Staff Air Quality Engineer (Entry Level)
ERM is seeking a motivated Staff Air Quality Engineer to join our consulting team in Irvine or Ontario, CA. The successful candidate will work on a variety of interesting technical projects for clients in the manufacturing, technology, and other commercial sectors throughout the Southern California area. This is an excellent career opportunity to work with an expert consulting team on challenging environmental management projects for large industrial and global clients. Access to ERM's local and national Air Quality & Climate Change experts provides knowledge sharing of best practices across the industry and ongoing learning opportunities for our team.
ERM’s Air Quality technical community pursues and wins highly innovative engagements for the most interesting clients, providing the full breadth of air quality and climate change services. With annual global sales in excess of $50 million, ERM’s Air Quality service area is one of the largest among its peers in our industry and is steadily growing at a double-digit pace. In North America alone, ERM has more than 300 dedicated air quality professionals assisting clients with projects as diverse as emissions and greenhouse gas reporting, to leading complex capital projects through the many hurdles associated with the NSR permitting program.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conduct air quality analyses, assess regulatory compliance, and perform regulatory applicability evaluations.
- Develop complete and accurate air quality permits for Title V, PSD, and New Source Review compliance. Interact with local regulators to steward permit application review and issuance.
- Prepare emission inventory reports; quantify air pollutant emissions and impacts.
- Evaluate air pollution control technologies, including technical and economic feasibility of air pollution control equipment.
- Implement climate change projects, such as greenhouse gas inventories, emission reductions, energy efficiency, public disclosure and verification.
- Assist clients with MACT compliance programs.
- Implement environmental compliance management systems and processes.
- Prepare recommendations and reporting of results.
- Perform environmental compliance audits and implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
- Perform multiple tasks within scope/budget/schedule expectations and ensure quality standards on project deliverables.
- Interact and maintain successful relationships with clients, ERM employees, and subcontractors.
REQUIREMENTS:
- BS in chemical, environmental, or mechanical engineering or related degree; MS and/or PE preferred. Or equivalency of 8+ years related experience.
- Recent graduate to 2 years of direct consulting or industry experience involving state construction and Title V permitting; PSD, NSR, BACT, and/or MACT experience a plus.
- Demonstrated understanding of air emissions and emission reporting processes.
- Strong hands-on spreadsheet and database comprehension.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to succeed in a fast-paced consulting environment, handling multiple project assignments, meeting strict deadlines, and traveling to client facilities as needed.