Senior Consultant, Scientist

ERM; Boston (MA); Presencial; USD 80 000 - 102 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

ERM in Boston, MA seeks a Senior Consultant, Scientist to advance environmental projects across the energy sector, including renewable energy and electric transmission. You will collaborate with Project Managers to deliver high-quality client deliverables and build broad consulting experience across geographies and services.

The role emphasizes safety, technical field support, and data-driven reporting, with travel to client locations across a large area.

Qualificações

• Bachelor's degree in biology, environmental studies, or related science; equivalent experience.
• 3–4 years of relevant environmental experience or internships.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA.
• Strong commitment to safety.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; strong organizational/analytical skills; experience recording/writing detailed data and reports a plus.
• Strong spreadsheet and database comprehension.
• Detail-oriented with hands-on troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task, travel, and work independently with minimal supervision.

Responsabilidades

• Provide technical assistance on environmental impact assessments and renewable energy projects.
• Prepare plans, permits, and reports for wetlands, storm water, NPDES, and wastewater programs for renewable energy and related electric transmission projects.
• Perform environmental compliance assessments and implement corrective actions to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Conduct field work, including ecological field studies.
• Provide general environmental compliance support to clients, including on-site assistance as needed.
• Compile and evaluate data and assist in report preparation.
• Perform tasks within scope, budget, and schedule, ensuring quality of deliverables.
• Support ERM Partners-in-Charge and Project Managers to deliver exceptional client value.

Conhecimentos

Written communication

Verbal communication

Spreadsheet

Database skills

Attention to detail

Multi-tasking

Independent work

Travel readiness

Formação académica

BS in biology/environmental studies

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Build your environmental consulting career while helping deliver solutions for renewable energy and electric transmission projects. ERM is seeking a motivated Senior Consultant, Scientist to join our global consulting firm in Boston, MA. In this role, you will work closely with Project Managers on environmental projects across the energy industry, including renewable energy and electric transmission, while building broad consulting experience across sectors, clients, geographies, and services.

Why This Role Matters?

As a consultant at ERM, you will have opportunities to contribute to projects that address environmental compliance, ecological considerations, permitting, renewable energy, and sustainability. ERM's collaborative culture encourages knowledge sharing, best practices, and ongoing learning, allowing you to build an individualized career path.

What Your Impact Is?

You will provide technical and field support for environmental projects, help clients meet federal, state, and local regulatory requirements, and contribute to high-quality project deliverables.

Your work will support ERM Project Managers and Partners-in-Charge in delivering exceptional value to clients.

What You'll Bring?

• Required BS in biology, environmental studies, or related science degree, or equivalent experience.
• 3 to 4 years of relevant environmental experience or professional internships.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA.
• Strong commitment to safety.
• Effective written and verbal communication and organizational/analytical skills; experience recording/writing detailed technical data and reports a plus.
• Strong hands-on spreadsheet and database comprehension.
• Detail-oriented with mechanical aptitude and hands-on troubleshooting/problem-solving skills.
• Ability to multi-task, maintain flexibility, travel, and work independently with minimal supervision.

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 Local candidates preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide technical assistance on environmental impact assessments and renewable energy and sustainability-related projects.
• Prepare plans, permits, and reports for wetlands, storm water, NPDES, and wastewater programs for renewable energy and associated electric transmission projects.
• Perform environmental compliance assessments and implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Conduct field work, including ecological field studies.
• Provide general environmental compliance support to clients, including on-site assistance, as needed.
• Compile and evaluate data and assist in report preparation.
• Perform project tasks within scope/budget/schedule expectations and ensure quality standards on project deliverables.
• Support ERM Partners-in-Charge and Project Managers to deliver exceptional client value on projects.

For the Senior Consultant, Scientist position, the anticipated annual base pay is $80,100-$102,400 (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, including paid time off (vacation, sick, and floating holidays), parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k), and 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 and 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 does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, ERM employees or any other company location. ERM is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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.

Thank you for your interest in ERM! #LI-Hybrid 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.

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.

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