Air Quality Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc. (GES), an industry leader with a reputation for excellence in providing environmental consulting, engineering, compliance, and technical field services to clients in diverse market sectors, seeks an Air Quality Specialist  to perform air quality permitting and compliance work in our growing air quality practice.

We are seeking a strong technical candidate with outstanding interpersonal skills and a passion for air quality consulting. You will join a growing air quality practice and work directly with experienced professionals on permitting and compliance projects for industrial, commercial, utility, and public-sector clients. The role offers hands-on technical work, mentoring, exposure to clients and industry organizations, and opportunities to assume greater project responsibility over time.

Pennsylvania (and nearby states) and Texas are preferred locations. Remote and a variety of hybrid working arrangements will be considered based on the successful candidate’s proximity to a GES office. Travel is expected periodically for company, client, and regulatory meetings up to approximately 20%. 

Position Expectations

• Perform air permitting and compliance assignments under the direction of senior air quality professionals, including preparing calculations, permit applications, emissions inventories, compliance reports, and supporting documentation
• Apply industry and regulatory knowledge to air quality projects in the following categories: New Source Review (NSR), Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), Toxic Release Inventories (TRI), Title V permits/reporting, Clean Air Act (CAA) compliance audits, National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) regulatory compliance, and state- and regional-level permitting and compliance programs
• Assist non-air staff in communications associated with air permits, emissions inventories, compliance plans, and other air tasks
• Support business-development activities by contributing technical content to proposals and participating in client meetings, industry events, and presentations alongside senior GES professionals
• Prepare scopes, level-of-effort estimates, and technical content for air quality proposals, with guidance from senior staff
• Monitor air regulatory developments and assist senior GES staff in preparing educational communications

Skills & Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in environmental, chemical, civil, or mechanical engineering; environmental science; chemistry; or a related technical field and approximately 3 to 7 years of direct air experience (may be combined with experience in other environmental disciplines)

• Excellent verbal and written communication, decision-making, and time management skills
• Proficiency in technical writing and calculation development in MS Excel is a must
• Demonstrated ability to work in a consulting environment, including managing multiple assignments, budgets, deadlines, and client expectations.
• Professional Engineer license or Engineer-in-Training certification is a plus

Our comprehensive benefits include: medical, dental, vision, prescription card, 401k, FSA, LTD, STD, New Parent Leave, 529 CollegeBound Fund, Tuition Assistance, Bonus Plan, and more.

Groundwater & Environmental Services, Inc. (GES) believes that diversity and inclusion among our staff is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. At GES, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, gender, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by law.