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Sr. Environmental Regulatory Engineer, Air Permitting

SpaceX · Starbase, TX · On-site

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About SpaceX

SpaceX designs, manufactures and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. The company was founded in 2002 to revolutionize space technology, with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets. Backed by Kleiner Perkins, a16z and Founders Fund.

About the role

At SpaceX, we're on a mission to make humanity multiplanetary. This role is part of the Regulatory team and is based at Starbase, Texas; Bastrop, Texas; or Starbase, Louisiana. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in environmental or chemical engineering
  • 7+ years of experience identifying permitting needs and obtaining Title V, PSD, and other complex air permits for power generation or other industrial operations
  • This position is based in Starbase, TX, Bastrop, TX, or Pecan Island, LA and requires being onsite – remote work not considered
  • Must be willing to travel about 20% of the time, including Louisiana permitting work
  • Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed
More about this role

SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

At SpaceX, we're on a mission to make humanity multiplanetary. This role is part of the Regulatory team and is based at Starbase, Texas; Bastrop, Texas; or Starbase, Louisiana.

You will lead air permitting in Texas and Louisiana for power generation and rocket propulsion programs, from the applicability determination through issuance by TCEQ and LDEQ. Power generation work includes on-site plants that serve a large, steady electric load at the same site and are often built in phases as that load grows. Authorizations include Prevention of Significant Deterioration and other New Source Review permits, Title V operating permits, minor and synthetic minor permits, Texas standard permits, and Permits by Rule.

We are looking for a senior engineer who has carried a complex industrial air permit from strategy through issuance and can explain the path to the people selecting equipment. Candidates with permitting...

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