Air Quality Engineering Associate

Are you looking for an opportunity to utilize your technical skills to solve challenging, complex, and varied engineering problems? Are you looking to expand your horizons and gain insight into many different types of industries, all while protecting your community from the harmful effects of air pollution? 

Join our team of world-class engineers at our Air Quality Department!  

As an Air Quality Engineer Associate, you will apply local and federal regulations under authority delegated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) to evaluate and process permit applications for a broad spectrum of sources that emit or generate air pollutants. Your work will contribute directly to the department’s mission to improve the air of Maricopa County so that customers, residents, and visitors can live, work, and play in a healthy environment.

Located in one of the fastest-growing and largest counties in the nation, the Maricopa County Air Quality Department continues to develop innovative programs and engage the community so customers, residents, and visitors can live, work, and play in a healthy environment. Air quality has improved significantly over the last 20 years, and the department remains committed to increasing compliance with air quality permits and regulations and strengthening the community's knowledge of air quality issues. From continually monitoring the air we breathe to permitting and inspecting sources of air pollution, developing award-winning school education and pollution reduction programs, and increasing outreach efforts, the department strives for excellence in all we do to meet our goals.