Managing Consultant, Climate Change (Senior Level) Full Time

ERM Group Is Now Hiring for Managing Consultant, Climate Change (Senior Level)

ERM is seeking a Managing Consultant, Climate Change to join our growing corporate sustainability and climate change advisory services practice in across North America.

In this role, you will be a key contributor to a team developing and growing ERM’s corporate sustainability and climate change business. ERM delivers a wide range of climate change services including decarbonization strategy development, creation of Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon inventories, life cycle assessment, Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD) analysis and reporting, strategy development, policy and regulatory analysis, target setting, and benchmarking. We help clients, including global companies, electric and natural gas utilities, and financial institutions, develop and implement climate change programs across a broad range of industry sectors and contribute to climate, clean energy, and clean transportation policy development.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced professional looking to play a key role working with an expert consulting team on leading-edge climate advisory projects for Fortune 500 and privately held clients. 

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Managing Clients and Projects

• Demonstrates expertise in the evaluation of oil and gas, chemical, and/or manufacturing processes to evaluate GHG emissions.
• Advises and manages climate-related projects including the design and development of GHG inventories (Scopes 1, 2 and 3) analysis of emission reduction levers (e.g. energy efficiency measures, renewable energy, decarbonized fuels), and strategic policy assessment and design.
• Supports development of climate change strategy, action planning, and/or modeling with regards to mandatory or voluntary drivers.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of life cycle assessment methodology and tools.
• Builds strong and trusted relationships with clients and/or business partners.
• Thinks strategically in order to influence decision-makers and outcomes.
• Distills complexity from detail to effectively coach colleagues to deliver high-quality outputs.
• Demonstrates strong project management skills and oversight through the project lifecycle, including scoping, budget and delivery.
• Demonstrates strong analytical skills, excellent writing and presentation skills, and a mastery of impactful client communication.

Teamwork and Organization

• Demonstrates strong people management skills; particularly the ability to support, coach and celebrate others to advance employee engagement and achieve results.
• Mentors junior staff in the proper planning and execution of projects, and in directing or conducting independent technical reviews of deliverable work products.
• Manages a team of two to five junior consultants.
• Identifies, evaluates, cultivates and manages partnerships and relationships with senior clients, external stakeholders and key opinion leaders.
• Effectively collaborates internally to bring our services to existing clients.
• Enhances ERM’s capability to support sales and delivery of Climate Change services.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree required in policy, law, economics, engineering, or basic/applied science (such as physics, chemistry, material sciences, environmental science, earth sciences, etc.).
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a related field, such as consultancy, private sector (power, natural gas, hydrogen, etc.), or environmental policy and research.
• A thorough understanding of technical, economic, policy and market challenges and opportunities associated with the low carbon energy transition.
• Attention to detail and commitment to deliver high-quality work products.
• Demonstrated project management and leadership skills.
• Structured and effective communicator that can shape and deliver messages to executive level and facilitate effective client engagements.
• Enthusiasm, initiative, flexibility, and a desire to work in a growing team.
• Locations preferred: Toronto, ON, Washington, DC; Philadelphia, PA; Richmond, VA

For the Managing Consultant, Climate Change (Senior Level) position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $95,000 – $112,648 (CAD).  An employee’s pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.  We also may have instances where employee’s fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above. This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are NOT bonus eligible).

We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees. (Casual employees and regular employees scheduled under 20 hours a week are not benefits eligible).

You can apply for this role through https://www.erm.com/careers/apply/ or through the internal careers portal if you are a current employee.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

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.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter. 

ERM does not accept recruiting agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our job’s 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!

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