Job Description

ERM is seeking a growth-minded, client-facing leader as part of the continued expansion of our Liability Portfolio Management & Remediation (LPMR) service line. We are looking for an established market leader to fulfill a Partner (Principal/Director/VP) role, fostering and expanding a network of strong client relationships in the Great Lakes North Business Unit (Midwest-specific). This position will be based in the Chicago area, with consideration given to other locations in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, and Ohio.
This role is ideal for individuals who combine strong consulting and business development skills with a solid technical foundation and are seeking to advance their careers with an equity stake in a global environmental leader committed to sustainability consulting.
A career as an ERM Partner is unique. Our partnership model offers unparalleled opportunities for leaders with ambition, vision, and proven expertise, providing:

• Meaningful equity ownership with significant financial and intangible rewards.
• The opportunity to join the world's leading sustainability consultancy and help shape a sustainable future with top global organizations.
• The ability to provide thought leadership on a wide range of technical and business issues impacting our core markets.
• An extension of ERM's market position and reach, combining your and our established relationships to further drive growth.

ROLE PROFILE:
Primary focus on client relationship development, sales, and delivery of the full spectrum of ERM's consulting services to deliver strategic value to clients across multiple sectors. Specifically, play a key role in leading and growing ERM's existing LPMR business across a broad portfolio of sustainable service offerings:

• Site investigation and remediation, including "green" remediation
• Human health and ecological risk assessments
• Remediation portfolio and reserve assessments
• Sediment management and remediation
• Brownfields redevelopment
• Decommissioning, decontamination, and demolition (DDD)
• Remedial alternatives evaluations and pilot testing
• Remediation engineering and construction management

Additional responsibilities include:

• Developing new client relationships and expanding existing ones by delivering strategic consulting advice, excellent value, and quality service.
• Maintaining awareness of industry business cycles and prioritizing sales efforts toward high-potential opportunities.
• Managing capture efforts using technical understanding to develop proposals, including written content, pricing, presentations, and contracting.
• Working in a collaborative, cross-functional team environment to build ERM's global business and lead client and technical teams.
• Meeting business financial targets, overall project budgets and schedules, client satisfaction expectations, and internal and contract requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor of Science in engineering, geology, science, or a related discipline; advanced degree preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive environmental experience in a consulting environment, working substantially with industrial clients (e.g., diversified energy, chemical, power, manufacturing).
• In-depth understanding of contaminated site remediation management challenges and the regulatory landscape in the targeted geography.
• Demonstrated track record of delivering multimillion-dollar sales annually, including successfully winning large and strategic projects with Fortune 500 clients.
• Strong business acumen to understand risks and challenges and recognize corporate opportunities.
• Recognized technical expertise and an established reputation in the local geography.
• Certification in the field (PE, PG, or similar registration) desired.

ABOUT THE SERVICE AREA
Environmental liabilities, which are part of nearly every company's asset portfolio and balance sheet, present regulatory, technical, and social complexities that heighten risk and potentially reduce asset value. Throughout a company's asset life cycle, ERM helps clients manage these risks through strategic approaches, digital applications, and best-fit technical methods that identify, assess, and manage environmental liabilities.
Through cross-functional strategic engagement, we work to transform environmental liabilities and legacy assets into a risk-adjusted portfolio that supports favorable outcomes, aligns with sustainability goals, and promotes social acceptance.
We support our clients with:

• Asset and portfolio management
• Options analysis and exit strategy
• Digital data collection, analysis, and portfolio dashboarding
• Liability assessments
• Asset retirement and/or redevelopment
• Regulatory adaptation strategies
• Litigation support
• Portfolio risk management for emerging issues such as new contaminants, regulatory changes, and stakeholder concerns

With annual global sales exceeding $400 million, our LPMR service area remains the largest globally within ERM, a business with a history of double-digit annual growth. ERM encourages collaboration and networking among regional offices, offering opportunities to work with our national technical team and remediation technology experts to share best practices, access top talent, and partner on consulting opportunities.
We are recognized experts in several innovative technologies, including thermal remediation, abiotic reduction, and green and sustainable remediation solutions. With a proven track record of excelling within complex and challenging project parameters, our outstanding work has earned the trust of clients with their most challenging sites worldwide.
For the Consulting Partner, Environmental Remediation position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $170,000 - $190,000 (USD). An employee's pay position within this range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs. We also may have instances where employee's fall outside of the range based on the factors noted above. This job may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are NOT bonus eligible).
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, paid parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability and AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP, and any other benefits to eligible employees as applicable.
You can apply for this role through https://www.erm.com/careers/apply/ or through the internal careers portal if you are a current employee.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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!
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