Senior Air Permitting Specialist

🔥 31 minutes ago

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $84.8k - $129.5k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

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Sargent & Lundy

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1891

🏗️ Construction

🎖️ Defense

⚡ Energy

Construction • Defense • Energy

Sargent & Lundy is a global leader in engineering and design for the power industry, with over 130 years of experience. The company specializes in providing consulting, engineering, design, analysis, and project services for various sectors, including nuclear power, renewable energy, conventional power, oil and gas, and government services. With a commitment to innovation and excellence, Sargent & Lundy helps clients navigate complex challenges throughout the lifecycle of their projects, contributing to advancements in energy sustainability and national security.

📋 Description

• Apply knowledge of the Clean Air Act and federal, state, and local air regulations to develop permitting strategies for electric power and industrial projects. • Work with project managers, engineers, clients, and regulatory agencies to define, evaluate, and implement air permitting requirements throughout project development, design, construction, and operation. • Interpret and implement State Implementation Plans, NSR, PSD, nonattainment NSR, Title V, NSPS, NESHAPs, and source-specific requirements. • Evaluate projects and modifications for air permitting applicability, emissions increases, major-source and major-modification determinations, contemporaneous netting, potential-to-emit, and permitting thresholds. • Work with engineers and equipment vendors to identify emission units, control technologies, operating scenarios, monitoring requirements, and design criteria. • Develop permit strategies, permit matrices, schedules, and applications for major and minor sources. • Prepare and review technical support documents, emissions calculations, inventories, control-technology evaluations, BACT and LAER analyses, dispersion modeling protocols and results, AERMOD inputs, and regulatory applicability memoranda. • Interface with federal, state, and local permitting agencies; respond to technical comments; participate in agency meetings; and support negotiations concerning permit conditions, compliance obligations, and review schedules. • Collaborate with multidisciplinary project teams through peer learning, knowledge sharing, and Communities of Practice. • Use data, automation, artificial intelligence, and other digital tools where relevant, applying professional judgment and review.

🎯 Requirements

• A BS in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related field; MS preferred. • Four or more years of experience in air permitting, environmental compliance, or environmental consulting for complex industrial facilities. • Strong working knowledge of the Clean Air Act and air quality regulations applicable to major sources, including NSR, PSD, nonattainment NSR, Title V, NSPS, and NESHAPs. • Experience preparing, supporting, or reviewing air permit applications and technical analyses for new facilities, expansions, modifications, or operational changes. • Experience with NSR applicability analyses, emissions calculations, potential-to-emit, project emissions accounting, and major-source determinations. • Experience with PSD permitting, BACT analyses, air quality impact analyses, increment and NAAQS evaluations, and technical support documents. • Experience with nonattainment NSR, minor-source permitting, synthetic minor strategies, permit amendments, and construction or operating permit conditions. • Experience with Title V operating permit applications, revisions, renewals, compliance certifications, deviation reporting, and permit-condition evaluations. • Experience preparing and reviewing emissions calculations, emissions inventories, source-specific emission factors, control efficiencies, and supporting spreadsheets. • Experience preparing or reviewing air dispersion modeling inputs and results, including AERMOD, meteorological data, receptors, building downwash, and modeling protocols. • Experience coordinating technical inputs from process, mechanical, electrical, and civil engineering disciplines and translating design information into permitting requirements. • Experience communicating with permitting agencies and supporting responses to agency comments, requests for information, and draft permit conditions. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including technical memoranda and client/project-team presentations. • Ability to interact effectively with project team members, clients, and regulatory agencies while managing multiple priorities and deadlines. • Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and coordinate inputs among engineering teams, clients, and regulatory agencies. • Ability to provide technical guidance and mentoring to associate staff members. • Experience with Microsoft applications, including proficiency in Excel and Word. • Experience developing auditable emissions calculation tools preferred. • 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 valued but not required. • 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