Consulting Senior Associate, Sustainable Operations

Environmental Resources Management (ERM); Boston (MA); On-site; USD 68,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Parental leave

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life

Disability

AD&D insurance

401(k)

Other benefits

Job summary

ERM in Boston seeks a Consulting Senior Associate, Sustainable Operations, to help clients address environmental challenges across compliance, due diligence, and remediation. You will analyze air quality data, support site assessments, and contribute to regulatory alignment and long-term sustainability strategies.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, 1+ year (3–5 preferred) of experience, strong analytical and communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental, Chemical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, or a related field
• 1+ year (3–5 years preferred) of relevant environmental experience (including internships)
• Strong analytical skills with hands-on experience using spreadsheets and databases
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities

Responsibilities

• Support environmental compliance projects, including EHS, air quality, site investigation, remediation, and due diligence
• Prepare permits, plans, and reports across regulatory programs (NPDES, EPCRA, TRI, air, stormwater, wastewater, etc.)
• Conduct compliance assessments and implement corrective actions aligned with federal, state, and local regulations
• Perform air quality analyses, emissions inventories, and evaluate control technologies
• Lead or support Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for property transactions
• Conduct fieldwork such as sampling, drilling oversight, ecological studies, and remedial system monitoring
• Analyze environmental data and contribute to technical reporting and client deliverables
• Manage multiple project tasks within scope, schedule, and budget while maintaining quality standards
• Collaborate with Project Managers and senior leaders to drive successful project execution

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Spreadsheet experience

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Environmental/Engineering/Related field

Tools

Excel

Databases

Job description

Step into a role where your environmental expertise directly shapes how global organizations operate—safer, smarter, and more sustainably. This is an opportunity to grow your technical expertise while taking on increasing responsibility in a collaborative, high-impact consulting environment.

Why This Role Matters

As a Consulting Senior Associate, Sustainable Operations, you’ll play a key role in helping leading industrial and global organizations navigate complex environmental challenges. Your work ensures compliance, reduces risk, and advances sustainable practices—making a measurable impact on both business performance and environmental outcomes.

What Your Impact Is

You’ll partner with experienced consultants and clients to deliver high-quality environmental solutions across compliance, due diligence, and remediation. From analyzing air quality data to supporting large-scale site assessments, your contributions will directly influence operational decisions, regulatory alignment, and long-term sustainability strategies.

What You’ll Bring

Required

• Required Bachelor’s degree in Environmental, Chemical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemistry, or a related field
• Required 1+ year (3–5 years preferred) of relevant environmental experience (including internships)
• Required Strong analytical skills with hands‑on experience using spreadsheets and databases
• Required Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Required Strong organizational skills with attention to detail and ability to manage multiple priorities

Preferred

• Preferred Master’s degree and/or Professional Engineer (PE) certification
• Preferred Experience preparing technical reports, permits, and regulatory documentation
• Preferred Familiarity with environmental compliance frameworks (air quality, hazardous waste, stormwater, etc.)

Key Responsibilities

• Support environmental compliance projects, including EHS, air quality, site investigation, remediation, and due diligence
• Prepare permits, plans, and reports across regulatory programs (NPDES, EPCRA, TRI, air, stormwater, wastewater, etc.)
• Conduct compliance assessments and implement corrective actions aligned with federal, state, and local regulations
• Perform air quality analyses, emissions inventories, and evaluate control technologies
• Lead or support Phase I Environmental Site Assessments for property transactions
• Conduct fieldwork such as sampling, drilling oversight, ecological studies, and remedial system monitoring
• Analyze environmental data and contribute to technical reporting and client deliverables
• Manage multiple project tasks within scope, schedule, and budget while maintaining quality standards
• Collaborate with Project Managers and senior leaders to drive successful project execution

For the Consulting Senior Associate, Sustainable Operations position, the anticipated annual base pay is $67,800–$83,800 (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 subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible).

We offer a comprehensive benefits package.

• paid time off (vacation, sick, and floating holidays)
• parental leave
• medical
• dental
• vision
• life
• disability
• AD&D insurance
• 401(k)
• other applicable benefits to eligible employees

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.

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.

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.