Senior Air Quality Permitting Engineer - Hybrid in Boston

Achieve Environmental LLC; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Achieve Environmental LLC in the Greater Boston area seeks a full-time Air Quality Technical Consultant / Permitting Engineer for a hybrid role. You will lead emissions calculations, AERMOD modeling, and permit applications for diverse US facilities.

You will translate complex regulations into practical permitting strategies, manage multiple projects, and communicate findings clearly to clients and regulators. Requires 5+ years in air quality consulting and a strong regulatory background.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics, or a closely related technical discipline.
• 5+ years in air quality consulting, permitting and modeling.
• Advanced proficiency with AERMOD and dispersion modeling workflow.
• Proven ability to prepare defensible emissions calculations and permit applications.
• Knowledge of emissions estimation methods and data sources.
• Strong knowledge of the Clean Air Act and major federal air programs.
• Experience applying state permitting regs across multiple U.S. jurisdictions.
• Experience preparing regulatory analyses, inventories, and modeling reports.
• Meticulous, detail-oriented with quantitative problem-solving.
• Excellent technical writing, communication, and project management.

Responsibilities

• Develop air permitting and compliance strategies aligned with clients' operational and business objectives.
• Evaluate federal and state air quality requirements applicable to existing operations, proposed projects, and facility modifications.
• Independently prepare and review detailed emissions calculations for complex industrial and commercial processes.
• Prepare technically complete and defensible air permit applications for facilities across the United States.
• Develop AERMOD protocols and perform air dispersion modeling for permitting, compliance demonstrations, facility planning, and other air quality evaluations.
• Develop and review source characterizations, building-downwash analyses, meteorological and terrain inputs, receptor grids, background concentrations, and modeling scenarios.
• Prepare emissions inventories, regulatory applicability analyses, compliance demonstrations, modeling reports, and other technical documentation.
• Conduct rigorous quality assurance and quality control of calculations, assumptions, modeling inputs, results, and supporting materials.
• Respond to regulatory agency comments and information requests and support clients during meetings, permit reviews, and inspections.
• Translate regulatory and permit requirements into practical compliance procedures and systems.
• Manage multiple projects and communicate technical findings clearly to clients, regulators, and other stakeholders.

Skills

AERMOD modeling

Emissions calculations

Regulatory compliance

Technical writing

Project management

Data analysis

Written communication

Education

Master's degree in Environmental Engineering

Tools

AERMOD software

Job description

Achieve Environmental LLC in the Greater Boston area seeks a full-time Air Quality Technical Consultant / Permitting Engineer for a hybrid role. You will lead emissions calculations, AERMOD modeling, and permit applications for diverse US facilities.

You will translate complex regulations into practical permitting strategies, manage multiple projects, and communicate findings clearly to clients and regulators. Requires 5+ years in air quality consulting and a strong regulatory background.