Senior Air Permitting Specialist

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

📋 Description

• Utilize knowledge of the Clean Air Act along with federal, state, and local air regulations to create permitting strategies for electric power and industrial initiatives.

• Collaborate with project managers, engineers, clients, and regulatory bodies to ascertain, analyze, and implement air permitting requirements throughout all phases of project development, design, construction, and operations.

• Interpret and apply State Implementation Plans, NSR, PSD, nonattainment NSR, Title V, and specific source requirements.

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

• Partner with engineers and equipment manufacturers to pinpoint emission units, control technologies, operating scenarios, monitoring requirements, and design specifications.

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

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

• Engage with federal, state, and local permitting agencies; address technical comments; participate in agency meetings; and assist in negotiations concerning permit conditions, compliance requirements, and review schedules.

• Enhance technical and project-management skills through peer learning, knowledge exchange, and involvement in Communities of Practice.

• Assist in projects related to power generation, plant design, environmental compliance, oil and gas, industrial facilities, renewable energy, carbon capture, hydrogen, and energy storage.

⛳️ Requirements

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

• Seven or more years of experience in air permitting, environmental compliance, or environmental consulting for electric power, manufacturing, oil and gas, chemical, utility, or other complex industrial entities.

• Solid understanding of the Clean Air Act and air quality regulations pertinent to major sources, including NSR, PSD, nonattainment NSR, Title V, New Source Performance Standards, and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants.

• 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.

• Knowledge of PSD permitting, including BACT analyses, air quality impact assessments, increment and NAAQS evaluations, and technical support documentation.

• Experience with nonattainment NSR, minor-source permitting, synthetic minor strategies, permit amendments, and construction or operating permit stipulations.

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

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

• Familiarity with air dispersion modeling inputs and results, including AERMOD, meteorological data, receptors, building downwash, and modeling protocols.

• Experience in coordinating technical contributions from process, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering disciplines while translating design information into permitting requirements.

• Ability to communicate effectively with permitting agencies and support responses to agency inquiries, requests for information, and draft permit conditions.

• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

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

• Ability to manage several projects concurrently and coordinate inputs among internal engineering teams, clients, and regulatory bodies.

• Capability to provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior staff members.

• Proficiency in Microsoft applications, particularly Excel and Word.

• Experience in developing auditable emissions calculation tools is advantageous.

• Familiarity with greenhouse gas permitting, PSD applicability for greenhouse gas emissions, climate-related permitting requirements, or carbon capture and storage projects is valued but not necessary.

• Proficiency in ArcGIS or other mapping tools is appreciated but not required.

• Experience with AERMOD, emissions modeling tools, or other air quality software is considered beneficial.

• Familiarity with state-specific permitting programs and electronic permitting systems is a plus.

• Please note that we do not provide sponsorship for work authorization in the U.S. for this position.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health Plans: Medical, Dental, Vision

• Life & Accident Insurance

• Disability Coverage

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Back-Up Daycare

• FSA & 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

• Yearly discretionary bonus may be available to eligible individuals