Senior Air Quality Consultant

Company Description

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Job Description

AECOM is seeking a highly talented Senior Air Quality Scientist/Consultant with experience executing and managing air quality permitting projects in the Los Angeles and Orange County area.  The selected candidate will join AECOM’s Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) + Air practice within the Environment Business Line. The primary emphasis of the group is to support clients with their air quality and regulatory compliance needs for a variety of federal, municipal, and private-sector clients. The Senior Air Quality Scientist will be responsible for developing and maintaining client relationships, managing complex environmental compliance projects and mentoring junior air quality staff. 

The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience managing clients in California and/or along the West Coast, as well as the ability to utilize their environmental technical compliance experience to help our clients navigate environmental regulatory challenges. Qualified candidates will have excellent analytical, writing, presentation and managerial skills, with a professional consulting background in EHS compliance.

The Senior Air Quality Consultant/Scientist will also work under the direction of the EHS Practice Lead in client project delivery, writing proposals, winning work and marketing AECOM’s services through webinars and promotional material.

Significant experience in the following areas is required:

• Managing projects which include preparing air permits (for a variety of air districts), air emission inventories, ambient air sampling, and other air quality compliance projects.
• Researching, reviewing, and analyzing California air quality policy and regulations.
• Supporting regulatory compliance tasks relating to air quality, including communication with the regulators on behalf of clients.
• Mentoring junior staff and leading project teams for air permitting/compliance work.
• Supporting EHS business development efforts, including preparation of technical and cost proposals, to grow our air quality/compliance work with new and existing clients.
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships with clients to enhance client retention and growth.

About AECOM’s Environment Business Line
Join AECOM to be part of an expert global team who is connected through a well-developed, worldwide, internal technical practice network through which you can learn from and brainstorm with the best in the world. AECOM is an industry-leading, world class environmental firm, and we want you to succeed within it.  We respect and encourage your own pathway to excellence via our Freedom to Grow initiative.

AECOM is known for our award-winning technical excellence, leading-edge science and innovative project delivery. We provide sustainable solutions for some of the world’s most challenging issues. Our global clients and their projects are diverse and interesting. They span market sectors and geographies and require innovative technical solutions to solve wide-ranging environmental problems within diverse community profiles.

AECOM’s Sustainable Legacies program describes our approach to the environment, social equity and governance (ESG.) We embed sustainability throughout our business and help clients embed sustainable practices into their work. We help clients reduce their impact on the environment, achieve compliance and reduce risks.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental management, science, engineering or relevant environmental discipline.
• 8 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education in air quality consulting.
• Some travel is required in and aro