As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all –while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.

Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.

Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.

Syngenta is seeking an Environmental Fate and Exposure Specialist who will be responsible for evaluating the environmental fate of our active ingredients and modeling exposure to support labeled use patterns and provide input to regulatory risk assessments. The role includes developing science strategy to meet techno-regulatory requirements and ensuring the creation of top-tier submission packages to support the maintenance, re-registration, and development of crop protection products for Syngenta in the United States and Canada.

This position if highly preferred to be in a hybrid work setting in our Greensboro, NC HQ. Remote will be considered for the right person who is already located in the US.

Duties:

• Lead environmental exposure projects across various stages of pesticide active ingredient development, leveraging extensive scientific expertise and robust stakeholder management skills.
• Conduct ecological and drinking water exposure assessments for the US EPA, and Canadian PMRA by using regulatory exposure models for surface and groundwater to support new and existing registrations of Syngenta products for registration and re-registration risk assessments.
• Provide strategic and exposure modelling support for endangered species risk assessments of pesticide active ingredients.
• Support pesticide management and projects involving off-target movement and exposure mitigations (i.e., runoff, drift, and flux).
• Contribute to the development of methodologies, data, and studies specific to Syngenta products including analytical methods, terrestrial/aquatic field dissipation, and laboratory metabolism.

Required:

• Master of Science with at least 5 years’ experience or Ph.D. within a field related to environmental science, hydrology, soil science, soil physics, environmental or agricultural engineering, environmental chemistry.
• Strong oral and written communication skills with experience preparing and presenting technical information.
• Ability to plan, organize, adapt, and develop technical skills in disciplines beyond core area of expertise.
• Ability to manage a number of complex priorities, while ensuring delivery.
• Ability to interact and effectively communicate with internal and external stakeholders.

Preferred:

• Experience with and understanding of the environmental fate inputs of FIFRA-related Risk Assessments and Endangered Species Assessments.
• Knowledge of and/or experience in the following areas: regulatory models used in environmental risk assessments including models used such as: PWC, SWCC, PRZM, VVWM, PRZM-GW, PFAM, VFSMOD, CAKE, PESTDF, etc., statistical procedures used in environmental sciences.
• Experience with off-target movement, including drift (AgDRIFT and AgDISP) and field flux modeling.
• Experience in model development, programming (R, Python, etc), mathematical modelling.

What We Offer:

• We offer a competitive base salary and incentive bonus potential, combined with challenging and meaningful work, learning and career development opportunities and a great team environment.
• A culture that celebrates diversity & inclusion, promotes personal and professional development and offers flexible work options to meet both your work and personal needs.
• Comprehensive Benefit offering, Pension and Group Retirement program with company match, and Profit Sharing.
• Focus on Wellness and innovative programs that support overall health and wellbeing such as annual Lifestyle Account and free Headspace App.
• Progressive Employee Policies and Programs including a Flexible Work Location approach, and a vacation policy that provides up to 30 days’ vacation for all employees.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.

Syngenta Contact Information:
If you need assistance during the application process, please contact the Service Desk at recruitment.na@syngenta.com

Syngenta Canada welcomes applications from all qualified candidates and is able to accommodate persons with disabilities. For more information about accommodation during any stage of the recruitment process or if you would like more information on our accommodation policies, please contact recruitment.na@syngenta.com

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