The Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Principal Air Quality Engineer
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Join an agency committed to creating a healthy breathing environment for every Bay Area resident while protecting and improving public health, air quality, and the global climate!
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) is a regional government agency, committed to achieving clean air to protect the public's health and the environment. The Air District accomplishes this goal through regulation of industrial facilities and various outreach and incentive programs designed to encourage clean air choices.
The Air District's jurisdiction encompasses all of seven counties - Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Napa, and portions of two others - southwestern Solano and southern Sonoma.
The Air District is currently accepting applications for the position of Principal Air Quality Engineer in the Engineering Division. This is an open recruitment for one (1) vacancy which is a full-time, represented position.
About the Position The AB617 Principal Engineer (AB617 Role) will join a high performing and motivated team of professionals who work in partnership with the communities most impacted by air pollution. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the successful preparation and implementation of community-scale air quality plans in partnership with Air District staff, community members, partner organizations, local governments, the California Air Resources Board, and other state agencies. With knowledge of the Air District's permitting and risk reduction programs, you will lead the division's participation in internal and external AB617 engagement, including communicating the role of the division; analyzing, reporting, and presenting information about stationary sources, emission inventories, permits, and risk reduction; participating in community meetings; proposing and guiding discussions on emission reduction strategies and development of plans and programs to implement environmental justice and civil rights.
The Principal Air Quality Engineer for the Engineering Division may perform other complex and highly specialized air quality engineering work such as, but not limited to, processing permit applications for complex facilities; analyzing air emissions and other metadata; evaluating program effectiveness; and providing project leadership. The Principal Air Quality Engineer reviews, mentors staff, and provides training. The Principal Air Quality Engineer may also participate or lead complex, sensitive and controversial projects. The incumbent in this position may provide technical presentations on complex and/or sensitive engineering activities to the Board of Directors, public, industry, or other agencies. The Principal Air Quality Engineer will also represent the Air District while participating in working groups comprised of public, industry, and other agencies. Researches, develops, and documents guidance for calculating emissions.
Engineering Division The Engineering Division evaluates permit applications and reviews permit renewals for equipment and operations that emit air pollutants in the Air District's jurisdiction. The division provides technical support to other agency programs and assists businesses, trade associations, agencies, environmental groups, and community members with issues related to permitting and compliance. The division is responsible for implementing the Air District's Facility Risk Reduction Program that focuses on reducing health risks to the community from existing facilities or sources.
Beyond specific permitting work, some of the important programs and projects in which the Engineering Division is actively engaged include but are not limited to:
Verification of emissions inventories Database development and data management Development of new regulations or amendments of existing regulations Strategic planning of division programs Dispersion modeling and health risk assessments for toxic emissions Facility risk reduction and air toxic programs Assist communities in the development, implementation, and understanding of community emission reduction plans
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The Bay Area Air Quality Management District (Air District) is a regional government agency, committed to achieving clean air to protect the public's health and the environment. The Air District accomplishes this goal through regulation of industrial facilities and various outreach and incentive programs designed to encourage clean air choices.
The Air District's jurisdiction encompasses all of seven counties - Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Napa, and portions of two others - southwestern Solano and southern Sonoma.
The Air District is currently accepting applications for the position of Principal Air Quality Engineer in the Engineering Division. This is an open recruitment for one (1) vacancy which is a full-time, represented position.
About the Position The AB617 Principal Engineer (AB617 Role) will join a high performing and motivated team of professionals who work in partnership with the communities most impacted by air pollution. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the successful preparation and implementation of community-scale air quality plans in partnership with Air District staff, community members, partner organizations, local governments, the California Air Resources Board, and other state agencies. With knowledge of the Air District's permitting and risk reduction programs, you will lead the division's participation in internal and external AB617 engagement, including communicating the role of the division; analyzing, reporting, and presenting information about stationary sources, emission inventories, permits, and risk reduction; participating in community meetings; proposing and guiding discussions on emission reduction strategies and development of plans and programs to implement environmental justice and civil rights.
The Principal Air Quality Engineer for the Engineering Division may perform other complex and highly specialized air quality engineering work such as, but not limited to, processing permit applications for complex facilities; analyzing air emissions and other metadata; evaluating program effectiveness; and providing project leadership. The Principal Air Quality Engineer reviews, mentors staff, and provides training. The Principal Air Quality Engineer may also participate or lead complex, sensitive and controversial projects. The incumbent in this position may provide technical presentations on complex and/or sensitive engineering activities to the Board of Directors, public, industry, or other agencies. The Principal Air Quality Engineer will also represent the Air District while participating in working groups comprised of public, industry, and other agencies. Researches, develops, and documents guidance for calculating emissions.
Engineering Division The Engineering Division evaluates permit applications and reviews permit renewals for equipment and operations that emit air pollutants in the Air District's jurisdiction. The division provides technical support to other agency programs and assists businesses, trade associations, agencies, environmental groups, and community members with issues related to permitting and compliance. The division is responsible for implementing the Air District's Facility Risk Reduction Program that focuses on reducing health risks to the community from existing facilities or sources.
Beyond specific permitting work, some of the important programs and projects in which the Engineering Division is actively engaged include but are not limited to:
Verification of emissions inventories Database development and data management Development of new regulations or amendments of existing regulations Strategic planning of division programs Dispersion modeling and health risk assessments for toxic emissions Facility risk reduction and air toxic programs Assist communities in the development, implementation, and understanding of community emission reduction plans
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