Environmental Engineer - Air Specialist

Opportunity to become the Plant Air Environmental Specialist with a global chemical leader in Eastern NC. Accountable for air quality environmental performance at the chemical / material handling plant operations. Ensure 100% compliance with all federal, state, and local air quality environmental regulations. Responsible for obtaining all air quality environmental permit renewals and modifications necessary for facility operations, optimizations, and expansions.Responsibilities: --- Maintain compliance with all air quality regulatory programs, permits, and approvals.--- Ensure all air quality program policies and procedures are consistent with all appropriate state and federal environmental regulations.--- Develop and maintain working relationships and interface with air program regulatory personnel with the North Carolina Department of Environment (DEQ) - Division of Air Quality (DAQ) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).--- Stay current with state and federal air regulations to evaluate any proposed regulatory changes in respect to their impact on the site.--- Prepare applications for new permits, modifications or renewals.
--- Coordinate with operations and maintenance personnel to meet production schedules and plant outages.--- Oversee all air quality monitoring systems and coordinate audits and reporting requirements.--- Oversee performance air testing programs, and review and approve testing reports.--- Facilitate air dispersion modeling requirements, including modeling provided in-house or through third-party consultants.--- Supervise consultants performing air related permitting activities.
--- Monitor costs and schedules to insure approved budgets are achieved.--- Support the development and implementation of the comprehensive and integrated set of strategies and policies supporting the company's environmentally responsible practices and reputation.--- Establish and maintain the means to detect company vulnerability with respect to air quality issues.--- Provide cost effective strategies to comply with increasingly stringent air quality environmental laws, regulations, and permit requirements.--- Recommend budget appropriations and acquire all necessary resources to achieve environmental air quality program success.--- Identify air quality program opportunities to optimize productivity and efficiencies within the facility's operating and maintenance areas. Qualifications: --- BS in Chemical or Environmental Engineering with 6 + years of Environmental Engineering (Air/ Title V) experience in the chemical industry. --- Understanding of the chemical processes and production as well as PSM compliance and air emissions stack testing. --- Knowledge of air quality environmental laws, rules, and policies.
--- Ability to work now or in the future without sponsorship.