Air Quality Environmental Consultant

JOB TITLE: Air Quality Environmental Consultant

REQUISITION: COR0027

DEPARTMENT: Environmental Services - Topeka General Office or Kansas City Headquarters

LOCATION: Topeka, KS

Kansas City, MO

PAY RANGE:

Environmental Consultant I: $59,100 - $73,900

Environmental Consultant II: $72,400 - $90,500

Sr. Environmental Consultant: $81,800 - $109,100

Lead Environmental Consultant: $96,300 - $128,400

Our team is currently looking for a new environmental consultant who is a self-starter, enjoys digging into the details and working to ensure that our company remains in compliance with all applicable air quality regulations. This individual will focus on reviewing emissions data, preparing compliance reports for submittal to our regulatory agencies, working with plant staff to ensure compliance with our Operating Permits and ensuring that we are obtaining necessary construction permits and approvals.

If you are an individual who enjoys working in a high performing environment and thrives on adding value, this is the team for you! Our Environmental department has offices in Topeka and Kansas City, and we offer a hybrid work schedule where team members are able to work remotely on Monday's and Friday's.

Summary of Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

* Responsible for supporting air quality compliance for assigned generating station locations. This involves obtaining a deep understanding of permit requirements applicable to assigned sites and the forethought to address potential concerns before they become issues.
* Responsible for overall health of the continuous emissions monitoring data and associated reporting of the data to the appropriate regulatory agencies.
* Annual criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas inventory preparation and submittal.
* Responsible for ensuring that construction and operating permit applications are timely submitted and permits obtained. This process requires a thorough understanding of the regulations applicable to the electric utility industry to ensure that the agency's proposed permit terms/conditions accurately portray the applicable regulatory requirements.
* In collaboration with plant environmental compliance coordinator, ensure that all monitoring, recordkeeping and reporting is completed as specified in our permits.
* Ability to collaborate with both internal and external partners.

Education and Experience:
The preferred candidate will possess a Bachelor's degree in sciences, engineering or related technical field from an ABET accredited program. The ideal candidate will have at least five years of relevant experience dealing with air quality regulations, preferably those regulations directly related to electrical generating power plants. Experience in developing annual emissions inventories, Title V compliance reports, continuous emissions monitoring data/reporting and applying for and obtaining construction and operating permits is also desired. Entry level candidates will be considered.

Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:
* Self-starter with the ability to think for themselves. Ability to understand that the end goal is compliance with the regulatory requirements. Anticipate potential compliance hurdles and work to overcome them with appropriate stakeholders before they result in non-compliance.
* Must have advanced problem-solving skills. This includes the ability to research technical and complex regulatory issues and analyze the impacts of the findings as it relates to Evergy operations.
* Advanced verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to listen and gather information. Speak to convey very complex regulatory information to internal and external stakeholders. Ability to review complex technical permits and reports, understand the impacts of the requirements as written and provide constructive feedback as needed.
* Must possess excellent organizational skills.
* Possess working knowledge of State and Federal air quality regulations and the ability to interpret applicable compliance requirements.
* Ability to perform emission calculations.
* Working knowledge of the construction and operating permit requirements as applicable in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
* Ability to multi-task, keeping numerous projects/initiatives moving forward at the same time.

Working Conditions: Normal office working conditions with some periodic travel to the plants. Evening and weekend availability, responding to emission alarms or plant issues via phone or email is expected.

Evergy has a clear mission - To empower a better future. Evergy chooses to live this mission by valuing People First. We know that to lead the responsible energy transition and provide affordable, reliable, and sustainable service to our customers and communities, we need a team with a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. So, our goal is to be a diverse workforce that is representative of the communities we serve. We are committed to celebrating diversity and building a team where everyone - regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status - has a voice and can bring their best every day. We know that the more diverse and inclusive we are, the better we will be. Evergy is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer.

Disclaimer: The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.