Principal Consultant - Impact Assessment

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); Australia; Hybrid; AUD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM seeks an experienced Principal Consultant (Impact Assessment) based in Sydney or Newcastle to lead environmental planning and permit work for large capital projects, including renewables and infrastructure. You will manage assessments, mentor staff, develop proposals, and strengthen client relationships while collaborating with ERM's global technical team.

This role requires 10+ years in environmental planning and impact assessment, a high degree of technical knowledge, and an ability to

Qualifications

• Relevant tertiary qualifications and NSW/Commonwealth compliance knowledge.
• 10+ years of environmental planning and impact assessment experience.
• Strong knowledge of renewables, infrastructure and industrial sectors.
• Superior project management and delivery skills.
• Excellent writing, communication and presentation abilities.
• Authorisation to work in Australia.

Responsibilities

• Lead and/or manage environmental assessments and EISs for projects.
• Manage multiple projects within scope, budget, and schedule.
• Prepare technical proposals with scopes and cost estimates.
• Maintain client relationships to support repeat business.
• Mentor junior/mid-level staff in environmental planning and approvals.
• Collaborate with ERM and global teams to share best practices.

Skills

Environmental impact assessment

Project management

Client relationship management

Business development

Mentoring

Technical writing

Education

Relevant tertiary qualifications

Job description

ERM is seeking an experienced Principal Consultant (Impact Assessment) based in our Sydney or Newcastle office, to provide project management and senior technical environmental planning and permitting advice for large-scale capital development projects, including for renewables, infrastructure and industrial sector clients.

As a Principal Consultant, you will contribute your leadership, client relationship, and technical consulting skills to support the growth of ERM’s business and client base within the sectors, while networking with ERM's global Impact Assessment technical team to share multi-disciplinary resources and best practices across the industry. This is an excellent opportunity for a senior professional looking to advance their career level with a global environmental leader.

Role Responsibilities:

• Lead and/or manage environmental assessments and the preparation of environmental impact statements for projects, including the management of related approvals processes to support ERM clients’ capital project delivery, including for SSD / SSI projects.
• Project manage multiple projects within agreed scope/budget/schedule, meeting client’s expectations and ensuring quality on project deliverables.
• Prepare technical proposals, including development of technical scopes and cost estimates, and participate in business development with existing clients and identified leads.
• Maintain client relationships to support repeat business.
• Mentor junior and mid-level consulting staff to develop their skill sets in the environmental planning and approvals.
• Build strong collaborative relationships with other ERM employees.

If you have the following, we want to hear from you:

• Relevant tertiary qualifications;
• 10+ years of environmental planning and impact assessment working within NSW and Commonwealth legislative requirements.
• High degree of technical competence in environmental planning and approvals, due diligence, land use planning, post approval management and broad knowledge of impact assessment best practices, with a solid grasp of the key impact assessment and management issues within the renewables, infrastructure and industrial sectors.
• Superior project management and project delivery skills, including time management and organisational skills.
• Well-developed team building and influencing skills; unquestioned integrity; and the experience, confidence, and stature to effectively address client and business needs and challenges.
• Solid experience building sustaining relationships with major clients.
• Excellent writing, communication, presentation, strategic thinking, and “people” skills.
• Authorisation to work in Australia

Who We Are:

As the world’s leading sustainability consulting firm, ERM is uniquely positioned to contribute to the environment and society through the expertise and energy of our employees worldwide. Sustainability is what we do and is at the heart of both our service offerings and how we operate our business. For our people, our vision means attracting, inspiring, developing and rewarding our people to work with the best clients and on the biggest challenges, thus creating valuable careers. We achieve our vision in a sustainable manner by maintaining and living our ERM beliefs that include Together we Challenge, Expertise is our Superpower, and Impact Ignites us. ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job’s alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes. Thank you for your interest in ERM. At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet.