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Senior Air Quality Specialist

Kennedy Jenks
Pasadena, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/8/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 3/26/2025
Founded in 1919, KJ has always looked to the future. With a talented team of professionals and a culture of continuous improvement, we deliver exceptional engineering and environmental consulting services today, with a focus on innovation and sustainability. Using new advanced analytics, technology, and tools, KJ improves designs, reduces risk, and finds better ways to deliver projects. KJ is at the forefront of developing sustainable solutions for clients, including green infrastructure design, strategies to reduce energy use and environmental impacts, and award-winning water reuse projects. We are known for our dedication to industry-leading client service and tailored solutions.

Kennedy Jenks is looking for a Senior Air Quality Specialist to join our growing team. This is an opportunity to work with industrial clients within the scope of air permitting and compliance. Must have experience in providing air permitting and compliance support to industrial clients across the United States or specific geographic areas (i.e., East Coast, West Coast, Midwest, South or Southwest). Must also have experience with participating in / managing air quality impact assessments, problem solving and agency interaction.

Key Responsibilities

In this role, you will provide support for air quality permitting and compliance projects and other related tasks for our industrial clients. Role will involve interaction with current Air Services Group leader to grow and expand our air services capabilities to support clients across the United States. You will assist or lead with business development and have a high level of client interaction. Some travel may be required. Position may be located in any or our offices However preferred location is on the West Coast. Experience in the following areas is important:

  • Preparation of air permit applications for federal and state agencies, including development of emissions inventories.
  • State and federal regulatory review, and application of those regulations to specific client situations.
  • Compliance recordkeeping and reporting based on permit conditions.
  • Greenhouse gas emission inventory reporting.
  • Dispersion modeling for comparison to National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).
  • Support air services proposal development, client development, and marketing efforts as needed.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in environmental science or other relevant environmental field.
  • 15 years of experience related to professional air quality projects including permitting, modeling, monitoring, and reporting.
  • Consulting experience highly preferred.
  • Prior project management and client service experience preferred.
  • Ability to bring onboard new industrial clients.
  • Ability to add to current air services group, additional project team members.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong relationship management.
  • Ability to travel as needed.
  • Ability to be a Team Member and participate in all aspects of client projects.

Work Locations: Portland, OR

  • Federal Way, WA
  • Sacramento, CA
  • San Francisco, CA
  • San Diego, CA
  • Pasadena, CA

Kennedy Jenks supports a healthy work-life balance and utilizes a hybrid model of home and office work to empower our people to thrive and achieve their full potential.

Salary range for this role is $113,000 - $180,000 depending upon experience and qualifications.

Benefits: Kennedy Jenks offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance, 401k, bonus opportunities, tuition reimbursement, professional registration support, a competitive PTO and holiday plan, and other benefits and programs.

As an employee-owned firm, Kennedy Jenks offers a unique company culture with a corporate commitment to maintaining a positive work/life experience with a flexible hybrid work environment. Kennedy Jenks provides competitive compensation that will vary based upon education, experience, qualifications, skills, licensure/certifications, seniority, and geographic location. We offer a full benefits package.

Kennedy Jenks is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, marital status, disability, citizenship status, genetics, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by applicable law.

Salary : $113,000 - $180,000

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