Description
For 75 years, DuPont Crop Protection has been serving production agriculture with products for the grain and specialty crop sectors as well as forestry and vegetation management, including global herbicide, fungicide and insecticide products and services. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, DuPont Crop Protection is part of the overall Agriculture and Nutrition business of the DuPont Company. Our mission is to best satisfy the world's need for food and nutrition by transforming the ways renewable resources are grown, processed and distributed.
The Environmental Safety Assessment Group is looking for a highly motivated scientist to work in our Newark, Delaware, research facility. The successful candidate will be leading the development and application of environmental fate models, mathematical tools and statistical approaches to support optimization, commercialization and stewardship of crop protection chemicals. The specific job duties will include the following.
* Proactively participate in the development of environmental risk assessment strategies for the registration of new crop protection chemicals.
* Collaborate with environmental fate, eco-toxicology technical experts and the product registration teams to conduct the environmental risk assessments and establish safe and sustainable uses for DuPont agrochemicals.
* Serve as study/program monitor for environmental modeling studies conducted at contract research organizations to fulfill international regulatory requirements and support product modeling and risk assessment strategies.
* Participate in external industry committees and other professional societies to develop guidance and best practices in environmental modeling.
* Interface with worldwide regulatory agencies on technical issues, develop and present responses to their questions and requests.
Qualifications
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A Ph.D. degree (or equivalent experience) in engineering or science with experience in the areas of environmental fate, soil science, biology, chemistry and computer modeling.
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Demonstrated technical leadership skills with a desire to contribute towards team success and a willingness to promote the potential for growth among team members at all levels.
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Experience with environmental fate modeling is essential. Experience with common programming languages (e.g. Visual Basic and Fortran), and GIS-based software programs is beneficial.
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Demonstrated ability to prepare scientific publications and presentations on agrochemicals research.
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Experience with global pesticide registration guidelines.
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Excellent oral and written communication skills.
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Excellent project management skills.
Job
Research Investigator
Primary Location
North America-USA-Delaware-NEWARK-STINE-HASKELL [DUPONT](1147)
Organization
DUPONT CO(2350)
Schedule
Full-time
Education Level
Doctorate Degree (over 19 years)
Shift
Day Job
Employee Status
Regular
Travel
Yes, 25% of the time
Details:
Job Id:
17750951
Annual Salary:
Position Type:
Education Level:
No Selection
Experience Level:
No selection
Posted:
10/27/2009 2:30:31 PM
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