SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST (SPECIALIST)

Job Description and Duties Are you interested in a meaningful and impactful career? Would you like to contribute to protecting people and the environment and accelerating a statewide transition to sustainable pest management? The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) could be the place for you! The Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist) at the advanced level independently identifies problems, develops courses of action and conducts extremely complex and scientific investigations and studies on pesticides. The incumbent may be assigned lead responsibility for a specific project, program function, or area of expertise. Specific responsibilities include: • Planning, organizing, and coordinating scientific/technical research to assess the environmental fate and transport of pesticides, and identifies practices to prevent/reduce pesticide impacts on human health and the environment • Develops new modeling techniques, methods and technologies that have the potential to prevent adverse public and environmental health effects from pesticide exposure • Participates in and directs field research studies and field sampling • Reviews scientific reports submitted by registrant, universities, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and others. • Assists in developing laws, rules, regulations, and policy evaluations to address pesticide impacts on human health and the environment. You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement. Special Requirements • The position(s) require(s) Medical Clearance prior to being hired. • This position is designated Conflict of Interest and requires disclosure of economic interests. • If education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must include a copy of your degree and/or unofficial transcripts in order to verify you meet the minimum qualifications. If you use unofficial transcripts to verify you meet the minimum qualifications, you must provide official transcripts prior to your start date, if selected for the position. • Please do not include any confidential information on any documents you submit for this job vacancy. Confidential information includes, but is not limited to: basis of eligibility, examination results, LEAP status, Social Security Number (SSN), birthdate, marital status, age, national origin, medical conditions, and use of medical leave. Desirable Qualifications In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate: • Knowledge or experience working with diverse cultural communities • Awareness of diverse communities and regional demographics • Ability to communicate respectfully and with sensitivity • Work productively both independently and in a team environment and be able to take direction and guidance well • Have strong organization and communication skills (both written and verbal) • Meet deadlines, be productive and maintain composure under pressure/stress • Ability to learn or knowledge of drift, air dispersion, soil physics, soil hydrology, and agricultural practices • Experience in conducting environmental monitoring (e.g., ambient air sampling, drift sampling, or soil sampling) studies • Experience in working with environmental sampling equipment • Ability to learn or knowledge of programming languages such as R, Python, C++, SQL, SAS • Ability to learn or knowledge of GIS and geospatial analysis • Ability to learn or knowledge of statistical and time-series analysis • Writing proficiency: experience writing technical reports or peer review scientific journal articles