Environmental Compliance Specialist jobs in San Jose, CA

Company Overview

Driven by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid of the future, Mainspring has developed a new category of power generation — the linear generator — that delivers local, scalable, and fuel-flexible power to help accelerate the transition to the net-zero carbon grid.

The unique combination of attributes offered by Mainspring’s linear generator enables applications on both the commercial and utility sides of the meter for the $816B global electricity equipment market. We serve a wide range of Fortune 500 customers across markets and industries as well as top-tier utilities and other gridside providers.

We are looking to build relationships with people who share our values:

• Pragmatic Optimism. Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. The challenges that arise are opportunities for growth.
• Excellence without Ego. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. We strive for excellence and behave as leaders with the humility to acknowledge our challenges, both collectively and as individual contributors.
• Proactive Collaboration. The integration and cross-disciplinary nature of Mainspring’s business requires intentionally seeking out others who bring different skills, perspectives, and priorities. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.

Mainspring is based in Menlo Park and has partnered with top-tier investors and utilities such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, NextEra, and American Electric Power. More information can be found at www.mainspringenergy.com.

Responsibilities

At Mainspring, the Manager of Environmental Permitting & Compliance will join a team that sits at the intersection of engineering, sales, installation, maintenance, and regulatory affairs to ensure that our facilities and projects comply with all applicable air quality standards and regulations. You should have a proven track record of permitting equipment in California and the North East specifically, as well as across other parts of the country. You will help build upon established record keeping protocols and procedures, scheduling and managing source tests, and educating and negotiating with air permitting authorities. You enjoy and excel at establishing processes and protocols, creatively engaging with air permitting authorities, and being a resident air permitting expert. You have strong analytical skills and are capable of performing various technical tasks including analyses and calculations, preparing various types of reports and documents including permit applications, audit reports and environmental management-system related documentation. You possess exceptional professional judgment, consistency, and strong attention to detail.

Specific responsibilities for this role include:

• Develop relationships and educate air permitting authorities about our linear generator technology to develop appropriate permitting procedures, conditions, and compliance requirements
• Prepare and submit permit applications and be the main point of contact throughout the permitting process
• Evaluation of potential air quality impacts by building or using in-house calculators, running third party dispersion models, and/or contracting with consultants to provide such analysis
• Ensure compliance with permits by establishing processes and procedures for record keeping, permit authority notifications, and source testing
• Further develop and oversee Mainspring’s environmental management system
• Manage external consultants efficiently and effectively by providing clear direction, guidance
• Monitor regulation and rule changes and participate in relevant workshops and hearings

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental sciences/policy, engineering, or related area,
• At least 8 years of experience permitting equipment in California and in other states
• Knowledge of source testing procedures and protocols
• Demonstrated strong people, planning, and organization skills
• Experience working at a regulatory agency is a plus

The Bay Area salary for this role is $115k-$180k base pre-IPO stock options benefits. This position can be hybrid. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee.

Does your experience not meet all of our posted requirements? Studies have shown that some people are less likely to apply to positions unless they meet every listed requirement. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

In more traditional words, Mainspring Energy, Inc is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.