Our vision is to create a safe and sustainable world

At Ricardo, we offer an environment where your expertise will thrive, your creativity will flourish, and your contributions will directly impact industries that drive progress and positive change.

The Role

We have a unique opportunity for an experienced Principal Toxicologist to support us in expanding our service offering in this area and driving future growth. As part of the Ricardo Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (ECT) team, you will address key challenges in the hazard and risk assessment 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.

Key responsibilities

• Delivering technical excellence in hazard and risk assessment of chemicals for Ricardo clients.
• With the support of senior colleagues, developing a go-to-market strategy to deliver a range of scientific and regulatory services in the area of human health toxicology and risk assessment.
• Supporting business development activities to engage the market, develop proposals and secure new projects.
• Leading the delivery of projects, providing support and oversight for junior staff.
• Potential team leadership responsibility, supporting the growth, development and engagement of direct reports.
• Enhancing the Ricardo ECT team’s reputation through engagement in scientific research activities.

 Key competencies and experience

• Educated to Master’s degree level or higher in toxicology, molecular biology or other related biological discipline with demonstrable post-graduate experience.
• Substantial technical knowledge across toxicology, risk assessment and chemical regulation.
• Niche technical expertise in relevant areas, such as carcinogenicity, reproductive toxicity, specific organ toxicity, new approach methodologies (NAMs), endocrine disruption, exposure assessments.
• A track record of scientific excellence, including publishing and presenting research, either independently or in collaboration with other partners or institutions.

Skills and behaviours 

• 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.

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 

We want you to know how much you are valued. Your remuneration and benefits package will reflect that. You will receive a range of benefits which include support for your physical and mental health.  

Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion statement 

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person's potential, and we'll help you reach yours. We have an ambitious diversity, equality, and inclusion approach as explained here. We value diversity; recognising that a more diverse workforce creates a richer and more varied working environment. Diversity also drives innovation, by allowing us to offer our clients the best consultancy service that we can. As part of our commitment to engage positively and pro-actively with all our employees and to ensure an inclusive culture, we are a recognised as a 'disability confident' employer. 

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@ricardo.com if you require any adjustments to support you throughout the recruitment process. 

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