Air Quality Specialist I/II (Meteorology and Measurement)
Bay Area Air District Oakland, CA, USA
- Location: Oakland, CA, USA
- Categories: Environmental Services
- Job Type: Full Time
- Posted: Jan 21, 2026
Job Description:
Air Quality Specialist I/II (Meteorology and Measurement)
Description
Examples of Duties for this Position
The following duties are typical for jobs in the class. They are for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the full scope of job duties.
General duties:
Maintains detailed technical records, standard operating procedures, and logbooks to comply with regulatory guidelines.
Develops plans and documentation for the measurement, quality control and quality assurance, and analysis of emissions and air quality data.
Extracts, analyzes and ensures the quality of data, including, but not limited to, devices/operations that emit air pollution, emissions, greenhouse gas, facilities, and meteorological data; prepares graphs, charts, statistical summaries, and reports from data; and may assist in more complex studies.
Maintains data and data systems supporting Air District programs.
Reviews and summarizes data, prepares special and periodic reports and monitors effectiveness of Air District programs.
Researches and studies air quality and climate issues.
Reviews and develops recommendations concerning air quality and greenhouse gas reports, programs, plans, legislation and regulations and prepares related reports and correspondence.
Administers air quality programs, including the revision of plans and recommending resolution of problem situations.
May calculate emissions reductions and assess emissions inventories, conduct economic impacts analyses, and perform other technical work.
Confers with industry representatives, Air District staff, the public and other agencies to obtain and disseminate technical and operational information.
Drafts, reviews and analyzes air quality and greenhouse gas reports and other documents; conducts inquiries, compiles and researches information.
Drafts, implements, recommends and revises forms, webpages, and other program tools.
Responds to oral and written requests for technical, operational and administrative information about air quality programs; explains and interprets technical policies, rules and regulations.
Prepares and coordinates technical and safety program training for Air District staff; develops and coordinates training aids and materials; may conduct staff training; monitors training needs for staff.
Interacts and represents the Air District with industry, attorneys, the public and other agencies.
Organizes and participates in workshops and meetings, and provide consultation and advice to individuals and businesses in matters related to area of expertise.
Prepares technical reports and policy documents and gives presentations on Air District projects, including Air District staff, executives, board members, and community groups and other external stakeholders; briefs executives and board members.
Helps to develop new, and revises existing air quality programs, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures to achieve air pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and reduce the public exposure to air pollutants; researches technical feasibility and new control proposals for new or revised rules.
Administers the records management program.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Representative Duties (by program area)
Some positions in this classification may be assigned to one or several program areas; an exhaustive list of program-area specific duties is not provided.
In addition to the duties listed above, the following duties (illustrative only) may be performed for positions in the select program areas:
Meteorology & Measurement
Installs, operates, maintains, calibrates, and repairs ambient air monitoring, meteorological, or source test equipment and instrumentation. Evaluates instrument performance, troubleshoots malfunctioning equipment and replaces or repairs parts.
Provides fabrication support for development and construction of monitoring platforms.
Conducts mobile, portable or stationary source-oriented monitoring. Prepares and collects various samples of ambient and source air pollutants at air monitoring and stationary sites.
Operates field computers, computer hardware/software, databases, telecommunications, and data devices in stand-alone and networked data acquisition systems and troubleshoots these systems when errors or malfunctions occur.
Reviews, evaluates, summarizes and records data collected electronically or manually from scientific/analytical instrumentation, and ensures accuracy, completeness, validity, and compliance with Air District, state, and federal standards.
Prepares, collects, and processes data, samples, reagents and filters.
Conducts instrument performance evaluations. Evaluates instrument performance, troubleshoots malfunctioning equipment and replaces or repairs parts, components and assemblies.
Conducts quality assessment (quality assurance and/or quality control) functions on ambient air monitoring, ground level monitoring, and source-testing equipment and ensures accurate calibration in conformance with Air District, state and federal standards.
Conducts instrument performance evaluations, troubleshoots malfunctioning equipment and replaces or repairs parts, components and assemblies.
Ensures that data systems meet the needs of the Air District in compliance with local, state, and federal regulations for the storage, processing, and transmittal of regulatory data.