Air Quality Consultant

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About the role

We’re seeking an Air Quality Consultant to perform onsite permitting, monitoring, inspections, and other compliance tasks. You’ll contribute your experience and knowledge to our Air Quality Compliance team. Based out of our Philadelphia office, you’ll collaborate with local and global experts to ensure Jacobs provides best practice solutions.

You’ll prepare and deliver high-quality reports and presentations to clients’ technical and senior leadership in accordance with Jacobs’ quality process. Apply your technical experience to develop delivery strategies and client relationships while championing safety, quality, and the well-being of your team. This position will require daily travel to a local client site and other occasional travel to team workshops, presentations, or to conduct site visits. The role will be predominantly office-based at a client site, but periodic field assignments may be required.

We value collaboration and believe that in-person interactions are crucial for both our culture and client delivery. We empower employees with our hybrid working policy, allowing them to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations, enabling them to deliver their best work when permitted with client contracts.

Responsibilities

• Perform onsite permitting, monitoring, inspections, and other compliance tasks
• Prepare and deliver high-quality reports and presentations to clients’ technical and senior leadership
• Develop delivery strategies and client relationships
• Promote Jacobs’ solutions and technologies to internal and external stakeholders
• Daily travel to a local client site and occasional travel up to 25%

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental, civil, or chemical engineering; meteorology; environmental science; chemistry or other closely related technical degree
• A minimum of five years of professional experience including air quality project experience, such as permitting, monitoring, and reporting
• Demonstrated commitment to continuous development and active engagement in professional networks or communities of practice
• Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing with clients, contractors, and teammates
• Proven organizational, interpersonal, and analytical skills
• Familiarity with state and federal regulations and regulatory processes
• US citizenship

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in environmental, civil, or chemical engineering; meteorology; environmental science; chemistry or other closely related technical degree
• Professional Engineer (PE) or Project Management Professional (PMP) certification or ability to obtain and maintain
• Familiarity with representing clients to stakeholders, including regulatory agencies
• Experience as a Project Manager, including scope, schedule, and budget management
• 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 the ability to identify sales opportunities, lead or participate in sales efforts, close deals, manage scope changes, and write proposals

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance
• 401(k) plan with company stock purchase options at a discount
• Deferred compensation plan or Executive Deferral Plan (for eligible employees)
• Unlimited U.S. Personalized Paid Time Off (PPTO) policy for full-time salaried/exempt employees
• Seven paid holidays
• Caregiver leave
• Additional rewards for certain roles, including merit increases, performance discretionary bonus, and stock

Pay

The base salary range for this position is $110,600.00 to $155,000.00. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

Job posted on June 15, 2026.