Senior Air Quality Engineer

Dudek is a 100% employee-owned firm supporting clients nationwide and delivering projects that improve and protect the built and natural environments. The Air Quality Permitting Professional Engineer (PE) will serve as a subject matter expert, advising clients on regulatory compliance and emissions analysis for fossil fuel-fired power generation facilities.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and manage NSR/PSD, Title V, and state-level permits for new and existing fossil fuel units in utility-owned and IPP-owned facilities
• Conduct regulatory applicability analyses for NAAQS, NSPS, NESHAP/MACT, and state SIP rules
• Develop BACT, LAER, and control technology assessments with an understanding of utility fleet configurations and IPP commercial operating models
• Evaluate emissions controls for combustion turbines, boilers, reciprocating engines, and auxiliary equipment across diverse owners and operators
• Conduct facility-wide emissions inventories and project emission calculations using EPA and state level methodologies, stack testing results, AP-42 emissions factors, and engineering estimates
• Run or oversee AERMOD/CALPUFF modeling to demonstrate ambient air quality compliance for utility-scale, merchant, and behind-the-meter generation projects
• Provide engineering guidance on combustion performance, heat-rate impacts, emissions controls, and unit modifications
• Review utility and IPP project plans, outage activities, and capital improvements to identify permitting pathways and regulatory triggers
• Support air strategy and compliance planning for power plant upgrades, reliability projects, capacity expansions, and energy transition initiatives
• Serve as a technical liaison with state and federal regulators, representing the interests of clients in permitting actions and compliance discussions
• Prepare detailed technical reports, compliance certifications, and agency submittals
• Track evolving regulations and communicate impacts to utility environmental teams, IPP project developers, and plant managers

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Environmental, Chemical, Mechanical, or related engineering discipline
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• 10+ years of air quality permitting experience in power generation or similar heavy industry
• Strong understanding of NSR/PSD, Title V, air toxics, and combustion emissions
• Experience collaborating with utility environmental teams and/or IPP project developers
• Must possess a valid driver's license and have active personal automobile liability insurance by the first day of employment
• Proven experience supporting electric utilities, public power agencies, and independent power producers in permitting, compliance, and project development contexts
• Understanding of utility planning drivers (reliability, rate impacts, fleet optimization) and IPP dynamics (merchant market demands, PPA obligations, financing constraints)
• Ability to adapt permitting strategies to different ownership structures, operational philosophies, and regulatory risk tolerances
• Experience with diesel and natural gas internal combustion engines, natural gas combined-cycle and simple-cycle turbines in both utility and IPP settings
• Familiarity with multiple/many state-specific permitting programs