Providence - An Engineering and Environmental Consulting Firm · 1 day ago
Air Compliance Director
Baton Rouge, LA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
8+ years expProvidence is an Engineering and Environmental Consulting Firm, and they are seeking an Air Compliance Director to provide leadership and oversight to their staff. The role involves managing air quality consulting services, ensuring compliance with regulations, and mentoring team members while also focusing on business development and client relationships.
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Responsibilities
Provide strategic leadership for air quality consulting services, overseeing complex regulatory, permitting, and compliance projects across industrial, commercial, and public-sector clients
Direct multidisciplinary teams of consultants, engineers, and scientists, ensuring technical excellence, regulatory accuracy, and on-time project delivery
Serve as senior technical authority on federal, state, and local air quality regulations (e.g., Clean Air Act, NSR, PSD, NESHAP, MACT, Title V)
Lead development and review of air permit applications, dispersion modeling analyses, emissions inventories, and compliance strategies
Advise clients on regulatory risk management, enforcement response, audit findings, and long-term air quality compliance planning
Build and maintain strong relationships with regulatory agencies, acting as a primary liaison during permitting reviews, negotiations, and inspections
Mentor and manage senior and junior staff. Must take an active role in the personal and professional growth/development of staff
Must attend at least one yearly leadership training
Take leadership role in business development including generating new client relationships and maintaining existing client relationships
Collaborate with the Business Development team to set and achieve annual revenue goals
Delegate project work and monitor workload and progress as needed
When appropriate, manage larger projects from proposal phase through closeout, including preparing cost estimates, scheduling, and directing the necessary fieldwork and subsequent reporting, permit application preparation, client interaction, reviewing and approving invoices, and closing out projects
Track, Manage, and Achieve Staff and Group utilization goals
Accounts receivable goals for the Group
Revenue and gross margin goals
Manage and maintain overhead expenses at or below budgeted goals
Complete necessary administrative tasks timely while ensuring group staff compliance as well
Ensure that senior staff/project managers are coordinating with clients and agency personnel at the appropriate frequency and intervals to meet project objectives
Manage safety compliance with all client and internal requirements/training
Provide regular feedback to staff on performance toward individual and group goals
Participate in professional associations to grow yourself and your employees to ensure the company remains relevant within the local environmental community
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in engineering, environmental or in other related fields
Minimum 8 years of experience in managing and overseeing various projects
Minimum 5 years of experience in a supervisory or manager role
Must possess a valid driver's license and maintain an insurable driving record
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Excellent interpersonal skills
Ability to supervise and lead a team with members in different geographic locations
Strong organizational skills
Ability to work independently
Preferred
Self-Directed – Shows initiative and the ability to organize oneself
Constructive Leader – Able to manage across multiple locations with useful and helpful feedback intended to improve an employee's experience
Communicator - Able to succinctly convey information. Comfortable with communicating everything from organizational goals to specific tasks to all levels easily. Proficient listener
Adaptable – Able to effectively respond and pivot when needed to change within the industry and organization
Critical Thinker – Strong problem-solving skills with ability to analyze and assess issues quickly
Strategic - Able to develop strategies to approach tasks and plans to accomplish them. Comfortable with delegation. Plans with longer term goals considered when implementing short term solutions
Team-oriented – Able to create trust and confidence with all levels of the organization
Company
Providence - An Engineering and Environmental Consulting Firm
Providence is an employee-owned engineering and environmental consulting firm.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
David J Hetzel MD, MBA
CEO and Women's Cancer Center Director
Wayne Smith
Chief Executive Officer
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