Manager - Air Permitting for Thermal Development
Posted Jul 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
How do you manage outside air consultants so the work is accurate, on time and on budget?
What they are checking: Whether they direct consultants actively and check their work rather than handing it off and waiting.
Tell me about a time you had to explain a tough permit risk to project leaders who wanted a simpler answer.
What they are checking: Whether they can give clear, honest risk advice that business leaders can act on.
What would you do
Your air dispersion modeling shows a project would exceed a NAAQS increment. What are your options?
What they are checking: Whether they can find practical fixes like stack changes or operating limits instead of only reporting the problem.
A state agency is slow to respond and the permit is on the critical path. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they can keep regulators engaged respectfully and move a permit without damaging the relationship.
Engineering wants to change the turbine model after the permit application is in. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they understand how design changes ripple into permit limits and can manage that with the project team.
About the work
Walk me through a PSD permit you managed for a combustion turbine project, from applicability to issued permit.
What they are checking: Whether they have actually carried a major New Source Review permit through every step, not just supported one.
How does permitting change when a project sits in a nonattainment area instead of an attainment area?
What they are checking: Whether they understand offsets, LAER and how nonattainment NSR can change project feasibility and cost.
How do you decide what control technology to propose in a BACT analysis for a simple cycle versus combined cycle unit?
What they are checking: Whether they know how BACT is argued and how choices like SCR affect cost and permit limits.
How would you evaluate a brownfield site with an existing permit compared to a greenfield site?
What they are checking: Whether they see how existing permits, netting and emission history can help or hurt a new project.
How do you make sure permit conditions get carried into construction and operations once the permit is issued?
What they are checking: Whether they think past issuance to compliance, since missed conditions can mean violations later.
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