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Burns & McDonnell Assistant Air/Noise Specialist in Chicago, Illinois
Description
Burns & McDonnell’s Kansas City office is looking for an Assistant Air Quality and Noise Specialist to provide air permitting and noise services to the power, industrial, commercial, oil & gas and manufacturing industries. Burns & McDonnell is a 100% employee-owned firm regularly ranked on FORTUNE’s List of 100 Best Companies to Work For and voted as a Best Place to Work in numerous cities across the United States.
This position offers challenging work with significant project variety at a successful, industry-leading company and an opportunity for advancement in a dynamic, growing Air Quality & Noise practice.
The Assistant Environmental Air Quality and Noise Specialist will work within our Environmental Services Global Practice and perform the following duties:
Assist staff and senior level project managers with preparing air permit applications, air permitting analyses, site evaluations, noise monitoring and modeling assessments and other environmental tasks as assigned by managers.
Perform air dispersion modeling using Environmental Protection Agency approved modeling programs such as AERMOD.
Perform emission calculations and estimates for routine emissions as well as maintenance, startup and shutdown emissions.
Assist with greenhouse gas analyses for our clients.
Assist with environmental compliance and permitting projects, such as Spill Prevention, Control and Countermeasures Plans and Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans as well as facility environmental audits and other compliance activities.
Assist with noise analyses, including noise monitoring, modeling, mitigation design and analysis.
Ensure compliance with company and site safety policies.
All other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in engineering (Environmental, Civil, Chemical) or sustainability or meteorology with an emphasis on air quality or another related field from an accredited program. This position requires 0 to 2 years of experience.
Courses in environmental and/or air quality is preferred.
Courses in acoustics or noise analyses a plus.
Demonstrated knowledge of federal, state, and local air regulations with emphasis on the Clean Air Act, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants, Title V Permitting, Title VI Ozone Depleting Substances.
Experience in air quality dispersion models is a plus but not required.
Must be able to clearly communicate both verbal and written technical information.
Strong attention to detail and the ability to follow complex requests.
Must be proficient in the use of computer software (i.e., Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
EEO/Minorities/Females/Disabled/Veterans
Job Environmental
Primary Location US-IL-Chicago
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Req ID: 234982 Job Hire Type New Grad
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