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Senior Air Quality Consultant

Jacobs

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Location
Boston, MA
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

Jacobs seeks a Senior Air Quality Consultant to oversee projects and lead technical delivery in air permitting, modeling, monitoring, and reporting. The role is based at a United States office, predominantly office-based, with periodic field assignments and possible travel to client or team events. The consultant will prepare client reports and presentations, develop delivery strategies and client relationships, and promote Jacobs’ solutions and technologies.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Air PermittingAir Quality ModelingAir Quality MonitoringAir Quality ReportingClient InteractionVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationOrganizational SkillsInterpersonal SkillsNegotiationLeadershipAnalytical SkillsEnvironmental ConsultingAir RegulationsProject ManagementWork Plan DevelopmentQuality Assurance PlanningProject and Account Management ToolsProposal DevelopmentBusiness DevelopmentClient Service

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Environmental, Civil, Chemical, or Related Technical FieldProfessional Air Quality Project ExperienceDirect Client Interaction ExperienceSmall, Medium, or Large-Scale Environmental Consulting Project ExperienceUS CitizenshipMaster's in Environmental, Civil, Chemical, or Related Technical FieldPE or PMP or Ability to Obtain and MaintainAir Quality Project Management ExperienceProposal Development and Project Management Experience

Full job description

When it comes to environmental consulting, we’re focused on cleaning up our communities today to improve tomorrow. We’re seeking a Senior Air Quality Consultant to oversee projects that support technical inputs and lead technical delivery for Jacobs projects. You’ll serve as a technical specialist and lead for Air Permitting, Modeling, Monitoring, and Reporting.

Based out of one of our United States offices, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with local and global experts to ensure Jacobs provides best practice solutions to our clients. You’ll prepare and deliver high quality reports and presentation to clients’ technical and senior leadership in accordance with Jacobs’ quality process. You'll apply your technical experience to develop delivery strategies and develop client relationships while championing safety, quality, and the well-being of your team. And, you'll master and promote Jacobs’ solutions and technologies to internal and external stakeholders.

This position may require some travel to client or team workshops, presentations, or to conduct site visits. The role will be predominantly office based, but periodic field assignments may be required.

Bring your expertise in air quality and desire to work on tough problems, and we’ll empower you to deliver the boldest solutions for our clients.

  • Bachelor’s degree in environmental, civil, or chemical engineering, or other closely related technical degree

  • Professional air quality project experience, including permitting, modeling, monitoring, and reporting (preferably in consulting)

  • Demonstrated commitment to continuous development and active engagement in professional networks, company communities of practice groups or similar

  • Experience with direct client interaction

  • Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with clients, contractors, and teammates

  • Proven organizational, interpersonal, negotiation, leadership, and analytical skills • Experience with small, medium, or large-scale client environmental consulting projects and representing clients to stakeholders including regulatory agencies

  • Familiarity with state and federal air regulations and regulatory processes

  • Ability to travel up to 25%

  • US citizenship

Ideally, You’ll Also Have:

  • Master’s degree in environmental, civil, or chemical engineering, or other closely related technical degree

  • Professional Engineer or Project Management Professional (PE or PMP) or ability to obtain and maintain

  • Experience as a Project Manager on air quality projects (preferably in consulting), including project statusing of budgets and schedule

  • Experience in developing, reviewing, and implementing work plans and quality assurance project plans

  • Experience with project and account management tools and applications, such as cost pricing, project statusing and tracking, and customer account relationship tools

  • Proven experience developing winning proposals and successfully managing projects with respect to clients, contracts, stakeholders, scope, schedule, budget, diverse teams, quality, risk, change, and profit

  • Demonstrated business development and client service skills, including ability to identify sales opportunities, lead or participate in sales efforts, close deals, manages scope changes and write proposals

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Jacobs is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law. Learn more about your rights under Federal EEO laws and supplemental language.

How this job compares

Set against the 456 open Environmental Consultant jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • US median$104–150K/yr275 salary ranges
  • US median$37–43/hr26 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 10 open Environmental Consultant jobs in Massachusetts and 456 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
Environmental Consultant postings that state a minimum ask for 7 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 4 to 10 years (414 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 276 of the 456 open Environmental Consultant jobs (61%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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