Junior Environmental Fate Risk Assessor

The Vacancy

Enviresearch Ltd, part of RSK Group is seeking a Junior Environmental Fate Risk Assessor to join a highly regarded team of experienced environmental fate scientists in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The post holder will be supervised by, and accountable to the Head of Environmental (HoE). This full-time, permanent role will be office based with the potential for hybrid office/home working.

Enviresearch Ltd delivers regulatory and risk assessment services in Europe, for the global chemical industry. Highly regarded for our technical and regulatory expertise, we pride ourselves on providing bespoke customer support. We carry out advisory, scientific, technical, and regulatory support work for our clients. We provide services in a range of chemical legislation, but our environmental team’s main focus is on the registration of agrochemicals (Plant Protection Products Regulation 1107/2009) and biocidal products (Biocidal Products Regulation EU 528/2012).

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide environmental modelling expertise to help assess the impacts of chemicals on the environment across a multitude of areas including agrochemicals, pesticides and occasionally also biocides and general chemicals.
• Conduct regulatory environmental risk assessments of agrochemicals, utilising relevant guidance documents and a variety of computational / mathematical modelling tools (e.g. FOCUS models, EUSES etc.) in order to determine (and where appropriate refine), estimates of environmental exposure.
• Prepare assessment reports and dossiers for regulatory authorities.
• Undertake data analyses and interpretations, and literature reviews.
• Liaise and negotiate with commercial clients and regulatory authorities.
• Ensure all standards are met and preparations, submissions and follow ups are carried out in a timely manner, to meet regulatory deadlines when applicable.

Qualifications and Experience:

Essential:

• A PhD (or equivalent experience) in a numerate scientific discipline e.g., chemistry, maths, biology (or similar) and a second degree in an environmental discipline.
• Experience of computer simulation modelling and/or experience in environmental fate and behaviour and/or ecotoxicology of chemicals, preferably in a regulatory context.
• A good understanding of risk assessment approaches.
• Understanding of the data requirements for the models along with the ability to interpret data.
• Key Skills: Risk assessment, environmental risk assessment, environmental fate, e-fate, regulatory affairs, reg affairs, registrations, modelling, data analysis, report writing, agrochemicals, pesticides, PPP, crop protection, plant protection, herbicide, fungicide, biocide, active substances.
• Excellent understanding of environmental chemistry / ecotoxicology.

Salary and Benefits:

• Salary commensurate with experience
• Life assurance
• An adaptable benefits programme including the option to buy additional holidays, health cash plan and discounted gym membership

The Company

RSK is a global leader in the delivery of sustainable solutions. Our family of environmental, engineering and technical services businesses works together to provide practical solutions to some of the greatest challenges societies have ever faced. These challenges, and the responses to them, are perhaps best captured by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: “a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet, now and into the future”.

We must achieve a truly sustainable future, and to get there, all nations, businesses, organisations and individuals must play a role. RSK is enabling clients around the world to do their bit. We operate in most sectors of the economy, including many of those most critical to future global sustainability, such as water, energy, food and drink, infrastructure, urban development, mining and waste. With our integrated offering across research and development, consultancy and on-the-ground application, we can deliver a complete solution that is unrivalled in the market.

We need an outstanding workforce to help us achieve this. Do you have what it takes?

RSK was founded in 1989 and, now working in more than 40 countries across 6 continents, is a truly global business. We plan to keep growing and are looking for professionals who have the passion, skills, and spirit needed to grow with us.

Since the beginning, our philosophy has remained the same: employ, develop and reward talented individuals. People are at the heart of our business, and we know that our success is founded on the development of our colleagues. At RSK we want you to share in our achievements and we want to support you in achieving your professional goals. RSK prides itself on providing employees with a rewarding and challenging career by encouraging continuing development and enabling people to reach their full potential. Despite our rapid growth, we are determined to maintain the people-centric culture that RSK was built on, fostering entrepreneurialism, and applying a caring and compassionate approach to working together.

RSK Group is an Equal Opportunities Employer

RSK will not accept unsolicited CVs from agencies other than RSK PSL or Secondary agencies.