Air Permitting Specialist
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Air Permitting Specialist Job Description
(Air Permit Writer / Air Quality Specialist / Air Quality Analyst)
Alta Science and Engineering has a current opening for Air Permitting Specialist. The Air Permitting Specialist serves as an experienced air quality professional responsible for developing reviewing and managing air quality permits for industrial sources regulated under federal and State of Idaho air quality programs. This full-time (40 hours/week) benefited position will be based in our Boise Moscow or Kellogg offices.
Location: Idaho (Hybrid/Office-based as applicable)
Employment Type: Full-Time
Position Summary
This position supports State and Federal clients and regulatory compliance efforts in reviewing and preparing air quality permits conducting emissions analyses and interpreting and applying applicable air quality rules regulations policies and guidance.
This is a mid- to senior-level role that works collaboratively with project managers engineers regulators and industry representatives on a wide variety of air quality projects including criteria pollutants air toxics and greenhouse gas regulations.
Key Responsibilities
Typical duties include but are not limited to:
- Develop and prepare air quality permits
- Conduct permit reviews emissions calculations and regulatory applicability analyses under federal and Idaho air quality regulations.
- Serve as primary technical contact with clients facility operators and regulatory agencies regarding permit requirements emission limits and air pollution control technologies.
- Perform and review air dispersion modeling and emissions inventory analyses.
- Interpret and apply federal tribal state and local air quality laws rules and guidance documents.
- Review engineering plans process descriptions and control equipment designs for regulatory compliance.
- Assist with regulatory negotiations responses to agency comments and permit revisions.
- Prepare technical reports memoranda and supporting documentation.
- Participate in meetings site visits and agency coordination as needed.
- Provide technical support in contested cases or hearings including preparation of expert testimony when required.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in environmental Civil Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
- Professional Engineer (PE) licensed in Idaho or ability to obtain Idaho licensure.
- Five (5) or more years of professional experience in air quality permitting regulatory compliance or a closely related field.
- Demonstrated experience with air permit writing permit reviews and regulatory interpretation.
- Strong technical writing analytical and organizational skills.
- Ability to clearly communicate complex technical and regulatory information to clients and agencies.
Preferred Qualifications
- Masters degree in engineering or a related environmental field.
- Experience with State of Idaho air permitting.
- Proficiency with air quality modeling tools and emissions calculation methodologies.
- Experience working with a variety of industrial processes and air pollution control technologies.
- Experience using Generative AI tools to enhance research technical analysis and communication is a plus.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities
- Knowledge of industrial and commercial processes and applicable air pollution control technologies.
- Knowledge of engineering principles as applied to air contaminant generation and control.
- Ability to analyze complex data sets determine data reliability and draw sound conclusions.
- Ability to interpret and apply environmental laws regulations and policies.
- Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines simultaneously.
Benefits Include:
- Medical Dental Vision elections available
- Paid Life insurance with supplemental elections available
- Paid Short-term disability insurance with buy-up options available
- Employee assistance program (EAP)
- Flexible spending account (FSA)
- Health reimbursement arrangement (HRA)
- Healthy Workplace benefits
- Alternative Transportation reimbursement
- 401(k) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
- Discretionary Bonuses
- Discretionary Profit Sharing
- Paid Time Off (Vacation Sick and Holidays)
- Professional Development
- Tuition Reimbursement
Required Experience:
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Key Skills
- Hand Tools
- Math
- HVAC
- Mechanical Knowledge
- HVAC/R
- Service Technician Experience
- Maintenance
- Refrigeration
- Ductwork
- Cordova
- Troubleshooting
- Air Conditioning
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