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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