Job Description

CARB offers various modern interview options including remote phone and video interviews.

The Central Valley Air Quality Planning Section (CVAQPS) in the Air Quality Planning and Science Division seeks a motivated Air Resources Engineer (ARE) to provide analytical work to support complex State Implementation Plan (SIP) development related to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), PM10, and ozone criteria pollutants. The section is the lead in the preparation of these SIPs, the California Regional Haze Plan, and PM-related technical and policy papers. CVAQPS is also responsible for data analysis related to air quality planning, including the interactions between PM2.5 and PM10 air quality data, meteorology, and emissions in support of regulatory actions to meet ambient air quality standards for particulate matter. PM2.5 is a complex mixture of pollutants including directly emitted PM2.5 such as diesel exhaust and woodsmoke, and secondarily formed PM2.5 such as ammonium nitrate and ammonium sulfate formed from precursor emissions. This year, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to strengthen the level of the PM2.5 standard. This will affect numerous areas throughout the state of California and require data analysis and calculations of all area design values and comparison to the new NAAQS. For areas that exceed or no longer meet the standard, new SIPs will need to be developed, brought to the Board, and submitted to U.S. EPA within a set timeframe.

Understanding the nature of the PM2.5 problem along with understanding the appropriate precursor to control is critical to providing healthier air to Californians as quickly as possible. The San Joaquin Valley (Valley), the only area still not meeting the original 1997 PM2.5 standard, is also one of only two extreme ozone areas in the country. The complexity of Valley air quality issues, due to both direct and secondary PM2.5, along with an extreme ozone problem, has made the region challenging. Portola, another PM2.5 nonattainment area, is a small community in the mountains where the PM2.5 problem is dominated by directly-emitted woodsmoke from home heating. The new PM2.5 nonattainment areas will likely have their own unique challenges. The ARE will analyze air quality data and emissions inventories, and provide control strategy evaluations, and science-based policy interpretations and recommendations for SIP development and implementation to reduce emissions in nonattainemnt areas in order to meet National and State Ambient Air Quality Standards.

The ARE represents CARB in various joint operations, speaks before groups, responds to external inquiries, prepares briefing documents, reports, presentations, web pages, correspondence, and other materials to assist with public outreach and communication to all stakeholders pertaining to SIP development. The ARE establishes and maintains cooperative working relationships, adheres to CARB policies and procedures, and communicates effectively with management. The ARE will work as part of an essential team with a diverse skill set and will play a key role in SIP development and planning efforts.

You will find additional information about the job in the Duty Statement.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $5,995.00 - $11,230.00 per month

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Relocation assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Sacramento, CA 95814

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