Air Quality Specialist I​/II( Meteorology and Measurement

Description

Join an agency committed to creating a healthy breathing environment for every Bay Area resident while protecting and improving public health, air quality, and the global climate!

Air Quality Specialist I/II in the Meteorology & Measurement Division. This is an open recruitment for three (3) full-time, represented positions.

Air Monitoring Projects and Technology (AMPT) is a section in the Meteorology and Measurement Division. Our team performs community air quality investigations using air monitoring vans and other equipment to assess air quality at local scales, particularly in disproportionately impacted communities. AMPT is also building a new team centered around developing, constructing, and operating multi-pollutant, ambient air monitoring stations in communities near refineries.

As field-based team members, Air Quality Specialists (AQS) in AMPT are the primary operators of Air District monitoring platforms and instrumentation. AQS review data, perform quality control, and troubleshoot scientific instrumentation and data systems to ensure data collected meet program requirements and community expectations. Depending on the program assignment, AQS may operate air monitoring stations, an air monitoring van, or assist with the set up and operation of field samplers.

They may also help set up new air monitoring stations and platforms, and deploy and operate cutting edge air quality instruments, documenting new procedures on how to operate them.

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The Meteorology and Measurement Division supports the mission of the Air District by monitoring air quality in the San Francisco Bay Area, forecasting regional and local air quality, and conducting and supporting community organizations to do community-scale air monitoring to guide actions to reduce emissions in the Bay Area and in neighborhoods most impacted by air pollution.

Bay Area Air District is a regional government agency, committed to achieving clean air to protect the public's health and the environment. The Air District accomplishes this goal through regulation of industrial facilities and various outreach and incentive programs designed to encourage clean air choices. The Air District's jurisdiction encompasses all of seven counties - Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara and Napa, and portions of two others - southwestern Solano and southern Sonoma.

At the Air District, we take pride in our commitment to fostering a workplace that values diversity and promotes cultural awareness. We prioritize employee engagement by providing a collaborative and inclusive environment that encourages active participation and open dialogue. Additionally, we believe in pay equity and strive to create an equitable compensation structure. With a strong emphasis on work-life balance, we understand the importance of supporting our employees' well-being both inside and outside the workplace.

Join us in a dynamic and inclusive culture where your contributions are celebrated and your growth is nurtured.

The Air District recognizes and values the contributions of every employee and works to sustain an environment where everyone is respected. We incorporate the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion within our decision-making strategies, policies, procedures, regulations, funding initiatives, public outreach, planning, and hiring.

Position is not eligible for remote work from home.

General duties:

• Maintains detailed technical records, standard operating procedures, and logbooks to comply with regulatory guidelines.
• Develops plans and documentation for the measurement, quality control and quality assurance, and analysis of emissions and air quality data.
• Extracts, analyzes and ensures the quality of data, including, but not limited to, devices/operations that emit air pollution, emissions, greenhouse gas, facilities, and meteorological data; prepares graphs, charts, statistical summaries, and reports from data; and may assist in more complex studies.
• Maintains data and data systems supporting Air District programs.
• Reviews and summarizes data, prepares special and periodic reports and monitors effectiveness of Air District programs.
• Researches and studies air quality and climate issues.
• Reviews and develops recommendations concerning air quality and greenhouse gas reports, programs, plans, legislation and regulations and prepares related reports and correspondence.
• Administers air quality programs, including the revision of plans and recommending resolution of problem situations.
• May calculate emissions reductions and assess emissions inventories, conduct economic impacts analyses, and perform other technical work.
• Confers with industry representatives, Air District staff, the public and other agencies to obtain and disseminate technical and operational information.
• Drafts, reviews and analyzes air…