Senior Consultant, Safety and Sustainable Operations

If you're looking for the next step where you can lead meaningful work, deepen your regulatory expertise, and partner with major industrial clients, ERM invites you to bring your skills to a global leader in sustainability consulting.

Why This Role Matters

As a Senior Consultant, Safety and Sustainable Operations in Manhattan, you’ll play a pivotal role in helping clients navigate evolving EHS regulations, improve operational performance, and mitigate risk. Your insights and technical rigor will support safer workplaces, stronger compliance programs, and more sustainable operations across diverse industries.

What Your Impact Is

In this role, you will serve as a trusted technical advisor to major industrial and global clients. You’ll lead complex compliance projects, translate regulatory requirements into actionable strategies, and help clients anticipate and address key EHS challenges. Your work directly contributes to improving environmental outcomes, ensuring regulatory compliance, and strengthening long-term operational resilience.

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What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in (Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical) Engineering, Chemistry, Safety, Environmental Science, or related discipline.
• 3 years of relevant EHS experience or professional internships.
• Strong hands-on proficiency with spreadsheets and databases.
• Exceptional attention to detail and strong time management skills.
• Inquisitive mindset with the ability to analyze data and interpret regulations.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to travel to client sites.
• 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.
  
  

Preferred

• Master’s degree in (Chemical, Environmental, Mechanical) Engineering, Chemistry, Safety, Environmental Science, or related discipline.
• Prior consulting experience supporting industrial or manufacturing clients.
• Experience drafting technical reports is a plus.
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical guidance on the interpretation and application of EHS regulations (OSHA, EPA, and others).
• Prepare plans, permits, and reports related to hazardous waste, air quality, stormwater, NPDES, wastewater, spill prevention, and EPCRA Tier II/TRI programs.
• Conduct EHS compliance assessments and manage corrective action implementation in alignment with federal, state, and local requirements.
• Deliver on-site EHS support to clients as needed.
• Compile, analyze, and evaluate data to support project deliverables.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously within scope, budget, and schedule requirements while ensuring high-quality outcomes.
• Collaborate with ERM Partners-in-Charge and Project Managers to support effective project execution and client satisfaction.
  
  

For the Senior Consultant, Safety and Sustainable Operations position, the anticipated annual base pay is $72,608–$85,489 (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.

Please submit your resume and brief cover letter.

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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!