ERM is seeking an energetic, self-starting Senior Consultant for Water Sustainability to join our Water practice in our Malvern, PA or Atlanta, GA office. ERM helps our clients solve their water related complex business challenges including business resilience and business continuity in a climate-changed world. We develop and apply geospatial analyses, multi-dimensional models, analytical tools and risk assessment techniques across a wide variety of industries to understand and mitigate our client’s water related risks.
As a water sustainability consultant, you will contribute your client, technical and analytical skills to support ERM’s regional water practice grow ERM’s business and client base, while networking with ERM’s global water resources technical team. You will be part of the regional water practice to help our clients understand their enterprise-wide water risk, build their water related ambitions/goals, develop strategies to meet these ambitions and be a better steward of water. This is an excellent opportunity for a career professional to join a growing and exciting team of water resource experts, as you build a rewarding career path with a global sustainability leader.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Be part of multi-disciplinary teams of practitioners to execute water and climate-related studies in support of client needs.
- Collect and analyze data to benchmark peer performance on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues, as well as assessing client ESG performance (e.g., overall strategy, goals, performance, and public disclosure/reporting).
- Assist in the data collection, analysis, reporting and client engagement to assess a wide variety of physical, regulatory, and reputational water stress factors and their business risk impacts.
- Develop and implement water strategy for organizations with global operations.
- Develop and deliver roadmaps that deliver on corporate targets working with individual facilities.
- Assist clients in the implementation of the Alliance for Water Stewardship’s standard and the pursuit of certification.
- Perform watershed and water resource/water quality assessments for a variety of surface water and ground water environmental settings.
- Execute multiple projects within scope / schedule / budget expectations and ensure quality standards on deliverables.
- Use geospatial data analytics, related software (ArcGIS or similar), calculations and models to address impact, regulatory and climate change issues.
- Assist with climate change physical risk assessments through use of data and global climate models.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- B.S. or M.S. in Environmental or Civil Engineering or other related fields.
- 3+ years of experience.
- Experience with CDP Water Security disclosure, WRI’s Volumetric Water. Benefit Accounting, and the concept of water neutrality/positivity a plus.
- Excellent communication and client engagement skills.
- Strong aptitude for and interest in problem solving and analytical thinking with high degree of organization and attention to detail.
- Strong expertise in writing client-ready documents.
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. Based on review of these responses, shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews.
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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!
