Managing Consultant, Air Quality

Managing Consultant, Air Quality

Founded in Denmark, Ramboll is a foundation-owned people company. We have more than 18,000 experts working across our global operations in 35 countries with thousands of experts working across 70 offices in the Americas. Our experts are leaders in their fields, developing and delivering innovative solutions in diverse markets including Buildings, Transport, Planning & Urban Design, Water, Environment & Health, Energy, and Management Consulting.

We invite you to contribute to a more sustainable future working in an open, collaborative, and empowering company. Combining local experience with global knowledge, we together shape the societies of tomorrow.

Job locations:
Boston or Westford, MA, Hartford, CT, Portland, ME, Princeton, NJ, New York City, NY

Are you eager to develop your excellence in an inclusive, collaborative, and empowering community? Are you excited about joining a company that strives to make a difference – for its employees, clients, and society? Are you motivated by creating sustainable change that benefits society and nature? If this sounds interesting to you, or you're curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Join our team and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Your new role As our new Managing Consultant in Air and Climate, you will be part of Ramboll's Environment & Health Division. This group includes professionals passionate about air quality and environmental compliance, supporting clients in addressing complex regulatory and technical challenges. The team provides services across a range of areas, including air permitting, emissions estimation, regulatory compliance, control technology assessments, air dispersion modeling, and preparation of air quality and compliance reports.

Your key tasks and responsibilities will be:

• Serving as the technical lead, overseeing consultant-level staff on complex air quality projects
• Critically reviewing and interpreting local, state, and federal environmental regulations, with a focus on air compliance
• Maintaining client relationships and managing deliverables to meet client needs efficiently and to the highest quality
• Preparing air quality permit applications and environmental reports across a range of complexity levels and for a range of industry types
• Estimating emissions and conducting engineering evaluations of air pollution sources

Your new team As part of the team, you will join an exceptional air and climate group focused on solving complex client challenges and developing sustainable solutions. You will collaborate with professionals across the United States, across all levels of experience (from early-career staff to senior subject matter experts), in a collaborative, mentorship-driven environment that supports continuous learning and professional growth.

About you From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, your starting point is:

• B.S. or M.S. in Chemical, Environmental, or Mechanical Engineering, Atmospheric Science, or a related physical science with strong quantitative coursework. PE certification a plus
• 9+ years of air quality consulting experience, including air permitting, compliance, and/or air dispersion modeling
• Demonstrated project management experience, including proposal development, managing scope, schedule, budgets, and multidisciplinary project teams
• Experience with client relationship management, and business development efforts
• Strong understanding of air pollution control technologies and air dispersion modeling tools (e.g., AERMOD)
• Experience interpreting and applying federal and state air regulations, including Clean Air Act programs (e.g., NSR/PSD, Title V, NSPS and NESHAP); multi-state experience desirable
• Demonstrated experience preparing air permit applications, including NSR/PSD and Title V, encompassing emissions calculations, regulatory applicability analysis, application preparation, and agency coordination through permit issuance
• Proven ability to communicate technical information effectively to clients, regulators, and stakeholders, including presentations and regulatory interactions
• Advanced proficiency in Excel; experience with programming (e.g., Python, R), databases
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop junior staff in technical and consulting skills

What we can offer you:

• Opportunities to lead complex, high-impact air quality projects across the U.S., including permitting, modeling, and regulatory strategy for industrial and energy clients
• Exposure to complex, multi-state regulatory environments across diverse industries, providing broad technical and regulatory experience
• Exposure to innovative tools and approaches, including generative AI, to enhance air quality modeling, permitting workflows, and data analysis
• Direct exposure to clients and regulators, with meaningful responsibility in technical decision-making and…