Senior Air Quality and Climate Change Consultant

Key Responsibilities

• Solve Complex Regulatory and Technical Problems
• Frame and lead resolution of high consequence air quality and climate challenges, where the right answer is not obvious and professional judgment is essential.
• Interpret and apply regulatory language where rules are evolving, overlapping, or unclear, helping clients navigate risk and uncertainty.
• Integrate technical analyses (modeling, HRA, GHG) into clear, defensible recommendations, not just reports.
• Serve as a senior technical voice in client and agency discussions where outcomes depend on credibility, reasoning, and judgment.
• Guide Clients and Shape Decisions
• Act as a trusted advisor, helping clients understand implications, options, and tradeoffs rather than simply presenting results.
• Support clients through permitting, compliance, and climate related decisions that affect schedules, capital investment, public scrutiny, and long term operations.
• Elevate conversations from “what do we have to do?” to “what’s the most defensible and practical way forward?”
• Help clients understand risk, uncertainty, and options, rather than simply presenting results.
• Shape Work, Clients, and the Practice
• Identify and pursue opportunities where Stantec’s insight and experience create real value.
• Develop approaches and proposals that are tailored, thoughtful, and strategy driven, not template based.
• Collaborate across Stantec practices to bring integrated solutions to complex air quality and climate challenges.
• Contribute to Growth and Strategy
• Identify and pursue opportunities where Stantec can help clients solve meaningful air quality and climate problems.
• Develop technical approaches and proposals that are thoughtful, tailored, and insight driven, not formulaic.
• Collaborate with other Stantec practices to deliver integrated, multi-disciplinary solutions.
• Mentor and Lead Through Thinking, Not Task Tracking
• Guide and mentor staff by teaching how to reason through complex problems, prioritize risks, and make defensible decisions.
• Provide technical oversight focused on quality, clarity, and reasoning, not just completion.
• Foster a culture that values critical thinking, accountability, and professional growth.

What Sets This Role Apart

• Emphasis on problem framing and judgment, not just execution
• Exposure to complex, high impact decisions across industries
• Authority to shape technical strategy and client direction
• Work that rewards curiosity, insight, and experience - not templates

Capabilities and Credentials

• 10+ years of consulting experience in air quality, climate change, or related environmental disciplines.
• Deep understanding of federal, state, and local air quality regulatory frameworks and how they interact in practice.
• Experience applying air quality models (e.g., AERMOD, AERSCREEN, CALINE4, EMFAC, OFFROAD, CAL3QHCR, ISCST3) as part of decision making, not just compliance.
• A track record of navigating complex regulatory environments and advising clients on risk, strategy, and outcomes.
• Local experience and relationships.
• Strong communication skills and comfort leading conversations with clients, agencies, and internal teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental science, or a related field (advanced degree or professional registration preferred).