Senior Air Quality Specialist
Job Title
Senior Air Quality Specialist
Location
Detroit, Michigan (Hybrid Flexibility Available)
Salary
$100,000 - $130,000 USD Annually
Company Overview
Join a highly respected engineering and environmental consulting organization with a long-standing reputation for helping industrial, manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure clients navigate complex environmental challenges. The firm is recognized for its commitment to technical excellence, employee development, sustainability, and long-term career growth. This opportunity offers the chance to play a significant role within a growing environmental practice while supporting complex air quality, permitting, and environmental compliance projects throughout Michigan and the Midwest. The organization promotes a collaborative, employee-focused culture where technical professionals are empowered to lead projects, mentor staff, build client relationships, and make meaningful contributions to project and business success.
Why Join This Organization?
- Employee ownership and long-term wealth-building opportunities
- Over six decades of industry leadership in environmental and infrastructure consulting
- National project exposure with opportunities to support complex industrial facilities across diverse sectors
- Strong commitment to sustainability, environmental stewardship, and technical innovation
- Collaborative culture with access to experienced environmental professionals and technical experts
- Clear opportunities for advancement into senior technical and leadership positions
- Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and flexible hybrid work arrangements
- Meaningful work supporting projects with measurable environmental impact
Position Overview
The Senior Air Quality Specialist will lead and support complex air quality permitting, compliance, and regulatory projects for industrial, manufacturing, utility, energy, and infrastructure clients throughout Michigan and the broader Midwest region. This position combines technical air quality expertise with project management, regulatory strategy, client relationship management, and mentoring responsibilities. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted advisor to clients navigating evolving environmental regulations while contributing to the continued growth of a highly respected environmental practice. Ideal candidates will possess strong experience in air permitting, emissions calculations, environmental compliance, regulatory interpretation, and industrial operations, with an interest in helping clients solve complex environmental challenges.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead preparation of major and minor air permit applications for industrial and manufacturing facilities
- Manage complex environmental compliance projects involving federal, state, and local regulatory programs
- Prepare and review emissions inventories, emissions calculations, and technical compliance evaluations
- Support air dispersion modeling analyses and environmental impact assessments
- Evaluate air pollution control equipment and compliance strategies for industrial operations
- Review technical reports, permit applications, environmental studies, and compliance documentation for accuracy and completeness
- Advise clients regarding permitting strategies, compliance obligations, and regulatory requirements
- Manage project schedules, budgets, client communications, and technical deliverables
- Build and maintain productive relationships with regulatory agencies, clients, and project stakeholders
- Mentor junior engineers, environmental scientists, and technical staff
- Support multimedia environmental compliance programs including air, stormwater, waste, SPCC, and environmental reporting initiatives
- Monitor regulatory changes and industry trends affecting air quality compliance requirements
- Support business development efforts through proposal preparation, client engagement, and identification of new project opportunities
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary engineering and environmental teams on complex infrastructure and industrial projects
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Environmental Science, or a related discipline
- 8+ years of experience in air quality consulting, environmental compliance, permitting, or industrial environmental programs
- Strong understanding of air permitting programs, emissions calculations, environmental regulations, and compliance requirements
- Experience supporting industrial, manufacturing, energy, utility, chemical, or infrastructure clients
- Demonstrated project management experience including budgets, schedules, deliverables, and client interaction
- Strong technical writing, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with multidisciplinary teams
- Experience preparing technical reports, permit applications, and environmental compliance documentation
Preferred Qualifications
- Prior environmental consulting experience supporting industrial and manufacturing clients
- Experience with Title V permitting, NSR permitting, PSD permitting, and major source compliance programs
- Experience with emissions inventories, emissions calculations, and regulatory applicability analyses
- Familiarity with air dispersion modeling software and air quality impact assessments
- Multi-state regulatory experience
- Experience mentoring junior staff and providing technical leadership
- Business development experience including proposal preparation and client relationship management
- Knowledge of Michigan air permitting and environmental regulatory programs
What You'll Receive
- Opportunity to lead technically challenging air quality and environmental compliance projects
- Exposure to a wide variety of industrial, manufacturing, energy, and infrastructure clients
- A highly visible role with significant client interaction and project leadership responsibilities
- Employee ownership opportunities and long-term wealth-building potential
- Competitive compensation ranging from $100,000 - $130,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits
- Flexible hybrid work environment
- Professional development, mentoring, and career advancement opportunities
- Collaborative culture focused on technical excellence and employee growth
- Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on environmental performance and sustainability initiatives across multiple industries
Application Process
Interested candidates may apply directly or submit a resume with the subject line: Senior Air Quality Specialist. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.
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