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SalaryStaff Scientist - Environmental
Job Summary:
The Analytics (Analytics) Practice at Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc. (EH&E) is looking for an experienced environmental scientist to join our team. The Staff Scientist will support the many services offered by our Analytics team including collection, integration, analysis, reporting, visualization, and evaluation of information to support data-driven decision making for EH&E clients and staff. Some of our current projects involve health risk management support for hospitals, companies, and communities; and decarbonization, greenhouse gas, and health impact analyses for healthcare systems and companies.
Principal Duties & Responsibilities:
- Manages and coordinates projects and complex project tasks.
- Provides coaching and mentoring to others; may have reporting relationship to entry-level personnel.
- Contributes to client satisfaction and business development through excellent delivery of projects, identification of new opportunities where possible, and marketing activities.
- Broadly applies scientific and engineering principles to EH&Es work.
- Responsible for project-related QA/QC and safety issues.
- Prime author on technical reports, and crafts important client or project related emails, memos, and letters.
- Synthesizes and presents technical information for non-technical stakeholders.
- Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Associates degree required (for Staff Scientist I level), Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred (required for Staff Scientist II).
- 3+ years of experience (for consideration at Staff Scientist I level)
- 5+ years of experience (for consideration at Staff Scientist II level).
- Relevant experience or training in environmental science, public health, or engineering required.
- Relevant experience to include but not limited to environmental chemistry, microbiology, toxicology, human health risk analysis, biostatistics, and epidemiology.
- Extensive knowledge of scripting (preferably in R) required and data management (e.g., SQL) preferred.
- Ability to mentor and train personnel in programing languages preferred.
- Career interests to include delivery and development of advisory services for clients.
- Analytical skills to include statistical modeling (including temporal and spatial analysis, and predictive modeling), data management, data validation, and data visualization.
- Communication skills to include demonstrated proficiency in technical writing, preparation of slide decks, and delivery of oral presentations.
- Work style skills to include ability to work independently on assigned tasks, as well as collaboratively with EH&E staff and clients. Ability to coordinate/manage complex tasks and project staffing.
- Excellent observational and analytical skills.
- Experience publishing in peer-reviewed journals preferred.
***Depending on Qualifications, KSA's (detailed above), the applicant would be considered for either a Staff Scientist I or Staff Scientist II level position***
