Lead Consultant, Environmental Due Diligence
About The Position
Ramboll is seeking a Lead Consultant to support its rapidly growing Data Centers practice, working on hyperscale, colocation, and mission-critical development projects across North America. The role supports site selection and feasibility, technical due diligence, environmental review, civil design review, and early-stage development planning for technology clients. It is based in a New England office—Boston, Hartford, Portland, or Westford—and is hybrid. The Lead Consultant will serve in an assistant project manager capacity on data center projects from early site screening through due diligence and conceptual planning. Working with project managers, technical specialists, and client teams, the consultant will coordinate multidisciplinary inputs, track project scope, schedules, budgets, actions, and deliverables, and help maintain clear communication. The role also draws on civil engineering knowledge to review conceptual master plans and evaluate site access, grading, stormwater, utilities, earthwork, and other site development considerations. The successful candidate is organized, technically grounded, detail-oriented, collaborative, and comfortable managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced consulting environment.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, environmental science, geology, chemistry, physics, biology, or a related discipline.
- At least three years of relevant consulting experience, including civil or site development, due diligence, land development, or multidisciplinary project delivery.
- Working knowledge of site development principles, including grading, drainage, stormwater management, utilities, earthwork, development constraints, and permitting.
- Ability to interpret conceptual site plans, Civil 3D drawings, surveys, and technical studies.
- Strong technical writing, organizational, communication, problem-solving, and client-service skills.
- Environmental engineering candidates must have demonstrated civil/site development or land development experience.
- Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; sponsorship is not available.
Nice To Haves
- Advanced degree.
- Experience with CAD, Civil 3D, Bluebeam, or GIS.
- Experience with data centers, mission-critical projects, or industrial projects.
- EIT or PE credentials.
Responsibilities
- Assist subject matter experts with scope, schedule, budget, staffing, deliverables, and client expectations for complex data center due diligence assignments.
- Coordinate multidisciplinary technical teams, maintain project schedules, track action items and information requests, and provide status updates to support timely project execution.
- Review site development concepts, including master plans, test fits, civil and site constraints, utilities, grading, stormwater management, permitting considerations, and other technical factors.
- Prepare and quality-review client-ready reports, risk summaries, proposals, work plans, cost estimates, and technical deliverables.
- Support multiple concurrent data center projects and site visits.
Benefits
- Flexible work arrangements.
- Generous Paid Time Off.
- Health and retirement benefits.
- Investment in professional development.
- Potential eligibility for bonus, overtime, or other forms of compensation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
