Senior Air Permitting Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Utilize expertise in the Clean Air Act along with federal, state, and local air regulations to formulate permitting strategies for electric power and industrial projects.

• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, clients, and regulatory bodies to outline, assess, and apply air permitting requirements throughout all phases of project development, design, construction, and operation.

• Analyze and execute State Implementation Plans, NSR, PSD, nonattainment NSR, Title V, NSPS, NESHAPs, and specific source requirements.

• Assess projects and modifications for air permitting relevance, emissions increases, major-source and major-modification determinations, contemporaneous netting, potential-to-emit, and permitting thresholds.

• Partner with engineers and equipment suppliers to determine emission units, control technologies, operational scenarios, monitoring requirements, and design specifications.

• Create permit strategies, matrices, schedules, and applications for both major and minor sources.

• Draft and scrutinize technical support documents, emissions calculations, inventories, control-technology evaluations, BACT and LAER analyses, dispersion modeling protocols and results, AERMOD inputs, and regulatory applicability memoranda.

• Engage with federal, state, and local permitting agencies; address technical comments; participate in agency meetings; and aid in negotiating permit conditions, compliance obligations, and review timelines.

• Work with multidisciplinary project teams through peer learning, knowledge sharing, and Communities of Practice.

• Employ data, automation, artificial intelligence, and other digital tools where applicable, exercising professional judgment and oversight.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related discipline; a Master's degree is preferred.

• A minimum of four years of experience in air permitting, environmental compliance, or environmental consulting for complex industrial facilities.

• Solid understanding of the Clean Air Act and air quality regulations relevant to major sources, including NSR, PSD, nonattainment NSR, Title V, NSPS, and NESHAPs.

• Proven experience in preparing, supporting, or reviewing air permit applications and technical analyses for new facilities, expansions, modifications, or operational changes.

• Familiarity with NSR applicability analyses, emissions calculations, potential-to-emit assessments, project emissions accounting, and major-source determinations.

• Experience with PSD permitting, BACT analyses, air quality impact evaluations, increment and NAAQS assessments, and technical support documentation.

• Background in nonattainment NSR, minor-source permitting, synthetic minor strategies, permit amendments, and construction or operating permit conditions.

• Experience in handling Title V operating permit applications, revisions, renewals, compliance certifications, deviation reporting, and evaluations of permit conditions.

• Proficient in preparing and reviewing emissions calculations, emissions inventories, source-specific emission factors, control efficiencies, and supporting spreadsheets.

• Experience in preparing or reviewing air dispersion modeling inputs and results, including AERMOD, meteorological data, receptors, building downwash, and modeling protocols.

• Ability to coordinate technical inputs from various engineering disciplines—process, mechanical, electrical, and civil—and translate design information into permitting requirements.

• Demonstrated ability to communicate with permitting agencies and assist in addressing agency comments, information requests, and draft permit conditions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, encompassing technical memoranda and presentations for clients and project teams.

• Capability to effectively interact with project team members, clients, and regulatory agencies while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

• Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously and coordinate inputs among engineering teams, clients, and regulatory agencies.

• Competency in providing technical guidance and mentoring to junior staff members.

• Proficient in Microsoft applications, particularly Excel and Word.

• Experience in developing auditable emissions calculation tools is preferred.

• Knowledge of greenhouse gas permitting, climate-related permitting, carbon capture and storage, ArcGIS, mapping tools, emissions modeling tools, air quality software, state-specific permitting programs, and electronic permitting systems is valued but not mandatory.

• Must not require employer sponsorship for work authorization in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision health plans

• Life and accident insurance

• Disability coverage

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Back-up daycare

• FSA and HSA

• 401(k)

• Pre-tax commuter account

• Merit Scholarship Program

• Employee Discount Program

• Corporate Charitable Giving Program

• Tuition assistance

• First Professional Licensure Bonus

• Employee Referral Bonus

• Paid Annual Personal/Sick Time (PST)

• Paid vacation

• Paid holidays

• Paid parental leave

• Paid bereavement leave

• Flexible work arrangements

• Potential yearly discretionary bonus for eligible positions