Principal/Senior Air Quality Specialist

Overview

Lead environmental permitting, assessments, and policy for PGE's air quality compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• tool development
• process improvement
• permit analyses
• technical lead
• project coordination
• safety practices

Tasks

-Meeting facilitation -Develop Tools and Processes: Evaluates tools and processes. Develops or modifies processes and systems as needed. Benchmarks, recommends and develops improved tools and processes. -Permitting/Studies/Assessments: Performs all aspects of complex permitting, assessments and technical analyses for assigned technical area. Responsible for applying advanced techniques and analyses. Functions as a lead technical specialist for medium- size or moderately complex projects. Identifies project risks and issues, advises project leadership and offers mitigated/corrective solutions. May oversee scope, schedule and budget. Coordinates and prepares deliverables. May provide technical guidance over a group or manage and supervise a team and associated resources. May manage efforts from prospect to deliverable. Serves as technical expert. -Develop Tools and Processes: Strategizes and leads the implementation of improvements. As a process owner, approves the implementation of process and tool improvements. May develop or modify processes and systems as needed. -Safety Practices: Promotes PGE standards, safety objectives and regulatory requirements. Ensures adherence by team members. -Project Coordination: Serves as team leader. Actively coordinates with all internal/external team members. Facilitates effective outcomes. Resolves internal and external conflicts within team. Communicates client/agency interests and drivers to project team members and develops strategies and approaches to accommodate these concerns. May lead client/agency interactions and presentations. Directs and coordinates specialist team in technical area on study assignments. May manage and supervise a team and associated resources. -Project Coordination: Actively coordinates with all internal/external PGE members. Facilitates effective and strategic outcomes. Resolves internal and external conflicts within team and stakeholders. Communicates stakeholder interests and drivers to project team members and develops strategies and approaches to accommodate these concerns. Oversees and leads client/agency interactions and presentations. Directs and coordinates specialist team in technical area on study assignments. May manage and supervise a team and associated resources. Senior consultant for multiple projects led by others. Strategic resource to other groups within PGE. -Assigned technical area's processes and procedures -Permitting/Studies/Assessments: Provides specialized expertise in a technical area. Provides expert technical and strategic consultation within the company. Leads or serves as subject matter expert permitting, the production of multiple studies of comprehensive scope in technical area or a large complex project or assignment. Provides technical guidance to team and company. Oversees preparation of deliverables. Manages or collaborates on efforts from prospect to deliverable. Serves as representative to all internal and external stakeholders. Recognized by external parties as expert in the field. Strategic resource to other groups within PGE. Oversees program management.

Requirements

• environmental science
• bachelor's degree
• master's degree
• 15 years
• air regulations
• driver's license

What You Bring

-Ability to follow through on decision-making tasks -Daily driving/traveling/commuting within service territory -Demonstrates sound memory -Knowledge Sharing: Recognized in the industry as an expert within technical and policy area. Actively shares and promotes knowledge with PGE and industry. Mentors, encourages and involves other team members. Authors and presents technical papers to professional groups within the industry. Leadership in professional groups within the industry. Serves as spokesperson for PGE. -Typically ten or more years in environmental science related field. -Ability to discern feedback and acknowledge ownership of areas of improvement -Lifting/pushing/pulling/carrying: Up to 50 lb -Company QA/QC process and procedures -Ability to consistently meet attendance standards for regular, reliable, predictable, full-time attendance -Knowledge Sharing: Recognized within the company as having in-depth knowledge within technical and policy area. Actively supports knowledge management within technical area. Actively shares and promotes knowledge with other team members. Mentors and encourages less experienced colleagues. May author and present technical papers to professional groups. Participates in professional groups within the industry. May serve as spokesperson for PGE. -Ability to process new information to be applied consistently to work tasks -Ability to work on-call schedule -Bachelor's degree in environmental science or related field or equivalent experience. Master's degree preferred. -Extensive knowledge of Federal and Oregon air regulations that impact electric utility operations -Ability to avoid future mistakes by applying reasonable skills to new but similar work situations or tasks -Ability to work a variable schedule -Must have a valid driver's license and a history of safe driving practices. -Ladders (over 10 rungs) -Ability to respond and adapt to frequent change -Ability to successfully collaborate with peers, managers and others within the organization -Presentation and facilitation -Office computer applications -Occasional driving/traveling/commuting outside the service territory -Ability to adhere to set response times, deadlines and time-sensitive tasks -Typically 15 or more years in environmental science related field. -Written and oral communication -Professional registration/certification preferred; may be required based upon role. -Influence and persuasion -Ability to adhere to pre-established schedule, including start/stop time and break/lunch schedule -Ability to communicate and problem solve when under stress -Ability to work long hours -Interpersonal skills -Ability to accept and demonstrate self-awareness when provided constructive feedback -Ability to report to work and perform work during periods of severe inclement weather -Computer use (use computer regularly for entire work shift) -Ability to follow accuracy standards -Analytical and problem-solving -Walking distances and surfaces (long distances and over rough, uneven or rocky surfaces) -Ability to interact effectively and collaboratively within a team environment -Electric utility industry and technology knowledge trends

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About Portland General Electric

-the company began transmitting long‑distance power from Willamette Falls in 1889, a pioneering effort in the region -It operates a diversified fleet—hydro, natural gas, coal, wind and solar—alongside a sizable transmission and distribution network across Oregon -Serving nearly a million retail customers in over 50 cities, it blends generation, wholesale trading, and regulated retail operations -Typical projects include hydroelectric dams like T.W. Sullivan (still active from 1889), wind‑solar‑battery hybrids (e.g., Wheatridge), and transmission line expansions -Unusual facts: it closed Oregon’s last in‑state coal plant early and built one of the first long‑distance AC transmission systems in the U.S.

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