A career with Intertek offers rewarding opportunities to help companies around the world develop products that are used safely by millions of people every is the trusted advisor to many of the worlds leading brands companies and governments and has earned a reputation for accuracy reliability integrity and technical competence. Working at Intertek means joining a global network of state-of-the-art facilities and passionate people who deliver superior customer service with a purpose of bringing quality safety and sustainability to life.

We Value Diversity

Interteks network of phenomenal peopleare our greatest assets and the diversity they bring fuels our success. Intertek is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer that values inclusion and diversity. We take affirmative action to ensure all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or other legally protected characteristics.

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This position is to fill a temporary vacancy

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