Environmental Health Scientist

Location: On-site at the CDC’s Chamblee Campus in Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Salary: $67,355–$114,503 per year

Company

hirify.global is an advisory and technology services provider supporting complex challenges for government and other clients.

What you will do

• Analyze environmental sampling and site investigation data from uncontrolled hazardous waste sites and controlled hazardous waste facilities.
• Evaluate data quality, completeness, usability, and relevance for public health decision-making.
• Assess hazardous substances, human exposure pathways, and site-specific public health implications.
• Develop recommendations and contribute to public health assessments, health consultations, technical memoranda, reports, tables, figures, and presentations.
• Evaluate proposed site investigation and remediation approaches from an environmental health perspective.
• Participate in technical assistance site visits, project meetings, and public meetings.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in environmental science, geology, environmental engineering, environmental health, biology, or a closely related scientific field.
• At least 2 years of relevant professional experience with environmental contamination, hazardous waste sites or facilities, sampling data, site cleanup, exposure pathways, and environmental health issues.
• At least 1 year of experience with contaminated-site characterization and remediation programs and regulations, including CERCLA/Superfund, RCRA, Brownfields, and ATSDR public health assessment processes.
• U.S. citizenship is required under the federal contract.
• Ability to obtain a federal government security clearance.
• Strong scientific writing, critical thinking, verbal communication, collaboration, organization, and Microsoft Office skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with CDC, ATSDR, EPA, other federal agencies, or public health entities.
• Knowledge of contaminant sources and media, environmental fate and transport, and human exposure pathway analysis.
• Experience preparing environmental health assessments, health consultations, exposure evaluations, remedial evaluations, or comparable technical documents.
• Experience interpreting technical reports, sampling plans, analytical results, conceptual site models, maps, and environmental records.
• Experience with environmental databases, GIS, statistical, data-visualization, and fate and transport modeling tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time employment supporting CDC and ATSDR programs.
• Collaborative work across multiple scientific disciplines and stakeholder groups.
• Work includes approved travel for technical assistance site visits, public meetings, and other project needs.
• Equal opportunity workplace with reasonable accommodations available throughout the employment process.