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Air Quality and Acoustics Analyst
Environmental Science Associates / Los Angeles, San Diego, Irvine, Camarillo, Pasadena, Santa Monica
Posted on: July 8, 2021
Application Deadline: Open until Filled
Job Description
Air Quality and Acoustics Analyst I
ESA seeks a highly motivated Air Quality and Acoustics Analyst to join us in the Southern California area. We are looking for a team member with 1-4 years of work experience, who has the intellectual curiosity and proactivity to continue the advancement of our established team of environmental consultants. This is an entry-level opportunity in our ever-growing team of air quality, climate, and noise professionals. This position will primarily support California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) projects and air quality, climate, and noise technical studies. This opportunity places a high value on collaboration, delivery, and the desire to learn and grow.
*Please submit a writing sample as part of your application.
What You Will Do for ESA
You will perform, with regular mentoring and supervision, duties such as project research, data collection and analysis, report and proposal writing, and support public outreach efforts relating to environmental review and permitting. Other supporting tasks include record/reference compilation and maintenance and supporting our Project Managers with a variety of project-specific administrative activities.
You, as part of the Southern California Community Development Group, will make yourself invaluable to multiple project teams focused on the assessment of plans and projects in urban, suburban, and rural settings. Depending on the project team’s needs, you will conduct research in specific or general project areas, including such topics as adopted plans, policies, and regulations, and other published information.
You, as part of the team, you will interpret air quality, noise, land use, and environmental government codes, ordinances, and regulations, and assist with the review of planning documents. You will assist in quantitative air quality and greenhouse gas analyses, climate action planning, health risk assessments, noise and vibration impact assessments, emissions inventories, air quality emissions and dispersion modeling, and noise and vibration modeling in accordance with applicable local, state, and federal guidelines and requirements. Field work may include air quality and noise monitoring and other data collection to support preparation of technical reports and models.
You will consistently demonstrate your solid writing and attentive listening skills, contributing to complex environmental reports and participating in meetings with ESA staff and with our clients.
You will thrive in a fast-paced, challenging environment and be able to balance multiple responsibilities and deadlines, while working on a team or independently.
Required Experience / Skills / Education
Who You Are
You are a young professional with a strong desire to grow and advance your career.
You hold a Bachelor’s degree with major course work in environmental planning, policy, engineering, environmental sustainability, and/or science; urban planning; geography; or a related interdisciplinary field.
You are a recent graduate with one to four years of experience conducting research, analyzing impacts, thinking critically, performing calculations, and writing sections of reports. Familiarity with the California Environmental Quality Act, similar state/federal regulations, or resource-related permit applications is preferred. Familiarity with spreadsheet and/or database tools is preferred. You possess a basic understanding of regulations, policies, and principles in topic and location of expertise.
You are an effective team member with excellent oral and writing skills who can work independently and collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary environment. You can communicate basic technical information clearly and concisely to individuals and small groups.
You are able to assist with preliminary research and the preparation of written reports, maps, working papers, and client correspondence. You can prepare draft documents that are clear, concise, well-written and supported. A writing sample is required as part of your application submittal; please see the bottom of the job posting for more details.
Who We Are
ESA is a 100% employee-owned environmental consulting firm delivering work that matters.
We plan, design, permit, mitigate, and restore—for projects across our communities, infrastructure systems, open spaces, and wildlands.
Our scientists, planners, historians, archaeologists, engineers, designers, and technical specialists provide critical thinking, in-depth analyses, and committed follow-through to guide successful policy development and project planning and deliver enduring multi-objective solutions.
At ESA, we believe every employee has a unique combination of knowledge, skills, and experience that contributes to our success.
We value diversity and inclusion and celebrate the differences that make each of us unique. Our culture is built on mutual respect, recognizing that the collective sum of our individual differences and life experiences fosters our continued success and achievement for our employee-owners and our clients.
Collaborating with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives leads to better solutions and opportunities for everyone. We celebrate the differences—age, color, physical ability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, language, national origin, race, religion, veteran status, and other characteristics—that make each of us unique.
What’s Special About Our Community Development Team in Southern California
Our Community Development team has built a legacy of success providing environmental compliance, clearance, and advancement; community planning; sustainable and resilient communities; CEQA streamlining, air quality and noise; and transportation services. We combine our firm’s technical depth in natural resources science and environmental planning with deep knowledge of local regulatory practices and procedures, including the most current legislation and case law, to create value-added, cost-effective, and legally defensible solutions for our clients.
ESA is unique in that we have a deep scientific, technical, and regulatory expertise, which we apply to our planning and environmental review projects. We keep project approval and implementation at the forefront, balancing long-term planning, community attributes, stakeholder objectives, and cost. Our focus is on comprehensiveness and clarity, and the result is that our planning, CEQA, and NEPA documents are frequently recognized by professional organizations with awards for creative approach and quality.
Our recent and ongoing work includes projects in both the public and private sectors such as the Los Angeles Clippers Arena, Gateway Cities Climate Action Planning Framework, the Bob Hope “Hollywood Burbank” Airport Replacement Passenger Terminal Project, and the Oceanside Local Coastal Program Update.
ESA’s Southern California team includes planners, environmental scientists, biologists, natural resource land managers, archeologists, historians, air and noise specialists, and environmental hydrologists and engineers. Our Southern California offices are located in Downtown Los Angeles, Pasadena, Camarillo, Orange County, and San Diego. ESA has successfully deployed a distributed work model using virtual meeting and remote access tools to maintain high levels of efficiency and client service during the pandemic.
Application Instructions
*Please submit a writing sample with your application. The sample must be solely authored by you, or the sections you authored must be clearly marked. College papers may serve as writing samples, but professional technical documents are preferred.
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