Environmental Safety Scientist

Job description

COMPANY: Unilever, Colworth UK

JOB TITLE: Ecotoxicologist / Environmental Scientist / Environmental Risk Assessor

SALARY: Competitive

COMPANY OVERVIEW

Unilever is a global Fast-Moving Consumer Goods company in the UK and Ireland. We are already on target to achieve our huge ambition to double the size of our business globally whilst reducing our environmental impact. We are growing our business and also doing what is right for our consumers, community and environment. We are developing brands for people's lives today and for the changing environment tomorrow - making sustainable living commonplace.

Working at Unilever means that you get to take part in this exciting journey and work with amazing people who are really passionate about our large portfolio of famous brands. We want to improve billions of lives and you too can join us in making a sustainable difference.

MAIN JOB PURPOSE:


We are looking to recruit an Ecotoxicologist/Environmental Scientist within our Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre (SEAC). SEAC is constantly looking to develop and apply new scientific approaches to underpin the safety assessment of chemical ingredients which focuses on understanding mechanisms of toxicity, ecological relevance and advancing our exposure science capability (http://www.tt21c.org/home/).

The job holder will work with teams to plan and conduct environmental risk assessments. They will identify relevant hazards and assess the risks to the environment where knowledge may be incomplete. The job holder will look to develop novel approaches to environmental risk assessment that provide new understanding and insights where traditional approaches fail or are inadequate. The role requires knowledge to integrate leading edge science across all areas of environmental safety and to recommend appropriate management measures and options arising from risk assessment outcomes. The job holder will also lead projects where appropriate.

JOB SUMMARY

· Reviewing complex scientific (exposure and hazard) data to support risk assessments.
· Communicate internally and to business partners on risk assessment outcomes and provide guidance on risk management.
· Responsibility for leading designated SEAC projects as appropriate.
· Deliver transparent, well documented prognoses and risk assessments to support SEAC project teams and to address industry issues and contribute to the Unilever position and responses to the external KOFs.
· To identify capability requirements to ensure delivery of the current/future work programme and lead in the strategic direction of the discipline.
· Actively participate in external activities to influence scientific developments.
· Advise SEAC and Unilever of emerging ecotoxicological/ environmental issues including environmental claims.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

Skills/ Experience/ qualifications:
· At least post graduate qualification in a relevant scientific/technical discipline.
· Experience in relevant experimental techniques required for assessing the fate and/or effects of chemicals.
· Well-developed communication and decision-making skills.
· Strong team player, as both a leader and a team member.

Desirable:
· Post graduate experience that may include a higher degree.
· Experience of pathway or exposure based approaches (e.g. in-vitro, -omics, partitioning chemistry) and how they can be applied to risk assessment.
· Understanding of chemical safety risk assessment.
· Practical knowledge of environmental risk assessment.

APPLICATION PROCESS

Please note: As part of the job application, you will be asked to complete a brief online application form. Completion of the form is required in order to be considered. Please allow yourself enough time to complete the application form as when filled out partially or not at all it may adversely affect the progress of your application. Please be aware that you will have to complete the form at once as you will be unable to return to it later.

CLOSING DATE


The closing date for this vacancy is 15 th August 2019