Managing Consultant Op Compliance

Growth For Impact; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Growth For Impact in Bengaluru seeks a senior EHS compliance leader to drive end-to-end regulatory engagements. You will diagnose gaps, plan remediation, implement controls, and perform post-implementation reviews across air, water, waste, and safety domains.

You will guide clients on permitting, monitoring, and audit readiness, while shaping governance frameworks. You will manage multiple workstreams, build client relationships with regulators and teams, and mentor junior staff.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, occupational health and safety, or related discipline.
• 10–15+ years of relevant consulting/operational compliance experience.
• Experience in regulatory compliance, environmental management, and advisory roles.
• Ability to lead workstreams, proposals, and end-to-end projects with scope, schedule, budget, and risk.
• Ability to manage priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver high-quality outputs with QA/QC.
• Experience with global teams, cross-functional stakeholders, and executive presence.
• Strong analytical skills to translate regulatory complexity into actionable solutions.
• Experience with compliance platforms such as Enablon or Sphera.
• PhD or master’s degree in environmental management, sustainability, EHS, or related field.
• Specialist experience in regulatory reporting, permitting, or emissions calculations.
• Experience using digital/AI-enabled tools to improve compliance delivery.
• Knowledge of US-NA/EMEA region regulatory frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end compliance engagements including diagnostics, gap assessments, remediation planning, implementation, and post-implementation review.
• Advise clients on operational compliance, environmental permitting, audit readiness, monitoring requirements, and control design.
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical policies, procedures, and governance improvements.
• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams while maintaining quality, budget, and timeline commitments.
• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders and regulators.
• Mentor junior team members through project delivery and capability development.
• Lead environmental permitting, air compliance, and broader compliance programs across multiple domains.
• Interpret and apply US-anchored and international EHS regulatory frameworks (e.g., Clean Air Act, OSHA).
• Deliver complex engagements by managing scope, schedule, budget, risks, and cross-functional workstreams.
• Provide QA/QC review of deliverables and drive continuous improvement through SOPs and templates.
• Implement and support compliance platforms and dashboards aligned to operational processes.
• Support proposal development and client growth of Operational Compliance offerings.
• Lead, mentor, and develop consultants and analysts.

Skills

Regulatory compliance leadership

Project management

Regulatory analysis

Stakeholder management

QA/QC mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Environmental compliance consulting

Digital tools implementation

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in environmental science/engineering/occupational health & safety

PhD or Master’s in environmental management, sustainability, EHS

Professional certifications (CEP, QEP, ISO 14001, ISO 45001)

Tools

Enablon

Sphera

Job description

ROLE

• Lead end-to-end compliance engagements, including diagnostics, gap assessments, remediation planning, implementation support, and post-implementation review.


• Advise clients on operational compliance, environmental permitting, audit readiness, monitoring requirements, and control design across regulated activities.


• Translate regulatory requirements into practical policies, procedures, and governance improvements that strengthen compliance performance and support proactive managed compliance through QA/QC frameworks.


• Manage multiple concurrent workstreams or projects, depending on client complexity, while maintaining quality, budget, and timeline commitments.


• Build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders, regulators, and cross-functional teams across operations, risk, legal, sustainability, and HSE.


• Build a capable CDH-SSO team by coaching junior team members through project delivery, onboarding, learning initiatives, and practice-building activities.


• Lead environmental permitting, air compliance, and broader operational compliance programs, including regulatory analysis, permitting strategies, compliance assessments, and risk identification across air, water, waste, chemicals, occupational/process safety, and related EHS domains.


• Interpret and apply US-anchored, specifically NA and EMEA, and international EHS regulatory frameworks, like Clean Air Act, RCRA, Clean Water Act/NPDES, SPCC, EPCRA, TSCA, CERCLA, OSHA requirements, applicable state and international regulations, and ISO 14001/ISO 45001 standards.


• Deliver complex, high-impact engagements by managing scope, schedule, budget, resources, risks, quality, and multidisciplinary workstreams while maintaining clear team expectations and exceptional client delivery.


• Provide QA/QC review of technical deliverables, recommend and track corrective actions, and drive continuous improvement through standardization, SOPs, templates, best practices, and innovative delivery models.


• Implement and support compliance platforms and digital tools, and develop dashboards, compliance trackers, and reporting frameworks aligned to operational compliance processes.


• Build trusted client relationships, present deliverables, support proposal development, participate in client-development activities, and contribute to growth of Operational Compliance service offerings.


• Lead, mentor, and develop consultants and analysts, including junior team members, through project delivery, routine meetings, onboarding, learning initiatives, knowledge sharing, and capability development.


• Promote ERM’s commitments to health and safety, DE&I, collaboration, and sustainable client outcomes through day-to-day delivery and team leadership.

REQUIREMENTS

• – Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in environmental science, environmental engineering, chemical engineering, occupational health and safety, or a related discipline; equivalent experience considered.


• – Typically, 10–15+ years of relevant experience in consulting, operational compliance, regulatory compliance, environmental management, or a related advisory role.


• – Experience in operational compliance, EHS, or sustainability consulting, with strong understanding of regulatory frameworks and operational requirements across air, water, waste, chemicals, reporting, due diligence, impact assessment, and remediation.


• – Proven ability to lead workstreams, proposals, and end-to-end projects while managing scope, schedule, budget, risk, quality, and small teams.


• – Ability to manage priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver high-quality outputs with a QA/QC mindset.


• – Experience working with global teams, diverse industries, and cross-functional stakeholders, with leadership skills and executive presence.


• – Strong analytical skills to translate regulatory complexity into structured, actionable solutions.


• – Experience with compliance platforms such as legal registers, compliance calendars, obligation trackers, Enablon, or Sphera.


• – PhD or master’s degree in environmental management, sustainability, EHS, environmental policy, or a related field.


• – Specialist experience in operational compliance, EHS auditing, regulatory reporting, permitting, or emissions calculations.


• – Experience using digital, automation, or AI-enabled tools to improve compliance delivery.


• – Working knowledge of US- NA/EMEA region, multi-state, or international EHS regulatory frameworks.


• – Professional certifications or training such as CEP, QEP, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, or equivalent.


• – Experience in global delivery set-up or large consulting environments, with commercial acumen and comfort managing ambiguity.