Department of Pesticide Regulation
Are you interested in a meaningful and impactful career? Would you like to contribute to protecting people and the environment and accelerating a statewide transition to sustainable pest management? The Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) could be the place for you! APPLY HERE.
Under the general direction of the Environmental Program Manager I (Supervisory), the Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist) at the advanced level independently identifies problems, develops courses of action and conducts extremely complex and scientific investigations and studies on pesticides. The incumbent may be assigned lead responsibility for a specific project, program function, or area of expertise. Specific responsibilities include:
Performs the full range of duties involving planning, organizing, and coordinating scientific/technical research to assess the environmental fate and transport of pesticides in the soil and atmosphere; identifies practices to prevent or reduce pesticide impacts on human health and the environment.
Participates in and directs field research studies and field sampling in support of Air Program objectives. Collects, manages, assesses, and interprets field and modeling data in order to make recommendations for actions.
Participates in the identification, evaluation, and development of mitigation options to reduce adverse effects of pesticides on human health. Develops new modeling techniques, methods and technologies that have the potential to prevent adverse public and environmental health effects from pesticide exposure.
Reviews scientific reports submitted by registrants, universities, government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and others. Writes reports, documents, and technical publications as required, and represents the Department to governmental organizations, professional societies, or industry groups; assists in policy evaluations.
Assists in developing laws, rules, regulations, and policy evaluations to address pesticide impacts on human health and the environment.
You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.