Senior Air Quality Scientist/Engineer
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Your Opportunity
Stantec is currently seeking a Senior Air Quality Scientist/Engineer to be based out of one of our offices in the US West. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of air quality, greenhouse gas emissions, and energy technical experience in the Southern California area, for a wide range of activities including but not limited to transportation infrastructure, power generation, oil and gas, marine and port facilities, water/wastewater, and urban land development. This position requires an experienced senior professional who consistently applies advanced practical knowledge to deliver results.
Your Key Responsibilities
The primary duties of this role are to:
- Lead the preparation of permit applications to EPA/local air pollution control districts/air quality management districts.
- Provide technical assistance on air quality and climate change projects including understanding regulatory language and issues, framing the problems, prioritizing risks, and designing solutions.
- Serve as a technical resource on air quality permitting and compliance programs under NSR, PSD, Title V, state, and local regulations.
- Perform regulatory compliance and gap assessments.
- Develop emission inventories including criteria air contaminants, greenhouse gases (GHGs), and toxic air contaminants (TACs).
- Help clients meet reporting requirements including estimation of emission rates associated with various regulatory requirements.
- Lead the preparation of dispersion modeling analysis required for crafting health risk assessments in accordance with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) guidelines.
- Lead client and/or agency project meetings related to addressing air quality.
- Prepare proposals for air quality and greenhouse gas services, dispersion modeling, health risk assessments, and energy analysis.
- Supervise technical staff for task delivery.
- Interface with representatives of other Stantec Practices to facilitate cross selling of services.
- Mentor and coach employees in different professional roles and career streams, within standard practice and company guidelines.
- Assist in the recruitment of staff.
- Promote a strong health and safety culture.
Your Capabilities and Credentials
- Ability to exercise independent judgement to resolve complex problems, analyze issues, interpret information, and select methods and solutions.
- Ability to quickly learn and apply new concepts.
- Work effectively and collaboratively with project teams, employees, management, contractors, and consultants in a professional setting.
- High level knowledge of air quality models, including CalEEMod, EMFAC, OFFROAD, CALINE4, AERMOD, CAL3QHCR, ISCST3, AERSCREEN and SCREEN3.
- High level knowledge of local, state, and federal air quality rules and regulations including district regulatory programs, the federal Clean Air Act, and greenhouse gas regulations.
- Direct experience with the rules, programs and permitting landscape of air districts in Southern California.
- High level knowledge of air quality impact analyses, health risk assessment methodologies, and greenhouse gas analyses.
- Experience with Clean Air Act Conformity Analysis.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced consulting environment and handle multiple assignments simultaneously, adhering to project budgets and schedules is essential.
- Strong MS Office computer skills; advanced understanding of Excel, PowerPoint, and Access. VBA experience is a plus.
- Position requires strict adherence to health and safety procedures, good organization skills, strong written and verbal communication skills, and a passion for high quality of work.
- Must have a good driving record and valid Driver's License.
- Prior to employment with Stantec the candidate may be required to successfully pass a physical and drug/alcohol screening, if applicable.
Education and Credentials
- A minimum of 10 years of professional air quality experience.
- A bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental science, or a related field. Advanced degrees and professional registration are strongly preferred.
Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.
This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.
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