Consulting Associate, Scientist

Build your environmental consulting career while helping deliver solutions that make a meaningful impact for clients and communities.

ERM is seeking a motivated Consulting Associate, Scientist to join our growing office in Minneapolis, MN . In this early-career role, you will contribute to environmental assessment, permitting, compliance, ecological field work, and site investigation and remediation projects while gaining hands-on consulting experience alongside experienced professionals. ERM's collaborative culture provides opportunities for knowledge sharing, ongoing learning, and career development with a global environmental leader.

Why This Role Matters?

As a Consulting Associate, Scientist, you will support projects that help clients understand environmental conditions, navigate regulatory requirements, assess potential impacts, and advance development projects. You will have exposure to a variety of environmental disciplines and sectors, including oil and gas, power generation, electrical transmission, renewable/alternative energy, and Brownfields projects.

What Your Impact Is:

You will assist Project Managers on a variety of projects, potentially in the areas of environmental impact assessment, EHS permitting and compliance, and site investigation and remediation. You will contribute through biological field surveys, data analysis, technical report preparation, permitting support, environmental sampling, and other project delivery activities.

What You'll Bring:

Required

- BS in environmental science, natural science, or related discipline, or equivalent experience. Minimum 3.0 GPA.
- Less than 1 year of relevant environmental experience or professional internship experience.
- Strong commitment to safety.
- Effective written and verbal communication and strong organizational and analytical skills, including experience recording and writing detailed technical data and reports.
- Ability to multi-task, maintain flexibility, travel, and work independently with minimal supervision.
- Demonstrated attributes to become a strong consultant, including being a team player, eagerness to learn and grow, taking initiative, versatility, and a service-oriented mentality.
- Ability to succeed in a fast-paced consulting environment, manage time effectively, handle multiple project assignments, meet strict deadlines, and travel to diverse project locations.
- 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

- MS in environmental science, natural science, or related discipline.
- Local candidates preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

- Provide technical assistance on NEPA environmental assessment (EA) and environmental impact statement (EIS) projects and related activities in support of ERM clients’ domestic and international development projects, including oil and gas, power generation, electrical transmission, renewable/alternative energy, and Brownfields projects.
- Perform project delivery activities such as report writing, undertaking and organizing data collection and ecological field surveys, performing data and literature reviews, and developing recommendations for clients.
- Prepare multi-media plans and permits, with an emphasis on FERC, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and State Historical Commissions, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local requirements.
- Conduct tasks related to land use planning, facility siting, risk assessment, and water resources management.
- Provide technical support to Project Managers related to natural resource inventory and impact assessment, ecological and human health risk assessment, and multi-media environmental sampling.
- Work within quality, budget, schedule expectations, and scope-specific assignments.
- Communicate with project team members, clients, regulatory agencies, and subcontractors.

For the  Consulting Associate, Scientist position, the anticipated annual base pay is  $66,000–$81,400 (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, 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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