Senior Air Quality Specialist

Title: Senior Air Quality Specialist

Location: Remote (Virginia)

Job Type: Full-Time

What’s the Opportunity?

Support our growing air quality and climate change practice as a key member of project teams, by contributing to the development and review of related technical analyses for criteria air pollutants and greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, environmental planning (e.g., California Environmental Quality Act [CEQA], Washington State Environmental Policy Act [SEPA], National Environmental Policy Act [NEPA]), regulatory compliance and air permitting efforts, and green remediation. This role entails interacting with clients and overseeing supporting technical staff in the development of project deliverables. This role also includes project management and project business development.

Responsibilities:

Lead, develop, implement, evaluate and review technical approaches for executing air and GHG analyses and dispersion modeling, including the use of appropriate models (e.g., CalEEMod, EMFAC, MOVES, AERMOD) to complete air quality and GHG assessments and inventories. Develop, review and maintain modeling-related protocols and report summaries. Evaluate and recommend emissions reduction and control technologies and demonstrate compliance with local, state, and federal regulations with an emphasis on mobile source and port related emissions and controls. Critically review and interpret applicable regulations, including tracking emerging issues to advise project teams and clients. Direct, prepare and review technical documents, present findings to clients and agencies, and conduct agency outreach and coordination when needed. Develop scopes, budgets, and schedules for planning and permitting projects. Mentor and/or oversee staff supporting the company’s air quality program.

What Are We Looking For?

Ideal candidates will have the following:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Meteorology, Atmospheric Science, Engineering or related science degree with 10+ years of experience, preferably with consulting experience

• Experience with estimating air and GHG emissions and conducting engineering evaluations of air pollution and GHG control sources and directing others to prepare such evaluations
• Direct experience with off-the-shelf air emission models and tools such as CalEEMod, EMFAC, MOVES, AERMOD, etc. • Experience with leading and developing air and climate emissions related assessments including in support of CEQA, SEPA, and/or NEPA, and to support federal conformity analyses.
• Experience with critically reviewing and interpreting federal, state, and local air quality regulations with an emphasis on California and Washington state
• Experience with leading, developing, and reviewing air quality permit applications
• Experience with leading and contributing to health risk assessments
• Experience with emission control technology and practices and identification of mitigation to offset air- and GHG-related project impacts
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and multiple concurrent projects/tasks, working both independently and in multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to excel in a fast-paced, client service-oriented team environment and proven ability to work across disciplines internally and externally
• Strong written and verbal communications skills  

Experience with the following is a plus:
• Experience with green remediation strategies applicable to contaminated sites and familiarity with EPA’s Spreadsheets for Environmental Footprint Analysis (SEFA)

What Can You Expect?

A collaborative and stimulating work environment where we encourage everyone to bring their authentic self. We offer competitive compensation and benefits (detailed below). 

Who Are We?

Anchor QEA is an environmental science, engineering and planning consulting firm that is focused on improving the environment and our communities. We employ more than 400 people in offices around the United States. Our vision is for a growing company that is our clients’ first choice for solving their most challenging environmental problems and our employees’ first choice as a company where they want to work.  Learn more about Anchor QEA at www.anchorqea.com

How to Apply?

Apply online through Anchor QEA’s Open Positions page at https://www.anchorqea.com/careers/careers-open-positions/.  Veterans are encouraged to apply.

 
Applicants with a disability, who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, may e-mail their request to recruitment@anchorqea.com

Additional Information

We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion. As an equal opportunity employer, Anchor QEA is committed to a diverse, multi-cultural work environment. Anchor QEA does not discriminate in employment based on age, race, creed, gender, religion, marital status, veteran’s status, national origin, disability or sexual orientation.

Salary and Other Compensation:

*Annual Bonus
*Other potential bonus types: Billable Time Bonus, Spot Bonus, Milestone Anniversary Bonus, Receiving Professional License/Certification Bonus, Peer-reviewed Publication Bonus, Employee Referral Bonus.

Base Level Benefits for Regular Full-Time Positions:

*Healthcare:  Medical, dental, vision, basic life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability programs.
*Paid Company and Floating Holidays:  7 paid company and 2 floating holidays annually
*Vacation:  2 weeks accrued paid vacation based on length of service.  Vacation may vary by level.
*Sick and Safe Time:  80 hours annually
*Retirement Plan:  401k plan with an employer match
*Further information on benefits: https://anchorqea.com/careers/benefits/

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a comprehensive background check