Senior/Principal Chemicals Assessor

Overview

Role: Senior / Principal Consultant - Chemicals Assessor

Location: UK (Hybrid) & Madrid, Spain (Hybrid)

Role ID:  2023-1817

Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

We have a unique opportunity for an experienced Chemicals Assessor to work at the forefront of chemical assessment science. As part of the Ricardo Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (ECT) team, you will address key challenges in the hazard and risk assessment and the regulation of chemicals. You will have the opportunity to collaborate with leading experts across Ricardo’s multidisciplinary organisation, and externally with academic, industry and regulatory partners. This is a fantastic opportunity for a dynamic and motivated individual to make a real contribution toward the safe and sustainable use of chemicals.

We are a fast-growing team and are interested in hearing from applicants with a range of experience and specialist expertise to enhance our capabilities.

We encourage you to apply for this this role if you have the following competencies and experience:

• Educated to Master’s degree level or higher in environmental toxicology, chemistry, biology or a related discipline with a minimum of five years’ post-graduate experience.
• Hazard and risk assessment of chemicals in an EU regulatory context (e.g. REACH, BPR, PPP, etc).
• A track record of scientific excellence, including publishing and presenting research, either independently or in collaboration with other partners or institutes.
• Specialist expertise in specific technical areas or classes of chemicals.

As a Chemical Assessors Consultant you need to have the following skills and behaviour:

• Dynamic, highly motivated, and productive individual.
• Passionate about assessing and managing chemicals, and eager to make an impact in this area.
• Able to manage one’s own workload but also work collaboratively and effectively within a team.
• Influencing and the ability to communicate complex information to different audiences.

As a Chemical Assessors Consultant your main responsibilities will be:

• Delivering technical excellence in hazard and risk assessment of chemicals for Ricardo clients.
• Managing the delivery of projects, providing support and oversight for junior staff.
• Enhancing the Ricardo ECT team’s reputation through engagement in scientific research activities.
• Providing input and support to strategy and business development activities.

Working here

You will be warmly welcomed into our workplace where every voice matters. We are diverse thinkers and doers, coming together to create a culture of inclusion. We will support you to find your place.

We will encourage you to use your passion and expertise to make a positive impact through the projects you work on.  Your knowledge and desire to bring about change will be invaluable in helping deliver innovative solutions that support communities across the globe in becoming safer and more sustainable.

Work life balance

We offer flexible approaches to work, whether that is working from home, being in the office, or as a hybrid worker. We're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements. Wellbeing is at the core to our culture, allowing employees to flourish and to achieve their full potential.

Benefits

Our core benefits include 25 days' annual leave, plus 8 flexible bank holidays, a competitive company pension scheme, life assurance and professional subscriptions reimbursement. We also offer a wide range of flexible benefits to suit your lifestyle.

Next Steps

Once you have submitted your application a member of our Recruitment Team will be in touch. Please be aware that the timing can vary dependent on the volume of applications that we receive for each role and in some cases, we may start to review applications prior to the closing date.

Ricardo is a Disability confident employer - please advise the recruitment team via recruit.ee@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process.