Senior Consultant, Air Quality and Environmental Compliance

ERM: Environmental Resources Management; Ewing Township (NJ); On-site; USD 76,000 - 86,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading environmental consulting firm is seeking a Senior Consultant, Air Quality and Environmental Compliance in Ewing, NJ. The role involves managing air permitting projects, providing regulatory guidance, and ensuring compliance for industrial clients. Candidates should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant field, along with at least 4 years of EHS consulting experience. This position offers a salary range of $76,000 to $85,489 annually.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of EHS consulting experience in relevant sectors.
• Extensive experience with EPCRA Tier II/TRI calculations.
• Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage air permits and compliance programs for industrial clients.
• Lead project teams and mentor junior staff.
• Provide QA/QC review of emissions and TRI calculations.

Skills

Understanding chemical nomenclature

EHS consulting experience

Excellent communication skills

Advanced Excel skills

Education

Bachelor's or Master's Degree in environmental or chemical engineering

Tools

MS Office

PowerBI

Job description

Senior Consultant, Air Quality and Environmental Compliance

Pay $76,000.00 - $85,489.00 / year

Location Ewing/New Jersey

Employment type Full-Time

Job Description

ERM is seeking a Senior Consultant, Air Quality and Environmental Compliance to join our Ewing, NJ office and specialize in the Air Quality permitting, Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), and Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting service areas, and contribute to our nationwide consulting team.

In this role, you will provide senior project management and senior technical leadership and QA/QC review on New Jersey air permitting, EPCRA TRI/Tier II calculation/reporting portfolios, as well as other EHS compliance projects and compliance assurance programs for clients locally, nationally, and internationally.

This is an excellent career opportunity to work with an expert consulting team and center of excellence on challenging environmental reporting and management projects for large industrial and global clients.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage strategic air permits and compliance assurance programs for a variety of industrial clients with complex technical/regulatory issues.
• Interact with local regulators to steward permit application review and issuance.
• Effectively manage project teams across the Region, including appropriately delegating project assignments to project teams and mentoring junior staff.
• Work in a collaborative team environment to support the on-going growth and development of ERM’s EPCRA Reporting Program and Portfolio.
• Provide regulatory interpretation and guidance on complex TRI applicability, calculation and reporting issues to the ERM EPCRA team and clients.
• Perform complex facility operational and EHS data analysis and systematic organization/clean-up of large data sets and data manipulation in support of threshold and release calculation preparation.
• Manage multiple large-scale projects and/or reporting programs within scope/budget/schedule expectations and ensure quality standards on project deliverables.
• Provide final QA/QC review of a portfolio of detailed emissions, EPCRA, and TRI threshold and release calculations for multiple industry sectors, including complex chemical plants and oil & gas refineries.
• Ensure on-time quality delivery of calculations and reports.
• Provide environmental compliance support to clients, including on-site assistance as needed.
• Develop and expand client relationships that generate repeat business to grow ERM’s EHS Sustainable Operations practice.
• Prepare technical proposals and participate in business development with existing clients and identified leads.
• Appropriately delegate project assignments to project teams and mentor junior staff.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with other ERM employees.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree in environmental or chemical engineering, chemistry, environmental science, or related discipline. Or equivalent experience.
• Experienced in reading and understanding chemical nomenclature, chemical reactions and performing stoichiometric conversions, reading SDSs and identifying key chemicals mandatory.
• Extensive experience preparing and QA/QC reviewing EPCRA Tier II/TRI threshold and release calculations for reporting required and experience auditing Tier II/TRI calculations/programs.
• Expertise with EPA and State environmental regulations, guidance documents, Q&A and interpretation of information in these data sets in relation to client situations, along with a commitment to continue growth in regulatory understanding.
• Experience in air release calculations (emissions factors, emissions controls, etc.) would be preferred.
• 4+ years of EHS consulting experience in manufacturing, oil & gas, power, mining, chemical sectors with exposure to a variety of manufacturing/production environments.
• Strong MS Office computer skills; advanced understanding of Excel mandatory; PowerPoint, PowerBI, and Access desired.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, interpersonal and analytical skills; experience working with detailed technical data; experience writing and QA/QC reviewing comprehensive technical reports and calculations.
• Ability to succeed in a fast-paced consulting environment, handling multiple project assignments, meeting strict deadlines, and traveling to client facilities as needed.
• Ability to multi-task, maintain flexibility and work independently with minimal supervision.

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.