Consulting Associate, Land & Right of Way

Ready to Launch Your Career in Land & Right of Way Consulting? Are you looking for a role where you can make a tangible impact on critical infrastructure projects while building a career with a global leader in sustainability? If you’re motivated, detail-oriented, and eager to learn, this is your chance to join ERM’s dynamic team and help shape the future of energy and environmental solutions.

As a Consulting Associate, Land & Right of Way in Minneapolis, Minnesota, you’ll play a key role in enabling the construction and maintenance of essential facilities for electric transmission and distribution projects. Your work ensures that projects move forward smoothly, legally, and ethically—making you an integral part of powering communities and advancing renewable energy initiatives.

What Your Impact Is

• Support major infrastructure projects across diverse industries, including power generation, renewable energy, and technology.
• Negotiate and secure land agreements that make critical projects possible.
• Serve as the bridge between property owners and clients, fostering trust and collaboration.
• Contribute to environmental stewardship by helping deliver sustainable solutions.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s and/or Masters preferred but not required; IRWA or similar registration preferred but not necessary.
• In lieu of a degree, candidates with 3+ years related experience will be considered.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Excellent communication and negotiation abilities.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within expert teams.
• Experience in developing and implementing successful growth strategies with power generation, electrical transmission, renewable energy projects, mining, oil & gas, technology clients.
• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship.
• Preferred: IRWA or similar professional registration.
• Experience with title research, permitting processes, or land valuation studies.

Key Responsibilities

• Negotiate and secure legal land agreements (rights-of-way, leases, grants, fee purchases) on behalf of clients.
• Conduct and review deed/title research and summarize property rights.
• Act as liaison between property owners and clients to maintain positive relationships.
• Assist with permit applications for road crossings, building permits, and other regulatory requirements.
• Support damage claim investigations and settlement negotiations.
• Help develop proposals, budgets, schedules, and progress reports.
• Track project land budgets and prepare financial progress reports.

For the Consulting Associate, Land & Right of Way position, the anticipated annual base pay is $68,117 – $79,821 (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).

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.

Benefits

• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life
• Disability
• AD&D insurance
• 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP
• 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.

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-FA1 #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.