Senior Air Permitting Specialist
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Sargent & LundyEnvironmental permitting
This is a remote/virtual position. Candidate can be based anywhere within the United States.Full-TimeSenior
Salary100,019 - 152,807 USD per year
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Job Details
- Experience
- 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 facilities.
- Required Skills
- Microsoft Excel
Requirements
- Hold a BS in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related field; an MS is preferred.
- Have seven or more years of experience in air permitting, environmental compliance, or environmental consulting for complex industrial facilities.
- Have strong working knowledge of the Clean Air Act and air quality regulations for major sources, including NSR, PSD, nonattainment NSR, Title V, NSPS, and NESHAP.
- Have experience preparing, supporting, or reviewing air permit applications and technical analyses for new facilities, expansions, modifications, or operational changes.
- Have experience with NSR applicability analyses, emissions calculations, potential-to-emit, project emissions accounting, and major-source determinations.
- Have experience with PSD permitting, BACT analyses, air quality impact analyses, increment and NAAQS evaluations, and supporting documents.
- Have experience with nonattainment NSR, minor-source permitting, synthetic minor strategies, permit amendments, and construction or operating permit conditions.
- Have experience with Title V applications, revisions, renewals, compliance certifications, deviation reporting, and permit-condition evaluations.
- Have experience preparing or reviewing emissions inventories, source-specific emission factors, control efficiencies, and supporting spreadsheets.
- Have experience preparing or reviewing air dispersion modeling inputs and results, including AERMOD, meteorological data, receptors, building downwash, and modeling protocols.
- Have experience coordinating technical inputs across process, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering disciplines and communicating with permitting agencies.
- Be able to prepare technical memoranda and manage multiple projects, priorities, deadlines, and stakeholder inputs.
- Have the ability to provide technical guidance and mentoring to associate staff.
- Be proficient in Microsoft Excel and Word; experience developing auditable emissions calculation tools is preferred.
Responsibilities
- Interpret and implement federal, state, and local air quality requirements, including NSR, PSD, nonattainment NSR, and Title V.
- Evaluate projects and modifications for air permitting applicability, emissions increases, potential-to-emit, and permitting thresholds.
- Work with project engineers and equipment vendors to identify emission units, control technologies, operating scenarios, monitoring requirements, and design criteria.
- Develop air permit strategies, permit matrices, schedules, and applications for major and minor sources.
- Prepare and review technical documents, emissions calculations and inventories, control-technology evaluations, BACT and LAER analyses, and regulatory memoranda.
- Prepare and review air dispersion modeling protocols and results, including AERMOD inputs.
- Coordinate technical inputs across engineering disciplines and translate design information into permitting requirements.
- Interface with permitting agencies, respond to technical comments, participate in agency meetings, and support permit-condition negotiations.
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