Senior Consultant - Air Compliance

## Description

**Join a Winning Team!**

**Patriot Engineering** **and Environmental** is growing and is looking for a **S****enior Consultant – Air Compliance** to join our talented and impactful Indiana team.Patriot Engineering and Environmental is an **Employee Owned**, diverse engineering firm with a multi-state locations and presence providing geotechnical, environmental, and construction materials testing services and consultation to commercial, industrial and governmental clients.

**Career Opportunity**

This position will support and manage air permitting, regulatory compliance, and environmental consulting projects for industrial, manufacturing, commercial, redevelopment, and public -sector clients.

The successful candidate will serve as a senior technical resource, providing regulatory guidance, preparing air permit applications and compliance documentation, supporting client relationships, and developing practical, cost-effective solutions. This role is ideal for an experienced environmental professional who enjoys technical problem-solving, project management, client interaction, and working as part of a multidisciplinary team.

**Key Responsibilities:**

• Prepare, manage, and review air permit applications, emissions calculations, emissions inventories, and regulatory submittals.
• Support client compliance with federal, state, and local air quality regulations.
• Evaluate regulatory applicability for equipment, processes, facilities, and operational changes.
• Assist with permitting strategies for new, modified, or expanding facilities.
• Support compliance programs including Title V, FESOP, minor source permitting, construction permitting, NSR, NESHAP, MACT, NSPS, greenhouse gas reporting, and EPCRA reporting.
• Conduct environmental compliance audits, facility assessments, and regulatory reviews.
• Support multimedia environmental compliance projects involving air, stormwater, SPCC, waste management, EPCRA, and environmental health and safety.
• Assist clients with agency inspections, information requests, compliance questions, and corrective action planning.
• Prepare technical reports, permit applications, work plans, compliance documentation, and client-ready deliverables.
• Manage project scope, schedule, budget, quality, and client expectations.
• Develop proposals, cost estimates, and scopes of work.
• Coordinate with Patriot’s engineers, geologists, scientists, health and safety specialists, and regulatory professionals to deliver comprehensive environmental solutions.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships through responsive communication and practical problem-solving.
• Mentor junior and mid-level staff and provide technical review of work products.
• Support business development efforts and identify opportunities to expand environmental services.

## Qualifications

# Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Science, Atmospheric Science, Mechanical Engineering, or a related technical field. Professional Engineer (PE) license, QEP, preferred.
• Minimum of 7–10 years of demonstrated experience in air quality permitting, environmental compliance, or environmental consulting. Experience with Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, or other Midwest environmental regulatory programs, preferred.
• Experience preparing air permit applications and regulatory compliance documents.
• Experience developing emissions calculations and evaluating regulatory applicability.
• Working knowledge of Clean Air Act requirements and related air quality regulations.
• Experience managing environmental consulting projects, including scope, schedule, budget, and deliverables.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, automotive, logistics, energy, municipal, redevelopment, or industrial clients.
• Experience with air dispersion modeling tools such as AERMOD and Photochemical Air Quality Modeling.
• Experience with multimedia compliance programs, including stormwater, SPCC, waste management, EPCRA, and environmental health and safety.
• Strong technical writing, communication, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications.
• Ability to conduct facility inspections and site visits and ability to wear required personal protective equipment when needed.
• Valid driver’s license and ability to travel to client sites as needed.
• Occasional travel to client facilities, project sites, and regulatory meetings. Anticipated travel is approximately 10–20%, depending on project and client needs.

Ideal Candidate

• A practical regulatory problem-solver.
• A strong technical writer and communicator.
• Client-focused and responsive.
• Detail-oriented and organized.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities.
• A self-starter who takes ownership of projects.
• Collaborative with technical, field, and management teams.
• Interested in mentoring others and contributing to the growth of Patriot’s Environmental Consulting practice.