Managing Consultant, Project Manager (Indigenous Partnerships)

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); Calgary; On-site; CAD 91,000 - 137,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM is seeking a Project Manager, Capital Project Delivery, to guide complex environmental initiatives from proposal to final reporting. You will lead cross-disciplinary teams, ensure health and safety standards, manage budgets, and maintain client engagement across mining, energy, and municipal projects.

This role involves travel across a broad geographic area and a strong focus on Indigenous participation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of consulting experience in environmental disciplines.
• Experience in mining and/or energy sectors.
• Proven ability to coordinate and manage environmental scopes of work.

Responsibilities

• Ensure strong health and safety planning and execution practices.
• Independently manage assigned scopes across multiple deadline-driven projects.
• Lead routine client communications to clarify needs and progress.
• Manage projects from proposal development through reporting while following ERM governance.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality outputs.
• Track budgets and apply ERM financial management processes.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules.
• Identify opportunities to support business development and client relationships.
• Build relationships with Indigenous partners and stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Client engagement

Budget tracking

Indigenous partnerships

MS Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental science/engineering

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Smartsheet

Job description

Shape Canada’s Most Complex Environmental Projects Into Real World Impact ‑World Impact

Why This Role Matters

ERM’s clients and partners rely on us to guide major initiatives with environmental, health, safety, social, Indigenous partnership, and risk considerations at the forefront. As a Project Manager, Capital Project Delivery, you’ll provide essential leadership support, ensuring that high-profile, multistakeholder projects are delivered with precision, quality, strong client engagement, disciplined project management, and an active focus on growing an Indigenous Lead Environmental Practice in South East BC and surrounding region. Your work strengthens both the technical execution and the Indigenous Partnerships that our clients and community can trust.

What Your Impact Is

In this role, you will play a pivotal role in guiding all sectors that ERM supports including mining, diversified energy, renewables, municipal and environmental stewardship projects from early proposal development through to final report completion. You’ll help bring clarity and structure to complex environmental initiatives by coordinating multidisciplinary teams so that each project advances with purpose and accountability. Your ability to translate client goals into actionable plans will directly influence how schedules are designed, budgets are managed, logistics are coordinated, and high-quality outcomes are delivered for defined scopes of work. You’ll work directly with clients to understand what they are trying to achieve and help steer technical teams toward solutions that meet those expectations, escalating risks as appropriate. Your grounding in project controls will be essential in keeping work on track, on budget, and aligned with commitments. Your contributions will extend beyond project mechanics. You’ll support a broad range of environmental projects, champion a strong culture of health and safety, and help foster collaboration across ERM’s internal networks. In doing so, you’ll become part of a global community of practitioners working together to tackle some of the most meaningful environmental and social challenges facing our clients. A core part of your impact will be supporting the growth of ERM’s environmental and sustainability practice through Indigenous Partnerships as a trusted environmental partner in southeast British Columbia. You will support business development by identifying opportunities, strengthening client relationships, contributing to proposals, and help shaping the importance of Indigenous participation and execution through project delivery.

What You’ll Bring

• Required Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years of consulting experience in environmental or related technical disciplines.
• Experience in the mining and/or energy sector.
• Proven ability to coordinate and manage environmental scopes of work.
• Detailed oriented with strong communication, organizational, and time management skills.
• Ability to work independently while aligning with internal governance and direction.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Ability to multitask and work effectively in a deadline driven environment with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated competence with core project management practices (change management, risk management, quality management, financial tracking).
• Demonstrated financial literacy, with the ability to lead project controls activities such as budget tracking, cost forecasting, invoicing support, and understanding project financial performance.
• Demonstrated ability to support business development, including identifying opportunities, contributing to proposals, and building trusted client relationships.
• Experience working respectfully and collaboratively with Indigenous partners, Indigenous-owned businesses, or community-connected organizations.
• Driver's License Required: This position requires a valid driver's license and/or the ability to operate a vehicle due to the nature of job duties, which include frequent travel to various client locations across a large geographical area.

Preferred

• 6+ years of consulting experience in environmental or related technical disciplines.
• Experience supporting capacity building, Indigenous participation, or partnership-based delivery models in environmental consulting or natural resource projects.
• Experience developing and managing project schedules, including dependencies and critical path.
• Experience with project scheduling tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet).
• Experience managing environmental, regulatory permitting, and/or field programs.
• Field data collection experience (wildlife, terrestrial ecology, soils, wetlands, aquatic biology, hydrology).
• Project Management Professional (PMP), or other related certification, is also an advantage.
• Bilingual in English and French and/or Spanish.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure strong health and safety planning and execution practices.
• Independently manage assigned scopes across multiple deadline driven projects‑driven projects.
• Lead routine client communications to clarify needs, objectives, and progress.
• Manage projects from proposal development through reporting while following ERM governance.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams to deliver high-quality project outputs‑quality project outputs.
• Track budgets, complete invoicing and apply ERM financial management processes.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules.
• Support proposal development and cost estimation.
• Identify and support business development opportunities that strengthen client base, regional presence, and long-term growth.
• Build and maintain respectful working relationships with Indigenous partners, Indigenous-owned businesses, clients, and local stakeholders.
• Work with leadership to translate partnership objectives into practical project delivery, local participation, and capacity‑building opportunities.
• Work across diverse projects with varying scopes, budgets, and timelines.
• Compile, review, and contribute to technical data analysis and report preparation.
• Coordinate subcontractors and associated logistics.
• Plan and coordinate fieldwork schedules.
• Build strong collaborative working relationships across ERM teams.

Salary

For the Managing Consultant, Project Manager (Indigenous Partnerships) position, the anticipated annual base pay is $91,300–$137,400 (CAD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, RRSP/DPSP, and other applicable benefits to eligible employees.

Who We Are

As the largest global pure play sustainability consultancy, we partner with the world’s leading organizations, creating innovative solutions to sustainability challenges and unlocking commercial opportunities that meet the needs of today while preserving opportunity for future generations. At ERM we know that creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive work environment is an essential part of making our company a great place to build a career. We also see our diversity as a strength that helps us create better solutions for our clients. Our diverse team of world‑class experts supports clients across the breadth of their organizations to operationalize sustainability, underpinned by our deep technical expertise in addressing their environmental, health, safety, risk and social issues. We call this capability our “boots to boardroom” approach for its comprehensive service model that allows ERM to develop strategic and technical solutions that advance objectives on the ground or at the executive level. 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.

Inclusive Employment

ERM welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

ERM is an equal opportunity employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, Indigenous identity, or status as a protected veteran or qualified individual with a disability.

ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location.

ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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Closing

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