Emission Reduction Credit Specialist - PSRS - HYBRID

Department Information

This position is only open to Colorado state residents.

This position will have hybrid workplace options available but will still be required to report to the listed address at the discretion of the supervisor and based on business need.

Although the full salary range for this position is provided, appointments are typically made at or near the range minimum.

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We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness.

The State is resolute in non‑discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

• Employee wellness programs and facilities
• Extensive internal professional development opportunities on a wide variety of subjects
• Bike‑to‑work programs, including access to storage lockers and bike racks
• Distinctive career advancement opportunities throughout the State system
• Strong, yet flexible retirement benefits including a choice of the PERA Defined Benefit Plan or the PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Paid life insurance
• Short‑ and long‑term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus generous personal time off
• Mentoring program with opportunities for mentors and mentees
• Tuition assistance for college‑level courses including Master’s degree programs
• Excellent work‑life programs, such as flexible schedules, and a variety of employee resource groups

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This work unit exists to implement the Emission Reduction Credit (ERC) program. The program provides necessary planning and coordination of the creation and tracking of ERCs required for use by companies in certain major source permit applications. The unit reviews applications for ERCs and determines if credits are attainable by the applicant. It works with the permitting groups to develop language for air permits as it relates to required enforceable language needed for the creation of ERCs, and it also works with the enforcement units to coordinate verification to ensure compliance with the emission reductions and permits associated with ERCs.

The unit develops and implements internal workflows across different units, maintains a registry of ERCs created and used, and develops standard operating procedures for creating, transferring, and using credits. It conducts research on other states’ programs and their implementation as well as research on EPA guidance on ERCs.

The purpose of this position is to conduct science‑based reviews of applications for ERC using mathematics, chemistry, physics, and engineering sciences in conjunction with the applicable federal and state regulatory framework and internal APCD policies. You will carry out established work processes and operations by applying and following ERC review procedures, guidance, policies and regulations. You will conduct and review science‑based estimates of emissions of air pollutants and determine if the proposed emission reductions have been appropriately calculated, meet all the regulatory requirements, and are therefore creditable.

You will also review and approve applications for the use of ERCs as offsets for Nonattainment New Source Review. In conducting these reviews and making these determinations, you routinely interact with permit engineers, Compliance & Enforcement Program staff, and State Implementation Plan (SIP) Unit staff to discuss and coordinate the approval of emission factors, methods for estimating emissions, effectiveness of air pollution control equipment and/or control measures, and appropriate enforcement…