Consultant, Geology

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); India; On-site; INR 1,200,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

ERM’s Consulting Delivery Hub (CDH) in India seeks a Geology Consultant to deliver high-quality site investigations, groundwater assessment, remediation strategies and environmental consulting services. You will work with ERM colleagues across regions, contributing to complex projects and global delivery standards.

You will bring a strong groundwater focus, 4+ years of consulting experience, and skills in data analysis, modelling, and reporting, while growing client-facing capabilities and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in hydrogeology or geology with groundwater contamination assessment focus.
• 4+ years of consulting experience.
• Experience in groundwater and contaminant transport modelling is an advantage.
• Knowledge of remediation systems, project management, and regulations for contaminated land.

Responsibilities

• Perform report writing, borehole logs, data entry, data modelling, and graphical presentation of data.
• Ensure safety of team members during project operations.
• Assist in the management of projects and client communications.
• Produce environmental desk studies, site investigation and verification reports.
• Assist in fee proposal preparation for future work.

Skills

Leadership capability

Data analysis

Communication skills

Problem solving

Self-starter

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in hydrogeology or geology

Tools

MS Office

Groundwater modelling

Job description

ERM is the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, with over 50 years of experience helping organizations navigate complex environmental, social, and governance challenges. We bring together a global community of experts to deliver meaningful impact for our clients and the planet. Our Consulting Delivery Hub (CDH) in India is a critical part of ERM’s global consulting model enabling scalable, high-quality delivery across regions and service lines. CDH teams work in close partnership with regional consultants to support global client projects, providing specialist expertise, driving consistency, and enhancing delivery efficiency across our most important programmes.

As part of the Consulting Delivery Hub, you will collaborate with colleagues worldwide, contribute to complex sustainability projects, and play a key role in shaping the future of global consulting delivery.

Why this role matters?

As a Geology Consultant, you will support ERM's global Contaminated Site Management and Hydrogeology teams by delivering high-quality site investigation, groundwater assessment, remediation, and environmental consulting services. Working closely with ERM consultants, project managers, technical specialists, and client stakeholders across multiple regions, you will contribute to the successful delivery of complex environmental projects. This role plays a critical part in providing technically robust assessments, supporting sustainable remediation strategies, maintaining high standards of quality and safety, and enabling efficient global project delivery across ERM's environmental consulting portfolio.

What your impact is?

• Developing leadership capability
• Supporting junior colleagues
• Taking ownership of technical deliverables while growing client-facing skills.

What will you bring?

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree in hydrogeology, geology or a related discipline with a strong ground/groundwater contamination assessment and remediation focus.
• Experience in hydrogeology, and especially groundwater and contaminant transport modelling, would be an advantage, coupled with a strong desire to expand this area of expertise.
• 4 years + consulting experience.
• Knowledge/experience of remediation systems and techniques.
• Knowledge/experience of project management.
• Knowledge/experience of legislation, guidance and procedures with respect to the management of contaminated land.
• Ability to independently summarize data for investigation reports.
• Computer literacy, including proficient MS Office skills.
• Strong initiative (self-starter), problem-solving and communication skills, and attention to detail and QA/QC.
• Preferred qualification Previous experience in supporting investigation, risk assessment, or environmental assessment work with exposure to fieldwork supervision in an Environmental or Water Consultancy is preferred.

Key responsibilities

• Perform assigned office duties, such as report writing, data entry, borehole logs, statistical analysis, data modelling, graphical presentation of data and field program cost estimating.
• Ensure safety of team members during project operations.
• Assist in the management of projects.
• Produce environmental desk study, site investigation and verification reports.
• Assist in fee proposal preparation for future work.
• Coordinate and communicate with client representatives, subcontractors, and ERM employees.

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.