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WSP is currently initiating a search for a Federal Programs Senior Human Health Risk Assessor with the potential to work out of any of our Federal offices, which may include Atlanta, GA; Kansas City, MO; Gainesville, FL; Valhalla, NY; Morristown, NJ; Buffalo, NY or Boston MA. Be involved in projects with our Federal Programs Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.

The successful candidate will collaborate with our current team of risk assessment team members to support our growing risk assessment and toxicology practice in project planning and execution as well as public outreach and stakeholder communication. Risk assessments will be prepared to meet the requirements of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and many States’ environmental regulatory programs.

The position will involve coordination and implementation of project work associated with multimedia (air, water, and soil) risk assessments and environmental regulatory compliance in the industrial/commercial and government sectors as well as project management.

Your Impact

• Direct and supervise technical assignments and manages entire projects or specific elements of projects;

• Perform as lead risk assessor authoring proposals and projects;

• Extensive client and regulator interaction, particularly with scoping of risk assessments and application of the risk assessment results and conclusions in site decision-making;

• Provide technical review for projects to comply with environmental regulations, company standards, contract requirements, and related specifications; and

• Occasionally travel for projects, conferences, business development, or training.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Toxicology, Biology, Public Health or related scientific discipline.

• 10+ years of relevant experience in conducting, authoring, directing, and performing technical review of multi-media human health risk assessments with increasing levels of project complexity and responsibility

• Extensive hands-on knowledge of human health risk assessment principles, procedures, and guidance particularly USEPA CERCLA

• Demonstrated successful interactions across a range of private sector and governmental clients

• Performance and technical review of multi-media baseline human health risk assessments for common and emerging contaminants

• Completion of projects through feasibility studies and Records of Decision (including identifying risk-based remedial goals)

• Extensive experience in scoping, managing, and conducting risk assessment components for each of the stages of the CERCLA process including:

• Development of work plans and QAPPs (including evaluating sampling strategies and appropriateness of data for risk assessment)

• Experience with risk communication with clients and stakeholders, and at conferences and professional organizations including presenting complex technical information in a concise and accurate manner

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S. in Toxicology, Biology, Public Health or related scientific discipline.

• Experience with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $102,200 - $173,140

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.