Air Permitting Senior Coordinator

Luminant Generation Company LLC; United States; Presencial; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Vistra Energy operates Vistra’s Luminant Generation Company LLC facilities in Irving, Texas, seeking an Air Permitting Senior Coordinator. Oversees permitting strategy, regulatory review, consultant management, and budget oversight to support safe, compliant electric power generation.

The role provides expertise in Title V, NSPS, emissions reporting, and regulatory filings, working with plant teams and external consultants to mitigate risk and enable operational flexibility.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a corporate, agency, or consulting environment performing air permitting work and/or providing oversight of environmental regulatory compliance programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading air permitting projects, managing regulatory deliverables, and coordinating cross‑functional teams or external consultants.
• Experience managing consultant scopes of work, project schedules, budgets, purchase orders, invoices, and performance expectations preferred.
• Experience preparing and presenting project status updates, regulatory summaries, budget information, and recommendations to multiple levels of responsibility within an organization, including field personnel, peers, senior management, clients, consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to read, comprehend, and interpret complex environmental rules, regulations, permits, guidance, and agency correspondence.
• Strong leadership, communication, critical thinking, analytical, and decision‑making skills.
• Self‑motivated, organized, and able to perform well under pressure, prioritize competing workstreams, manage resources productively, and meet high‑pressure deadlines across multiple projects.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and oversee the review and development of proposed projects related to construction, operation, repairs, and renovations to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations, including requirements to apply for and obtain timely preconstruction and operating permits.
• Manage existing preconstruction and operating air permits by ensuring permits are tracked, renewed, updated, and interpreted accurately to support ongoing plant operations and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and direct air permitting strategies for assigned facilities and projects, including evaluating permitting pathways, identifying regulatory risks, and supporting business decisions that preserve operational flexibility.
• Oversee the preparation, review, submittal, and agency support of air permit applications, registrations, notifications, permit amendments, and related regulatory filings required for construction, modification, and permit revisions.
• Provide oversight, direction, and prioritization for environmental team members, plant personnel, and outside consultants supporting air permitting efforts.
• Manage consultant scopes of work, deliverables, schedules, performance, and invoice review to ensure permitting support is accurate, timely, cost‑effective, and aligned with company expectations.
• Provide budget oversight for air permitting activities, including developing cost estimates, supporting annual budget planning, tracking expenditures, reviewing purchase orders and invoices, and communicating budget risks or variances to leadership.
• Prepare and deliver quarterly air permitting status reports that summarize key projects, permitting milestones, regulatory risks, consultant activity, budget status, upcoming deadlines, and issues requiring leadership awareness or direction.

Descripción del empleo

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Job Summary

The Air Permitting Senior Coordinator is responsible for leading the development, maintenance, interpretation, and strategic management of air permits necessary to support the operation and growth of electric power generation facilities. This role provides oversight of air permitting activities across assigned facilities and projects, including permitting strategy, regulatory review, consultant management, budget oversight, project prioritization, and coordination with plant, environmental, legal, engineering, and leadership teams. The position is accountable for ensuring air permitting work is completed in a timely, accurate, and cost‑effective manner while managing regulatory risk, supporting operational flexibility, and providing routine status reporting to leadership.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead and oversee the review and development of proposed projects related to construction, operation, repairs, and renovations to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations, including requirements to apply for and obtain timely preconstruction and operating permits.
• Manage existing preconstruction and operating air permits by ensuring permits are tracked, renewed, updated, and interpreted accurately to support ongoing plant operations and regulatory compliance.
• Develop and direct air permitting strategies for assigned facilities and projects, including evaluating permitting pathways, identifying regulatory risks, and supporting business decisions that preserve operational flexibility.
• Oversee the preparation, review, submittal, and agency support of air permit applications, registrations, notifications, permit amendments, and related regulatory filings required for construction, modification, and permit revisions.
• Provide oversight, direction, and prioritization for environmental team members, plant personnel, and outside consultants supporting air permitting efforts.
• Manage consultant scopes of work, deliverables, schedules, performance, and invoice review to ensure permitting support is accurate, timely, cost‑effective, and aligned with company expectations.
• Provide budget oversight for air permitting activities, including developing cost estimates, supporting annual budget planning, tracking expenditures, reviewing purchase orders and invoices, and communicating budget risks or variances to leadership.
• Prepare and deliver quarterly air permitting status reports that summarize key projects, permitting milestones, regulatory risks, consultant activity, budget status, upcoming deadlines, and issues requiring leadership awareness or direction.
• Track and evaluate environmental regulations related to air quality and permitting, assess potential impacts to Vistra facilities and operations, and provide recommendations to leadership and affected stakeholders.
• Ensure appropriate plant personnel and internal stakeholders understand applicable environmental obligations, permit requirements, project constraints, and compliance expectations.
• Review and provide oversight of environmental notifications, records, and reports, including those associated with Title V annual compliance certifications, annual emissions reports, NSPS, TRI, GHG, CEMS, allowance reports, MATS reports, deviation reports, and other quarterly or annual reports pursuant to air permitting and air regulatory requirements.
• Provide subject matter expertise and management support for compliance obligations associated with air permit requirements and air regulatory programs that impact assigned facilities.
• Participate in and support plant Compliance Assistance Visit directives, corrective action planning, and follow‑up activities as necessary.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Education, Experience, and Skill Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in a corporate, agency, or consulting environment performing air permitting work and/or providing oversight of environmental regulatory compliance programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading air permitting projects, managing regulatory deliverables, and coordinating cross‑functional teams or external consultants.
• Experience managing consultant scopes of work, project schedules, budgets, purchase orders, invoices, and performance expectations preferred.
• Experience preparing and presenting project status updates, regulatory summaries, budget information, and recommendations to multiple levels of responsibility within an organization, including field personnel, peers, senior management, clients, consultants, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to read, comprehend, and interpret complex environmental rules, regulations, permits, guidance, and agency correspondence.
• Strong leadership, communication, critical thinking, analytical, and decision‑making skills.
• Self‑motivated, organized, and able to perform well under pressure, prioritize competing workstreams, manage resources productively, and meet high‑pressure deadlines across multiple projects.

Job Family Safety Company Luminant Generation Company LLC

Locations Irving, Texas Texas

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Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company based in Irving, Texas, that provides essential power resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Vistra is the largest competitive power generator in the U.S., with a capacity of approximately 41,000 megawatts, or enough to power 20 million homes, operating in all of the major competitive wholesale markets in the country. Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation and expansion with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability, powered by a diverse portfolio that includes natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities. The company continues to grow its zero-carbon resources, operating the second-largest fleet of competitive nuclear power plants in the country, substantial battery energy storage capacity, and a growing number of solar facilities. Vistra is one of the largest competitive electricity providers in the country and takes an innovative, customer-centric approach to retail, offering solutions to meet customers’ needs, including more than 50 renewable energy plans. Through its family of retail brands, Vistra serves approximately 5 million residential, commercial, and industrial retail customers. As a leader in the responsible transformation of the country’s energy supply, Vistra has made significant progress towards its 2030 and 2050 targets. The company has committed to a 60% reduction of Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, as compared to our 2010 baseline, and net zero carbon emissions by 2050, assuming necessary technological advancements and public policy incentives are achieved. Learn more about our environmental, social, and governance efforts and read the company’s sustainability report at https://vistracorp.com/sustainability/. Vistra’s hardworking team is committed to its purpose, “lighting up lives, powering a better way forward” and is guided by four core principles: we do business the right way, we work as a team, we compete to win, and we care about our stakeholders, including our customers, our communities where we work and live, our employees, and our investors. Learn more about how Vistra is powering a better way forward at vistracorp.com. Come join us and be part of something special!

It is the policy of the Company to comply with all employment laws and to afford equal employment opportunity to individuals in all aspects of employment, including in selection for job opportunities, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military service, protected veteran status, or any other consideration protected by federal, state or local laws. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance submitting an application or would like to request an accommodation, please email us at [e-mail] to make a request.