Consultant, Asbestos Specialist

at Environmental Resources Management, Inc. in; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 78,000 - 96,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Paid time off

Job summary

ERM is seeking a committed and knowledgeable Consultant, Asbestos Specialist to join our team in Irvine, CA. This role combines fieldwork with advisory work, focusing on asbestos sampling, air compliance, remediation oversight, and safety program development across complex projects.

You'll collaborate with clients and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, compliant outcomes, travel within southern California, and grow within a safety-first consulting culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Degree in Engineering, Geology, Environmental Science or a related discipline; or equivalent experience.
• 2+ years of experience in asbestos-related projects specifically to industrial sites, large demolition projects, construction safety, air compliance and contaminated site investigation.
• California DOSH CAC or CSST certification, current.
• CDPH Lead Sampling Technician or Lead Inspector/Assessor, current.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to cross train in additional health and safety/industrial hygiene work
• Ability to travel within southern and central California areas
• Driver's License required for travel to client locations
• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

Responsibilities

• Serve as Asbestos Field Sampling Technician on site investigations, remediation and decommissioning projects and implement site-specific Health & Safety Plans
• Ensure PPE availability and proper use, including maintenance and sanitation
• Collect asbestos samples in accordance with regulatory guidelines
• Manage sample collection and documentation processes
• Assist with development of sampling plans, reporting, and review
• Verify communication systems are in place and functioning
• Monitor conformance with safety and emergency procedures
• Conduct daily safety briefings with field teams
• Oversee maintenance of safety equipment and decontamination procedures
• Monitor site conditions for asbestos clearance sampling
• Exercise stop-work authority when imminent safety hazards arise
• Conduct behavior-based safety observations and coordinate Event Communication System activity
• Collect and evaluate safety observations
• Maintain accurate project and compliance records
• Support related consulting fields including decommissioning, demolition, production safety, construction safety, air compliance, and contaminated site investigation
• Complete and maintain all required training
• Grow within a safety-first culture and contribute to high-quality environmental solutions

Skills

Asbestos sampling

Regulatory compliance

Health & safety

Environmental sampling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Geology/Environmental Science

Job description

Step into a high-impact consulting role where your expertise in asbestos and field safety helps shape safer environments across complex projects.

ERM is seeking a committed and knowledgeable Consultant, Asbestos Specialist to join our team in Irvine, CA. This role offers a unique opportunity to apply deep technical expertise while expanding your experience across construction, demolition, production safety, air compliance, and contaminated site investigation. You will play a critical role in protecting people, projects, and communities—partnering with clients and multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, compliant, and high-quality outcomes. If you're motivated by meaningful fieldwork and want to grow within a collaborative, safety-first culture, this is an opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Why This Role Matters

This position sits at the center of environmental safety and compliance—ensuring asbestos-related risks are properly identified, managed, and mitigated across complex industrial and construction environments. Your work directly contributes to safer worksites, regulatory compliance, and the success of high-profile remediation and demolition projects.

What Your Impact Is

Help ensure safe execution of environmental construction and remediation projects.

Safeguard teams by upholding and enforcing health & safety standards.

Provide accurate asbestos sampling, reporting, and compliance oversight.

Partner with clients to deliver trusted, high-quality environmental solutions.

Expand ERM's impact across multidisciplinary consulting areas.

What You'll Bring

Required:

Bachelors or Degree in Engineering, Geology, Environmental Science or a related discipline; or equivalent experience.

2+ years of experience in asbestos-related projects specifically to industrial sites, large demolition projects, construction safety, air compliance and contaminated site investigation.

California Department of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) Certified Asbestos Consultant (CAC) or Certified Site Surveillance (CSST) Certification, current.

California Department of Public Health (CDPH) – Certified Lead Sampling Technician or Certified Lead Inspector / Assessor, current.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Willingness to be cross trained in additional health and safety/industrial hygiene work

Ability to travel within the southern and central California areas.

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

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

Preferred:

40-hour OSHA HAZWOPER training

8-hour OSHA HAZWOPER Supervisor certification

CPR/First Aid certification

Confined space and excavation awareness training

Emergency preparedness training

Hazard recognition and job hazard analysis experience

Incident investigation and root cause analysis experience

Key Responsibilities

Serve as Asbestos Field Sampling Technician on assigned site investigation, remediation, and decommissioning/decontamination/demolition environmental construction projects and implement site-specific Health & Safety Plans

Ensure appropriate level of PPE is available and properly used, including maintenance and sanitation

Collect asbestos samples in accordance with regulatory guidelines and industry best practices

Manage sample collection and documentation processes

Assist with development of sampling plans, reporting, and review

Verify communication systems are in place and functioning

Monitor conformance with safety and emergency procedures

Conduct daily safety briefings with field teams

Oversee maintenance of safety equipment and execute decontamination procedures

Monitor site conditions for asbestos clearance sampling

Exercise stop-work authority when imminent safety hazards arise and resume work upon proper authorization

Conduct behavior-based safety observations and coordinate Event Communication System activity

Collect and evaluate safety observations

Maintain accurate project and compliance records

Support work across related consulting fields including decommissioning, demolition, production safety, construction safety, air compliance, and contaminated site investigation

Complete and maintain all required training

If you're ready to bring your asbestos expertise into a broader environmental consulting career while working alongside industry experts in a safety-first culture, this role offers the platform to grow, lead, and make a difference.

For the Consultant, Asbestos Specialist position, the anticipated annual base pay is $77,800 –$96,414 ( USD) . 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.

ERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.