Assistant Vice President, Toxicology

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a P-6 Assistant Vice President Risk Assessor to join our California Site Investigation & Remediation (SIR). You will support our Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Project Managers (PMs) for our California offices and projects. Our ideal candidate will be a significant contributor both with technical issues and negotiations regarding risk assessment on a team providing project and client management services for hydrogeologic characterization, environmental investigations, water resources assessment, and operational water management. 

Your Impact

• Lead and perform human health risk assessments.
• Ensure analysis of literature, data, laboratory samples, and other sources of information uncovers primary, secondary, and tertiary chemical impacts.
• Work with SMEs and PMs to prepare risk assessments.
• Providing technical expertise and/or support for human health risk assessments and development of conceptual site models. 
• Oversee and monitor cross-functional teams in executing project work.
• Participate in the application for environmental permits to address issues or concerns and with undertaking any resulting corrective strategies. 
• Project management and regulatory agency communications, with responsibilities appropriate to the level of experience of the individual 
• Proposal writing and maintaining/developing client relationships to ensure project delivery and generation or repeat business.
• Provide verbal and/or written inputs to multi-disciplinary project teams and contribute to providing high level strategic advice to clients.
• Develop a client base for providing high level environmental risk assessment services including identifying additional business development opportunities.
• Mentor staff to support their growth and professional development.
• Collaborates with professionals from a variety of disciplines to provide future ready solutions for clients.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Toxicology, Public Health, Epidemiology, Environmental Chemistry or closely related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience working as a Risk Assessor. 
• Highly proficient with analytical chemistry concepts, research, investigation, technology, measurement tools, software, and techniques.
• Project management experience with mid-level projects including tracking hours and expenses for project work.
• Proven experience and success working in the remediation, water resources and/or mining industries. 
• Demonstrated knowledge of federal and state regulatory programs (e.g.  MTCA, RCRA, CERCLA). 
• Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity.
• Strong self-leadership and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to effectively, persuasively, and tactfully interact with employees at all levels of the organization.
• Proficiency with office automation and communication software, technology, and tools.
• Well-developed critical thinking and problem-solving skills required to reach conclusions from testing results, data collation, and identify the most cost-effective responses that will minimize waste, prevent pollution, and conserve resources.
• Well-defined experience with evaluation of vapor intrusion and sampling soil gas per Cal/EPA, CA State Water Board, CA DTSC and EPA guidelines. 
• Experienced with providing critical review for documents and preparing technical deliverables and plans with a high degree of complexity. 
• Occasional travel may be required depending on project-specific requirements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior project experience in the California is highly desired. 
• A Master’s Degree or Ph.D. in Epidemiology, Toxicology, Environmental Chemistry, or similar disciplines.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, etc. 
• Strong project management experience of multi-disciplinary teams. 
• Diplomate of the American Board of Toxicology (DABT) is preferred.
• Experience with environmental statistics and site closure