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Lead PSD Permit Engineer (Environmental Engineer 5)
Location: Thurston County – Lacey, WA
Pay: $88,416.00 - $118,932.00 Annually
Description:
The Air Quality Program (AQP) within the Department of Ecology is looking to fill a Lead PSD Permit Engineer (Environmental Engineer 5) position. This position is located in our Headquarters Office in Lacey, WA. Upon hire, you must live within a commutable distance from the duty station.
As the Lead PSD Permit Engineer, you will provide a variety of modeling, emissions inventory and related analytical services to the Air Quality Program (AQP). You will lead the Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting activities for the agency and work to ensure that permits are issued in a timely manner, and in accordance with federal and state statutes and regulations. You’ll also provide program-wide leadership in project management, communication, training and mentoring responsibilities.
What makes this role unique?
You’ll work with a variety of parties as the Lead PSD Permit Engineer, including permit engineers, compliance staff, and technical and planning staff across the Air Quality Program. You’ll be leading a permitting team that evaluates complex Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD)emission applications and develops draft and final permits of PSD projects. These evaluations involve engineering designs, specifications and emission control equipment. In this role, you’ll also lead a team of permit engineers, coordinating work assignments and providing guidance and training to engineers and managers.
What you will do:
- Lead the PSD permitting services for the program and serve as the point of contact for PSD permitting.
- Ensure consistency in final PSD permits and in the level of review of PSD permit applications.
- Provide mentoring to PSD team members.
- Prepare PSD guidance and ensure that PSD web pages are kept current.
- Remain current and identify emerging regulatory implications of new federal rules and evaluating appropriate course of action.
- Provide PSD permitting for the agency by reviewing complex New Source Review (NSR)/PSD applications to determine compliance with requirements.
- Meet with industry representatives to discuss requirements of NSR/PSD permits.
- Ensure project modeling meets all state and federal ambient air quality standards.
- Negotiate permit conditions with industry, state, federal and local agencies.
- Research and interpret EPA guidance.
Posted 5/3/2024
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We are an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and gender identity diversity.
Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, veterans or people with military status, and people of all sexual orientations and gender identities are encouraged to apply.
Working at Ecology
As an agency, our mission is to protect, preserve, and enhance Washington’s environment for current and future generations. We invest in our employees to create and sustain a working environment that encourages creative leadership, effective resource management, teamwork, professionalism, and accountability.
Most Ecology positions offer:
- Full health benefits
- Excellent retirement benefits
- Potential student loan forgiveness
- Option for partial telecommute schedule
- Option for flexible scheduling
- Optional union membership
Ecology has offices in many
Washington communities
Why public service?
Working for Ecology means working for the people of Washington. It’s a different environment than most private sector jobs. We’re not here to make a profit, we’re not out to crush the competition, and we can’t succeed as an organization unless we make Washington a better place to live, work, and raise a family.
People who work for Ecology tell us that spirit of service means something more than just a paycheck. And it extends to everyone at our agency, whether you’re getting your boots muddy cleaning up an oil spill, developing new policies to fight climate change, or supporting our staff in payroll or human resources. Working in public service means knowing that your work matters.
Contact information
Jake Barkman
careers@ecy.wa.gov
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