Vistra Corp.

Air Permitting Senior Coordinator

Vistra Corp. • $95K — $115K *
Energy & Utilities
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, or related field preferred.
  • Minimum of 7 years in air permitting and environmental regulatory compliance.
  • Experience leading air permitting projects and managing regulatory deliverables.
  • Familiarity with budget management, project scheduling, and consultant oversight preferred.
  • Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with ability to interpret complex regulations.

Responsibilities

  • Lead review and development of projects for compliance with air regulations.
  • Manage preconstruction and operating air permits for ongoing compliance.
  • Develop strategies for air permitting, evaluating pathways and risks.
  • Oversee submission and support of air permit applications and amendments.
  • Provide direction to team members and manage external consultants.
  • Monitor and report on budget for air permitting activities and expenditures.
  • Prepare quarterly status reports summarizing projects and regulatory risks.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Flexible work arrangements, including hybrid options.
  • Collaborative and inclusive company culture.
  • Health and wellness programs for employees.
Full Job Description
Job Summary The Air Permitting Senior Coordinator is responsible for leading the development, maintenance, interpretation, and strategic management of air permits necessary to support the operation and growth of electric power generation facilities. This role provides oversight of air permitting activities across assigned facilities and projects, including permitting strategy, regulatory review, consultant management, budget oversight, project prioritization, and coordination with plant, environmental, legal, engineering, and leadership teams. The position is accountable for ensuring air permitting work is completed in a timely, accurate, and cost-effective manner while managing regulatory risk, supporting operational flexibility, and providing routine status reporting to leadership.

Job Description

Key Accountabilities

•Lead and oversee the review and development of proposed projects related to construction, operation, repairs, and renovations to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations, including requirements to apply for and obtain timely preconstruction and operating permits.
•Manage existing preconstruction and operating air permits by ensuring permits are tracked, renewed, updated, and interpreted accurately to support ongoing plant operations and regulatory compliance.
•Develop and direct air permitting strategies for assigned facilities and projects, including evaluating permitting pathways, identifying regulatory risks, and supporting business decisions that preserve operational flexibility.
•Oversee the preparation, review, submittal, and agency support of air permit applications, registrations, notifications, permit amendments, and related regulatory filings required for construction, modification, and permit revisions.
•Provide oversight, direction, and prioritization for environmental team members, plant personnel, and outside consultants supporting air permitting efforts.
•Manage consultant scopes of work, deliverables, schedules, performance, and invoice review to ensure permitting support is accurate, timely, cost-effective, and aligned with company expectations.
•Provide budget oversight for air permitting activities, including developing cost estimates, supporting annual budget planning, tracking expenditures, reviewing purchase orders and invoices, and communicating budget risks or variances to leadership.
•Prepare and deliver quarterly air permitting status reports that summarize key projects, permitting milestones, regulatory risks, consultant activity, budget status, upcoming deadlines, and issues requiring leadership awareness or direction.
•Track and evaluate environmental regulations related to air quality and permitting, assess potential impacts to Vistra facilities and operations, and provide recommendations to leadership and affected stakeholders.
•Ensure appropriate plant personnel and internal stakeholders understand applicable environmental obligations, permit requirements, project constraints, and compliance expectations.
•Review and provide oversight of environmental notifications, records, and reports, including those associated with Title V annual compliance certifications, annual emissions reports, NSPS, TRI, GHG, CEMS, allowance reports, MATS reports, deviation reports, and other quarterly or annual reports pursuant to air permitting and air regulatory requirements.
•Provide subject matter expertise and management support for compliance obligations associated with air permit requirements and air regulatory programs that impact assigned facilities.
•Participate in and support plant Compliance Assistance Visit directives, corrective action planning, and follow-up activities as necessary.

•Perform all other duties as assigned.

Education, Experience, and Skill Requirements

•Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, engineering, or a related field preferred.
•Minimum of 7 years of experience in a corporate, agency, or consulting environment performing air permitting work and/or providing oversight of environmental regulatory compliance programs.
•Demonstrated experience leading air permitting projects, managing regulatory deliverables, and coordinating cross-functional teams or external consultants.
•Experience managing consultant scopes of work, project schedules, budgets, purchase orders, invoices, and performance expectations preferred.
•Experience preparing and presenting project status updates, regulatory summaries, budget information, and recommendations to multiple levels of responsibility within an organization, including field personnel, peers, senior management, clients, consultants, and other stakeholders.
•Ability to read, comprehend, and interpret complex environmental rules, regulations, permits, guidance, and agency correspondence.
•Strong leadership, communication, critical thinking, analytical, and decision-making skills.
•Self-motivated, organized, and able to perform well under pressure, prioritize competing workstreams, manage resources productively, and meet high-pressure deadlines across multiple projects.

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Job Family

Safety

Company

Luminant Generation Company LLC

Locations

Irving, Texas

Texas

About Vistra Corp.

Vistra (NYSE: VST) is a leading Fortune 500 integrated retail electricity and power generation company that provides essential resources to customers, businesses, and communities from California to Maine. Based in Irving, Texas, Vistra is a leader in the energy transformation with an unyielding focus on reliability, affordability, and sustainability. The company safely operates a reliable, efficient, power generation fleet of natural gas, nuclear, coal, solar, and battery energy storage facilities while taking an innovative, customer-centric approach to its retail business. In the 2020 Forbes Global 2000, Vistra Energy was ranked as the 756th-largest public company in the world. The company owns the Moss Landing Power Plant in California which currently contains the largest battery energy storage system in the world. In 2016, Texas Competitive Electric Holdings, parent company of TXU Energy and Luminant, emerged from Chapter 11. TCEH was then rebranded as Vistra Energy. Vistra acquired Dynegy in 2018. In 2019, Ambit Energy was acquired, resulting in a 32% residential market share in ERCOT, with NRG Energy as its largest competitor. It also acquired Crius Energy in 2019.
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