Managing Consultant, Air Quality & Environmental Compliance

Lead with Impact: Shape the Future of Air Quality & Environmental Compliance

At ERM, we're looking for a Managing Consultant, Air Quality & Environmental Compliance to join our team in Ewing, NJ—a strategic, client-facing role where your expertise directly influences how leading organizations navigate complex environmental regulations while advancing sustainable operations. This is more than a technical role—it's an opportunity to guide high-impact decisions, build lasting client partnerships, and contribute to cleaner air and stronger environmental outcomes across industries.

Why This Role Matters?

Environmental compliance sits at the core of responsible business. In this role, you'll help organizations meet regulatory expectations while enabling operational efficiency and long-term sustainability. Your leadership will drive meaningful outcomes—supporting safer processes, healthier communities, and credible environmental stewardship.

What Your Impact Is:

• Lead complex air permitting and compliance programs for major industrial clients
• Provide expert guidance on EPCRA and TRI reporting, ensuring regulatory accuracy and alignment
• Build trusted client relationships and position ERM as a go-to advisor for environmental solutions

What You'll Bring:

Required

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Environmental or Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Environmental Science, or related field. Or equivalent experience
• 4–6+ years of EHS consulting experience across sectors like manufacturing, oil & gas, power, mining, or chemicals
• Proven expertise in EPCRA Tier II/TRI threshold and release calculations, including QA/QC review
• Strong working knowledge of EPA and state environmental regulations
• Advanced Excel skills for managing large datasets and complex calculations
• Exceptional communication, analytical, and project management skills
• This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship

Preferred

• Experience with air release calculations (emission factors, controls)
• Familiarity with PowerBI, Access, and advanced data visualization tools
• Business development experience with the ability to grow and strengthen client relationships

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage air permitting and compliance assurance programs for diverse industrial clients
• Develop effective permitting strategies and maintain strong relationships with clients and regulatory agencies
• Oversee large-scale EPCRA and TRI reporting programs, ensuring accuracy and timely delivery
• Provide QA/QC review of emissions and compliance calculations across multiple sectors
• Mentor junior staff and foster a collaborative, high-performing team environment
• Support business development through proposal preparation and client engagement
• Deliver projects on scope, budget, and schedule while upholding ERM's quality standards

For the Managing Consultant, Air Quality & Environmental Compliance position, the anticipated annual base pay is $103,967–$132,573 (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).

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.

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.

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.