Junior Water Resources & Sustainability Consultant

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is seeking an early-career water specialist with an MSc in a relevant field. The role supports water balance development, water accounting tools, and datasets across water risk, industrial water management, wastewater, and sustainability programmes.

The successful candidate will undertake desk research, data gathering, GIS and Excel tasks, and contribute to client deliverables and proposals within a collaborative project team. Hybrid work options apply.

Qualifications

• MSc in Environmental Engineering, Water Resources, Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Civil Engineering or related discipline.
• Some relevant professional experience is highly preferred (consultancy, placement, internship or graduate roles).
• Strong analytical skills and confidence working with data.
• Good written communication and ability to produce clear, structured technical summaries.
• Strong Excel and Microsoft Office skills.
• Interest in water stewardship, corporate water risk, industrial water management, wastewater and sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Support water risk, water resilience and industrial water management projects.
• Undertake desk-based research, literature reviews and baseline data gathering.
• Compile, clean, validate and analyse operational water data from client sites and public datasets.
• Support development of water balances, water accounting tools and Excel-based project trackers.
• Support GIS/spatial analysis and mapping where required, including compilation of publicly available water, catchment and environmental datasets.
• Assist with preparation of technical reports, PowerPoint outputs, workshop materials and client deliverables.
• Support site-audit preparation, fieldwork planning and post-site-visit data organisation, where relevant.
• Contribute to proposal development through research, credential gathering, formatting and first-draft technical inputs.
• Participate in internal knowledge-sharing and help build reusable tools/templates for the Water team.

Skills

Analytical skills

Written communication

Microsoft Excel

Team collaboration

Data analysis

Problem solving

Education

MSc in Environmental Engineering

Tools

ArcGIS Pro

QGIS

Power BI

SharePoint

Job description

Environmental Resources Management (ERM) is seeking an early-career water specialist with an MSc in a relevant field. The role supports water balance development, water accounting tools, and datasets across water risk, industrial water management, wastewater, and sustainability programmes.

The successful candidate will undertake desk research, data gathering, GIS and Excel tasks, and contribute to client deliverables and proposals within a collaborative project team. Hybrid work options apply.