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Candidates may come from consulting, industry, utility, petrochemical, pipeline, manufacturing, or power generation backgrounds.\nThe successful candidate will manage projects, lead client engagements, and provide technical guidance across a variety of environmental compliance and permitting initiatives while supporting some of the region's most significant energy and industrial developments.\nPreferred Location: Louisiana is strongly preferred, with candidates located within driving distance of New Orleans encouraged to apply. Periodic travel throughout the Gulf Coast region will be required.\nWhat Your Impact Will Be\n1. Project Leadership\n· Manage environmental compliance and permitting projects for industrial, energy, utility, petrochemical, manufacturing, and pipeline clients.\n· Serve as Project Manager on complex, multidisciplinary environmental projects.\n· Lead project execution, client communications, technical deliverables, budgets, schedules, and resource planning.\n2. Environmental Compliance & Permitting\n· Support clients in navigating environmental risks throughout project development, construction, and operations.\n· Prepare and manage permitting and compliance programs related to air, water, waste, remediation, and stormwater regulations.\n· Develop and review environmental plans and programs, including SWPPPs, SPCC Plans, environmental compliance procedures, inspections, and reporting requirements.\n3. Energy & Infrastructure Development\n· Support permitting and environmental compliance efforts for pipelines, utility corridors, transmission infrastructure, power generation facilities, carbon capture projects, water infrastructure, and other linear development projects.\n· Advise clients on environmental permitting requirements and regulatory strategies throughout project lifecycles.\n4. Client Leadership\n· Lead client meetings and serve as a trusted technical advisor.\n· Develop strong relationships with key client stakeholders.\n· Deliver practical, business-focused environmental solutions that\nsupport client objectives.\nWhat You'll Bring\nRequired\n· Bachelor's or Master's degree in Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Biology, Geology, or a related field.\n· 6+ years of relevant environmental experience; 10+ years preferred.\n· Demonstrated project management experience leading environmental projects and multidisciplinary teams.\n· Hands-on field experience supporting environmental compliance and permitting activities.\n· Experience working with facilities that maintain multiple environmental permits and compliance obligations.\n· Strong written and verbal communication skills.\n· Ability to independently lead client meetings and manage client relationships.\n· Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.\nHighly Desired\n· Multi-media permitting strongly preferred - practical knowledge of environmental regulations governing air, water, stormwater, waste, remediation, and spill prevention programs.\n· Experience supporting construction and operational compliance programs for pipelines and other linear infrastructure projects.\n· Experience supporting environmental permitting and compliance for major capital projects and facility expansions.\nReady to make a lasting impact in the energy sector? Join ERM and help shape the future of sustainable development.\nWho We Are:\nAs 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.\nAt 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.\nPlease submit your resume and brief cover letter.\nERM 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.\nERM is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. 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