Job Detail

Experienced Fate Risk Assessor - Europe - (G0600003) 

Description

 

About Syngenta:

Syngenta is a leading agriculture company helping to improve global food security by enabling millions of farmers to make better use of available resources more sustainably. Through world class science and innovative crop solutions, our 28,000 people in over 90 countries are working to transform how crops are grown.   The Product Safety function is committed to the safe use of crop protection products for people and the environment.

 

Syngenta is committed to staff wellbeing and provides a pleasant working environment for staff on a campus style site. Various site and section social activities foster a team atmosphere and interaction across site is encouraged for innovation.

 

About this role

This role aimed at an experienced Environmental fate expert, with a proven track record in delivery of European pesticide fate regulatory risk assessments, to support Syngenta’s expanding portfolio of world class products. The successful candidate will become part of the global Product Safety function at the UK site in the platform of Environmental Safety. Working together with approximately 60 highly qualified and experienced environmental colleagues, the candidate will also become part of a number of project teams which are focused on the support and successful development of Syngenta crop protection products covering the productlifecycle. 

 

This job requires a diverse multidisciplinary skill set and offers the candidate the opportunity to get a broad understanding of both the technical and regulatory aspects of Syngenta’s active ingredients.

Individual roles in time are likely to cover the following:

• Lead the Environmental Safety fate input into project teams; both technical and Syngenta project training support will be provided.


• Utilise environmental fate data and modelling to develop risk assessments and documented positions for European and global regulatory dossiers.


• Support Regulatory colleagues with dossier preparation and responses to Regulatory Authorities in Europe and worldwide.


• Work with experts outside of Environmental Safety such as metabolism chemists, toxicologists, ecological risk assessors, chemists, operator safety and residue experts together with a regulatory lead for the active ingredient.


• Support re-registration of existing compounds through critical evaluation of the existing data package with foresight of upcoming regulatory Guidance changes.


• Represent Syngenta in meetings with external regulatory agencies to discuss and successfully advocate our technical positions to address their questions and concerns.


• Propose, deliver and present relevant novel research and positions at scientific conferences.


• Deliver high level science inputs to within the Product Safety organization to support the management of technical issues.


• After fully developing in the role you may become involved with developing new active ingredients, collaborating with metabolism and fate studies teams to develop the correct data package, predicting the environmental fate safety profile emerging from the data and chemical properties.


• Some international business travel is likely to be required.

 

Qualifications

 

Capabilities  

• Integration of  complex data sets to develop credible technical positions


• Excellent skills in advocating technical positions and effectively communicating risks within project teams, to other Business areas and to external Regulators.


• Ability to manage risk and uncertainty in multiple projects within the framework of  a changing environment.


• Think creatively and solve problems.

Knowledge and experience

• Have a degree in a relevant area of science (e.g. environmental fate, environmental chemistry, geography, hydrology, agricultural science, soil science, environmental science, environmental biology, biology, physics, chemistry, maths and engineering) and ideally related work experience. A higher qualification is beneficial but not a requirement.


• The following skills and a proven track record in delivery of European pesticide fate regulatory risk assessments, would be preferred, although training is provided:


• Knowledge of the environmental risk assessment requirements and current EU and Global pesticide regulations


• Knowledge of the environmental fate of organic compounds  


• An appreciation of the purpose of exposure modelling in risk assessments


• Fate dossier production


• Knowledge/conduct of fate studies


• Experience of  working with fate modelling (eg FOCUS, MACRO etc)

Syngenta will offer:

• Permanent position


• Competitive benefits package


• 31.5 days flexible annual holiday


• Flexitime


• Good onsite facilities (restaurant, gym, sports/social clubs, healthcare)


• Ample free onsite parking


• Work location is flexible

  

Primary Location

: GBR-Berkshire-Bracknell 

Other Locations

: CHE-Basel-Basel 

Work Locations

: G06-Jealotts Hill Int. Research Cen Jealotts Hill Int. Research Cen  Bracknell RG42 6EY 

Job

: Product Safety