Air Quality Managing Consultant- India GDC (Gurgaon)

Overview

Lead technical strategy & QA for US air permitting & regulatory reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• tri interpretation
• qa/qc
• regulatory reporting
• emissions modeling
• data management
• client engagement

Tasks

-EPCRA/TRI center-of-excellence: Provide interpretation on complex TRI applicability, thresholds, and releases; audit TRI/Tier II programs and steward continuous improvements in the EPCRA portfolio and methodologies. -Project and program leadership: Lead cross-region technical workstreams, set scopes and review gates, and ensure delivery to scope/budget/schedule/quality; support proposal technical scoping and content. -Quality and risk: Own QA/QC processes across portfolios; perform audits of calculations and data transformations; ensure deliverables meet regulator expectations and withstand external scrutiny. -Regulatory reporting leadership: Direct multi-facility AERR, Title V, MACT/NESHAP, IED/national, TRI and Tier II programs; enforce data lineage, factor defensibility, and reconciliation between permitting and reporting datasets. -Technical leadership: Own technical approach and final reviews for major permits (Title V, PSD/NSR, construction) and IED/national submissions; establish defensible narratives, calculations, BACT/LAER, and modeling coherence with applications. -Mentoring and upskilling: Coach CL1–CL2 staff on emissions calculations, TRI thresholds, chemical nomenclature/stoichiometry, SDS interpretation, and QA practices; run training and peer-learning cycles with structured feedback. -People leadership: Serve as mentor and reviewer for junior/mid-level consultants; delegate effectively; cultivate a learning culture emphasizing precision, patience, and documentation discipline for TRI/Tier II and emissions work. -Technical excellence: Act as the final technical authority for emissions estimation, TRI thresholds/releases, control technology assessments, and modeling inputs/interpretation; maintain ERM’s libraries and best-practice notes. -Client and stakeholder stewardship: Build trusted relationships with client technical leads and regulators; align permitting/compliance strategy to maintain client operating flexibility while meeting obligations. -Regulator engagement: Steward permit reviews and issuance with agencies; prepare response-to-comments, negotiation support, and public participation materials for high-stakes permits and submittals. -Practice development: Grow EPCRA/TRI and air compliance programs; contribute to proposals, scopes, and solutioning; share cross-regional best practices and innovations in digital compliance. -Data excellence: Lead systematic organization/cleanup of large operational/EHS datasets; standardize Excel-based calculation workbooks with built-in QA/QC logic and exception flags; design Power BI views for portfolio QA and progress tracking. -Standardized calculation templates and SOPs for permitting, TRI/Tier II thresholds and releases, and cross-dataset reconciliations; portfolio dashboards for accuracy and timeliness. -Comprehensive emissions inventories and compliance reports (AERR, Title V, MACT/NESHAP, TRI, Tier II, IED/national), with calculation trace files, QA/QC logs, and evidence folders. -Portfolio and assurance: Design compliance assurance frameworks linking permit conditions, monitoring/recordkeeping, and periodic reports; implement applicability matrices and evidence folders that are audit-ready.

Requirements

• advanced excel
• power bi
• aermod
• title v
• pe
• 8-12 yrs

What You Bring

-EPCRA expertise: TRI applicability thresholds, activity/percentage composition, de minimis exemptions, supplier notification, PFAS/PBT considerations, and complex mixtures for chemical and refining sectors. -Experience setting up models in at least one of the following: Aermod, Calpuff or ADMS -Experience of post-processing -Minimum 4 years in senior roles with direct project management responsibilities -Reporting: AERR, Title V deviations/monitoring, MACT/NESHAP periodic, state emissions statements, TRI Form R/NA and Tier II, IED/national reporting; audit programs and corrective action tracking. -Data/Tools: Advanced Excel (array formulas, VBA, data cleanup), Power BI dashboards, Access or equivalent for dataset management, compliance platforms (Cority, ACTS) for workflow and records. -Demonstrated track record of successfully obtaining complex air permits -Demonstratable excel and report writing skills -Technical training materials on emissions estimation, chemical stoichiometry, SDS interpretation, and TRI applicability; documented mentoring plans and competency rubrics. -8-12 years of air quality consulting experience with focus on permitting -Minimum 3 years of hands-on experience with US major source permitting (Title V, PSD, NSR) -Permitting: Title V renewals/modifications, PSD/NSR, state construction permits, EMEA IED/national permits; applicability analyses; BACT/LAER; control technology selection; modeling input validation and narrative alignment. -Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s in Environmental, Chemical, or Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, or related; advanced credentials (QEP, PE, PMP) preferred -Regulator-ready permit applications with complete narratives, calculations, BACT/LAER justifications, modeling input/output crosswalks, and comment-response packages. -Experience in the preparation of emissions inventories and a good understanding of handing stack emissions data -Minimum 2 years of experience with European permitting frameworks

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About Erm

-Flourished through merging UK and US consultancies, building a truly global footprint. -Has carried out major environmental assessments for projects like High Speed 1, HS2, Keystone and Dakota Access pipelines. -Works in sectors from mining, energy and chemicals to manufacturing, pharma, power, renewables, finance and TMT. -Combines strategic advisory and technical delivery, using digital tools and proprietary methodologies. -Notably led environmental impact assessments for cross-border hydroelectric, rail and oil infrastructure.

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