
Senior Air Quality Consultant
Reston, VAJobSeen 4 days agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Jacobs seeks a Senior Air Quality Consultant to oversee projects and lead technical delivery in air permitting, modeling, monitoring, and reporting. The consultant will prepare client reports and presentations, develop delivery strategies and client relationships, and promote Jacobs’ solutions. The role is predominantly office based, with periodic field assignments and travel to client or team workshops, presentations, or site visits.
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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.
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Bachelor’s degree in environmental, civil, or chemical engineering, or other closely related technical degree
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Professional air quality project experience, including permitting, modeling, monitoring, and reporting (preferably in consulting)
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Demonstrated commitment to continuous development and active engagement in professional networks, company communities of practice groups or similar
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Experience with direct client interaction
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Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with clients, contractors, and teammates
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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
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Familiarity with state and federal air regulations and regulatory processes
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Ability to travel up to 25%
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US citizenship
Ideally, You’ll Also Have:
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Master’s degree in environmental, civil, or chemical engineering, or other closely related technical degree
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Professional Engineer or Project Management Professional (PE or PMP) or ability to obtain and maintain
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Experience as a Project Manager on air quality projects (preferably in consulting), including project statusing of budgets and schedule
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Experience in developing, reviewing, and implementing work plans and quality assurance project plans
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Experience with project and account management tools and applications, such as cost pricing, project statusing and tracking, and customer account relationship tools
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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
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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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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 11 open Environmental Consultant jobs in Virginia and 456 across the US. 12% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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- Experience
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- 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.
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