Senior Air Quality Project Manager

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Your Opportunity

We are seeking a Senior-Level Air Quality Environmental Project Manager to join our team. The successful candidate will primarily manage and complete projects to assist with multiple of Stantec’s fortune 500 manufacturing client accounts with air quality permitting, compliance, and reporting, and/or air dispersion modeling. Position will manage client relationships, identify, and respond to project opportunities, and lead execution of air quality permitting and compliance projects in accordance with the Clean Air Act (CAA) and other federal, state, and local regulations. There will also be an opportunity to deliver and assist with compliance projects, which may include program assistance for environmental laws, regulations and permitting associated with, but not limited to, Clean Water Act (CWA), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Act (EPCRA), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), Oil Pollution Act (OPA) spill planning. Project sectors include, but are not limited to, manufacturing, distribution centers, mining, and chemicals. Position may be filled in any of Stantec’s offices, but ideally in the Minneapolis/Saint Paul metropolitan area.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain existing client relationships.

• Manage projects and project teams to meet client’s scope, schedule, budget, and profit expectations.

• Manage and assist with the preparation of project deliverables.

• Use engineering principles to provide air quality permitting solutions for various industrial and commercial equipment at facilities.

• Prepare proposals describing scope, schedule, and estimated budget for executing projects.

• Organize and direct project teams for a wide variety of clients with air permitting and environmental compliance tasks.

• Provide quality assurance/quality control of project deliverables.

• Lead development of permitting and compliance strategies on projects.

• Assist clients in identifying appropriate monitoring, planning, training, testing, record-keeping, and reporting protocols.

• Mentor and assist with training team members.

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Proven demonstration of applying principles of engineering to evaluate industrial and commercial equipment designs at facilities for air permitting and compliance solutions.

• Able to develop proposals and manage change related to scope, schedule, and budget for projects.

• Demonstrated knowledge of air quality environmental regulations and requirements, including Title V and Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD) permitting under New Source Review (NSR).

• Able to work independently as well as part of a team.

• Strong analytical skills and good attention to detail with the ability to recognize discrepancies.

• Effective verbal and written communication skills with both clients and project team members.

• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office software platform, specifically Microsoft Excel.

• Able to meet deadlines and put in the time needed to get the job done.

• Able to travel regionally and as needed, have overnight trips.

• Must have a valid driver's license with a good driving record.

Education and Experience

• Undergraduate degree in engineering, environmental science, or related field.

• Approximately 20 or more years of air quality permitting and compliance experience and 10 or more years of project management experience.

• Experience with regulatory interpretations of state and federal rules.

• Consulting experience including completion of successful air permitting and environmental compliance projects a plus.

• PE, CHMM, CPEA, or other registrations a plus.

• Additional experience with program assistance for environmental laws and regulations associated with, but not limited to, Clean Water Act (CWA), Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA), Toxic Release Inventory (TRI), Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), and Oil Pollution Act (OPA) spill planning a plus.

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Position will primarily work in an office setting with occasional work in the field. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities required of the employee. Other duties, obligations, and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Pay Range:

• Locations in MN, OH, VT, & Various CA, NY Areas-$128,600.00 - $192,900.00 Annually

Primary Location: United States | MN | Woodbury
Organization: 2277 EnvSvcs-US Great Lakes West-Minneapolis MN
Employee Status: Regular
Business Justification: New Position
Travel: Yes
Schedule: Full time
Job Posting: 15/12/2025 06:12:14
Req ID: 1003377

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