Principal Consultant, Senior Project Manager (Environmental Assessment) ERM

Project Management Institute - Southern Alberta Chapter (PMI-SAC); Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 111,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Generous paid time off

RRSP/DPSP retirement plans

Parental leave

Job summary

ERM, a leading sustainability and environmental consulting firm, is seeking a Principal Consultant, Senior Project Manager (Environmental Assessment) based in Canada to lead complex, multidisciplinary projects with budgets up to $2M+ from strategy through execution.

You will mentor teams, manage client relations, ensure safety, quality, and financial controls, and drive business growth across mining, energy, and infrastructure initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, or related field; advanced degree is an asset.
• 6+ years of consulting experience in environmental or related disciplines with progressive responsibility for complex project delivery.
• Demonstrated mining and/or energy sector experience including regulatory-driven capital projects.
• Ability to provide senior-level oversight of complex environmental scopes across multiple projects and clients.
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and time-management skills in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.
• Proficiency in project management practices, including change, risk, quality, and financial controls.
• MS Office proficiency and familiarity with project management tools; valid driver’s license and travel across large geographical areas.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior leadership across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring delivery meets scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety expectations
• Act as the primary point of accountability from proposal through execution and final delivery
• Lead, mentor, and develop project teams, fostering accountability and career growth
• Champion health, safety, and risk management across all projects
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, managing expectations and resolving issues proactively
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors to deliver high-quality technical outputs
• Oversee financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and cost control
• Develop and manage integrated project schedules, resourcing plans, and delivery strategies
• Support business development efforts, including opportunity identification, proposal development, and client expansion
• Contribute to team growth, including hiring, retention, performance management, and continuous improvement
• Drive collaboration across ERM’s global network and share best practices
• Provide senior-level review of technical analysis and deliverables to ensure quality and defensibility

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Communication

Time management

Risk management

Financial management

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree in environmental science/engineering

Advanced degree (asset)

Tools

MS Project

Primavera P6

Smartsheet

Microsoft Office

Job description

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

Step into a high-impact leadership role with ERM, one of the world’s leading sustainability and environmental consulting firms. As a Principal Consultant, Senior Project Manager (Environmental Assessment) based in Canada, you will lead complex, multidisciplinary environmental projects with budgets of up to $2M+, guiding them from strategy through execution. This is an opportunity to influence nationally significant mining, energy, and infrastructure initiatives—balancing environmental responsibility, regulatory excellence, and commercial success. Your leadership will help shape projects that deliver lasting environmental, social, and economic value.

Why This Role Matters?

ERM’s clients depend on us to deliver critical capital projects where environmental, regulatory, and social considerations are central to success. In this role, you will provide senior-level project leadership—ensuring delivery is safe, on schedule, within budget, and aligned with the highest quality standards.

You’ll act as a trusted advisor, helping clients navigate complex regulatory landscapes, mitigate risks, and make informed decisions. Your work will directly strengthen long-term client partnerships, drive repeat business, and reinforce ERM’s reputation for delivering high-profile, multi-stakeholder projects with integrity and precision.

What Your Impact Is:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex environmental projects and proposals, including EAs/EISs, permitting, management plans, and regulatory strategies
• Translate client objectives into clear execution plans—aligning scope, budget, timelines, and team resources
• Partner with senior client stakeholders to understand priorities, manage risks, and deliver practical, defensible solutions
• Ensure strong project controls across financial performance, forecasting, invoicing, and risk management
• Drive business growth by identifying opportunities, shaping pursuits, and supporting proposal development
• Mentor and develop project managers and technical teams, strengthening ERM’s delivery capability
• Foster collaboration across ERM’s national and global network
• Champion a culture of health, safety, quality, and environmental stewardship

What You’ll Bring:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, or a related field; advanced degree is an asset
• 6+ years of consulting experience in environmental or related technical disciplines, with progressive responsibility for complex project delivery
• Demonstrated experience in the mining and/or energy sectors, including regulatory-driven capital projects
• Proven ability to provide senior-level oversight of complex environmental scopes across multiple projects and clients
• Strong leadership, communication, organizational, and time-management skills in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments
• Ability to work independently while aligning with ERM governance, quality, and risk management expectations
• Demonstrated proficiency in project management practices, including change management, risk management, quality management, and financial controls
• Strong financial acumen, including budget oversight, forecasting, invoicing, and performance management
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and familiarity with project management tools and reporting
• Driver’s License Required: This position requires a valid driver’s license and/or the ability to operate a company vehicle due to the nature of job duties, which include frequent travel to various client locations across a large geographical area.

Preferred

• 8+ years of consulting experience preferred in environmental or related technical disciplines, with progressive responsibility for complex project delivery
• Experience developing and managing complex project schedules, including dependencies and critical path analysis
• Proficiency with scheduling and tracking tools (e.g., MS Project, Primavera P6, Smartsheet)
• Experience overseeing environmental, regulatory, permitting, and/or field programs across disciplines
• Field experience (e.g., wildlife, terrestrial ecology, soils, wetlands, aquatic biology, hydrology) to support oversight and review
• Experience identifying client opportunities and influencing pursuit strategy, scope, and commercial positioning
• PMP or equivalent project management certification
• Bilingual in English and French and/or Spanish

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide senior leadership across multiple concurrent projects, ensuring delivery meets scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety expectations
• Act as the primary point of accountability from proposal through execution and final delivery
• Lead, mentor, and develop project teams, fostering accountability and career growth
• Champion health, safety, and risk management across all projects
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, managing expectations and resolving issues proactively
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and subcontractors to deliver high-quality technical outputs
• Oversee financial performance, including budgeting, forecasting, invoicing, and cost control
• Develop and manage integrated project schedules, resourcing plans, and delivery strategies
• Support business development efforts, including opportunity identification, proposal development, and client expansion
• Contribute to team growth, including hiring, retention, performance management, and continuous improvement
• Drive collaboration across ERM’s global network and share best practices
• Provide senior-level review of technical analysis and deliverables to ensure quality and defensibility

If you’re a strategic project leader who thrives on complexity and wants to shape projects that matter—this is your opportunity to make a measurable impact at scale with ERM.

For the Principal Consultant, Senior Project Manager (Environmental Assessment) position, the anticipated annual base pay is $110,779–$147,235 (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. This role may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible).

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP, and other applicable benefits to eligible employees.

Note:Bonuses, commissions, and other forms of additional compensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.

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.

ERMwelcomes 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.

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Thank you for your interest in ERM!