Principal Air Quality Engineer

Company: Arcadis
Location: Austin
Posted on: April 3, 2026

Job Description:

Description Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together. Role description: Arcadis is seeking a Principal Air Quality Engineer to join our Integrated Sustainability and Compliance (ISC) team, in a Texas office such as Austin, Dallas, or Houston. This will be a hybrid role, splitting time between an Arcadis office, remote work and visits to client sites. ISC is an area of our business that is growing rapidly and is a priority in our global strategy and an area of heightened focus and investment in our current strategy cycle. ISC services include Air Quality Permitting and Compliance, Environmental Due Diligence, Environmental Compliance and Assurance, Safety Compliance and Assurance, Digital EHS&S, Industrial Hygiene, Sustainability and Product Stewardship. In this role you will work directly with the North American Air Quality and Noise Community of Practice Leaders to grow the Gulf Coast air quality practice and provide support to our key clients. You will be responsible for leading Gulf Coast based air quality projects such as air permitting and compliance support, regulatory applicability and strategy development, emissions inventory development and reporting, engine and ozone depleting substances compliance, greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability reporting and/or air dispersion modeling. You will also support sales and marketing efforts in the Gulf Coast by meeting with clients, writing proposals, and leading technical projects to deliver excellent Air Quality Services. As a Consultant with Arcadis, you'll soon discover you can make a difference in our company by collaborating with staff and contributing to an interesting array of projects. You will be a key member to drive innovation and build strong technical communities within the Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS) Space. This is a great opportunity to work with a dynamic team and gain experience in a wide variety of environmental projects for diverse market sectors. Your career growth will only be limited by your skills and your passion for success! You will also contribute as a mentor to existing staff to support their growth and help grow Air Quality Services with our key clients. Role accountabilities: This role includes performing a wide variety of air quality services for clients in industries such as chemical, oil and gas, manufacturing, automotive, and transportation. While your project focus will be air quality, you will have the opportunity to participate in other environmental compliance projects within our ISC group. Apply your extensive knowledge of Federal and State (with a focus on Texas and Louisiana) air quality regulations to air permitting and compliance projects. Work closely with the North American Air Quality and Noise Community of Practice Leaders to grow the Gulf Coast air practice through supporting client and proposal development activities. Lead air permitting projects such as Permits-by-Rule, minor NSR, FESOP, Title V, PSD (and PSD avoidance), and Non-Attainment NSR (and NNSR Avoidance). Collaborate with Arcadis’ air team and mentor junior staff to ensure application of regulatory knowledge, analytical techniques, and excellent project delivery. Perform environmental compliance audits with a focus on air quality and EPCRA. Manage project teams to deliver high quality, on time, on budget project deliverables. Work in partnership with the ISC team to provide strategic multi-disciplined EHS solutions to key clients. In this role you must be willing to travel up to 10-25% for project and client needs which may include single overnight trips. Most work can be performed from an Arcadis office location or remotely. Qualifications & Experience: Desired Qualifications: Minimum of 15 years’ experience Bachelors or Masters degree in Chemical or Environmental Engineering; or related engineering field Preferred Qualifications: Masters degree in the fields listed above PE registration in Texas and/or Louisiana Gulf Coast Chemical and Oil & Gas air quality experience Why Arcadis? We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together. You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you. Together, we can create a lasting legacy. Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy. Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $136,000-204,000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location. LI-HC2 Resilience-NA Environment-NA LI-Hybrid

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