[ES_JOBS_NET] Physical Scientist at US EPA in Durham, NC

[Woody, Matthew]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has an opening for a Physical Scientist (risk assessor) in the Air Toxics Assessment Group in the Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards. The position is in Durham, NC (Research Triangle Park). The application will be open in the very near future on the USAJobs website (https://www.usajobs.gov/) for all U.S. Citizens. No prior Federal experience is required. It will be advertised at the GS-12 and GS-13 level. Search "Air Toxics Assessment Group" to see the application. EPA is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Air Toxics Assessment Group:

  *   Conducts assessments of human health risks and ecological risks associated with exposures to toxic air pollutants to support regulatory development and non-regulatory efforts;
  *   Develops, updates, and improves air toxics risk assessment methods, models, and tools including the Human Exposure Model and associated add-ons, the Total Risk Integrated Method, and the Hazardous Air Pollutant Exposure Model. Conducting this work requires the application of air quality models (i.e., AERMOD) and software tools (i.e., Microsoft Excel and Access, GIS, Python and R);
  *   Evaluates and interprets toxicological information; works with the Office of Research and Development and other offices to advance methods to develop dose-response values, participates in developing dose-response values; manages and maintains toxicological databases;
  *   Advises on risk management policy and other science-policy issues related to human health and ecological risk assessment, health effects regarding air toxics, and the overall air toxics program;
  *   Provides air toxics risk assessment expertise, training, outreach, and risk communication to other EPA offices, state and local air agencies, tribes, industry, environmental organizations, non-governmental organizations, and the public.
The successful candidate will serve as a risk assessor in the National Air Toxics Program and will be responsible for: designing and conducting risk assessments for exposures to air toxics; developing and improving risk assessment tools and methods for air toxics exposure and risk assessment; providing expert scientific, technical, and policy advice to EPA management; and collaborating with other EPA offices and key partners including other EPA-offices, state and local air agencies, tribes, environmental groups, industry, and the public.

Individuals should be prepared to work in a multi-disciplinary team setting and be able to manage a range of different tasks under tight deadlines. Problem-solving and excellent written and oral communication skills are essential.

Please contact Kelly Rimer via email at rimer.kelly at epa.gov<mailto:rimer.kelly at epa.gov> with additional questions regarding the position.  Please contact Terri Hollingsworth via email at hollingsworth.terri at epa.gov<mailto:hollingsworth.terri at epa.gov> to be notified when the job announcement is available on the USAJobs website (https://www.usajobs.gov/).
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