Managing Consultant, Scientist (Finance)
ERM is seeking a Managing Consultant, Scientist in our Minneapolis, MN office to manage, oversee, and conduct environmental impact assessment and regulatory compliance for energy facilities and energy-related development projects across North America. Focus primarily on energy-related operations and maintenance, capital development and compliance initiatives, including Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)-regulated projects, midstream oil and gas projects, electric transmission lines and renewable energy projects. Projects are often fast-paced, multi-faceted, and geographically diverse - allowing a talented person to apply their technical expertise in support of compliance with federal, state and local, air, water, waste, and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) regulations.
The position will require a candidate to work independently and to manage projects and project teams and have the capacity to manage varying priorities and multiple tasks. The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience overseeing environmental compliance on capital development projects, overseeing staff in a project setting, assessing environmental conditions and impacts, plus strong technical writing and communication skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage projects, either single or multi-site, on time and to budget including elements such as scope and delivery requirements, budgeting, resourcing, planning, coordinating field and other technical work and managing health and safety and risk aspects.
- Generate technical proposals and participate in business development with existing clients and identify new leads. Maintain client relationships to support repeat business. Review and comprehend project plans to assess environmental impact and scope of regulatory requirements.
- Prepare siting and permit applications required by federal, state or local environmental regulatory authorities for facility development, expansion, and maintenance or decommissioning.
- Assist with the preparation of technical project documents, including, but not limited to writing, word processing, building tables and spreadsheets, tabulating and manipulating data, producing hard copy documents commensurate with the candidate's technical background.
- Collaborate with other ERM practitioners to execute impact assessment and capital project permitting (ERM services broadly include baseline studies, environmental impact assessment, routing studies, land planning, and facility siting & permitting).
- Prepare environmental plans such as erosion control plans, storm water pollution prevention plans, site restoration plans, and spill prevention, control, and countermeasures plans.
- Assist in planning for, communicating, and ensuring compliance with project-specific federal, state and local environmental regulations.
- Lead and facilitate relationships with regulatory agencies and other external stakeholders on behalf of the client.
- Oversee and contribute to quality assurance and quality control.
- Mentor junior staff in the development of their technical and consulting skills.
- Travel up to 20% to meet project requirements for client meetings, agency meetings, training, or project team meetings.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's or master's degree in environmental studies, planning, geography, civil or environmental engineering or related natural resources science field of study. Or equivalent experience.
- 4+ years of environmental impact assessment, siting, and permitting experience on energy projects, including consulting for private-sector clients.
- Working knowledge of key environmental protection and energy facility development regulations, including the National Environmental Policy Act, Clean Water Act, and Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act.
- Strong working knowledge of MS Office Suite software.
- Experience conducting desktop and online studies or research on a wide variety of natural resource or resource planning topics, Geographic Information System, map interpretation (National Wetland Inventory, U.S. Geological Survey, aerial photography).
- Demonstrated ability to prepare concise and accurate technical documents.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, which includes being comfortable and effective at communicating complex technical knowledge and concepts to other staff, clients, regulatory agencies, and non-technical project stakeholders.
- Experience collaborating with federal, state and local environmental regulatory agency staff to obtain permits and approvals.
- This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
For the Managing Consultant, Scientist position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $90,000 – $104,175 (USD). 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 a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, paid parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability and AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP, and any other benefits to eligible employees as applicable.
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 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!
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