Managing Consultant, Renewables

ERM • Boston, MA

2d • $95,682 - $124,245

About The Position

Lead high‑impact renewable energy projects that shape a cleaner, more resilient future. As a Managing Consultant, Renewables – Deputy Project Manager, you’ll play a critical role in advancing ERM’s most meaningful sustainability and power-transition projects across the Northeast. This is a strategic opportunity for an experienced environmental professional to guide complex permitting efforts, influence technical decision‑making, and partner closely with multidisciplinary experts. If you’re motivated by work that drives real-world environmental outcomes—and you thrive in dynamic, fast‑moving project environments—this role offers the platform to make a lasting impact. Why This Role Matters You will be a key leader in delivering successful renewable and power-sector projects, ensuring they move through permitting, assessment, and stakeholder review with precision and strategic oversight. Your work directly supports clients accelerating the transition to cleaner energy and contributes to the long-term environmental resilience of the region. What Your Impact Is Shaping technical and regulatory pathways for renewable and power-sector initiatives. Driving multi-team coordination, communication, and planning to keep complex projects aligned. Ensuring smooth execution of Environmental Assessments at both state and federal levels. Providing high-quality review and analysis of environmental impacts to natural resources. Serving as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to internal teams and client stakeholders. 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! #LI-Hybrid At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities. Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation. With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor. Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it). Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action. Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world. We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth. At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint on our planet. ERM Homepage Explore All Open Roles Explore Early Careers Roles Explore Experienced Professional Roles Explore Partnership Roles

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in biological sciences or a related field.
• 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Proven project management and coordination skills, including experience with NTP processes and document reviews.
• Strong understanding of regulatory, technical, and compliance requirements.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Demonstrated leadership in training and mentoring team members.
• Experience leading multi-team meetings and contributing to strategic planning.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects under strict deadlines.
• Willingness and ability to support field assignments approximately 50% of the time.
• 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.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with federal agencies and familiarity with NEPA-related and state impact‑assessment requirements.
• Background in energy or transmission line projects.

Responsibilities

• Manage the permitting process for power and technology-sector projects.
• Coordinate comprehensive document reviews and support development of key project documentation.
• Track analysis efforts to ensure alignment with technical and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborate closely with multidisciplinary teams across ERM and client organizations.
• Ensure all necessary permits and authorizations are secured.
• Facilitate communication among diverse stakeholders to maintain progress and meet deadlines.
• Lead multi-team meetings to assess progress, identify risks, and plan strategically.
• Review project documentation to assess potential impacts on soils, wildlife, vegetation, wetlands, and natural resources.
• Manage successful execution of state and federal Environmental Assessments.
• Prepare technical reports, meeting notes, presentations, and stakeholder briefings.
• Assist in resolving project challenges to maintain momentum and efficiency.
• Perform wetland delineations following the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wetlands Delineation Manual and Regional Supplements.
• Provide creative, fit‑for‑purpose technical analyses within your specialty and support interdisciplinary work with subject‑matter experts.
• Conduct field surveys, collect and organize field data, perform research/literature reviews, write reports, and develop strategies and recommendations for clients.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees