The California Department of Pesticide Regulation's Pesticide Registration Branch is recruiting for an Environmental Scientist position. Working in the discipline of Plant Physiology and under the supervision of an Environmental Program Manager I (Supervisory) and lead of the Senior Environmental Scientist (Specialist), you will apply scientific methods and principles to identify environmental problems, evaluate data submissions, propose mitigating courses of action, and conduct scientific investigations on issues of major importance to the registration and use of pesticide products in the State. Main duties include analysis and evaluation of scientific data on the efficacy, and phytotoxicity of pesticide products, including herbicides, plant growth regulators, and spray adjuvants, as well as other aspects of the environment, as a part of a complex and environmentally sensitive statewide pesticide registration program, which protects the State's natural resources and public health.
In order to be eligible for hire, the candidate must take and pass the State of California Environmental Scientist open exam, which is now online at https://jobs.ca.gov/Bulletin/Bulletin/Index?examCD=4PB09.
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