Consulting Associate, Scientist (Entry Level)

ERM is seeking a motivated Consulting Associate, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Compliance who is interested in participating on a variety of projects covering the full spectrum of ERM’s services, to join our consulting firm in Washington, DC. In this role, you will work closely with Project Managers on EHS compliance, sustainability, and due diligence projects.  This is an excellent career opportunity to work with an expert consulting team on challenging EHS projects for large industrial and global clients for technology and transportation sectors. Access to ERM's national Sustainable Operations experts provide knowledge sharing of best practices across the industry and ongoing learning opportunities for our team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide assistance on EHS compliance, sustainability, and due diligence transaction projects.
• Prepare plans, permits, and reports for hazardous waste, air quality, storm water, and wastewater programs.  
• Perform EHS compliance assessments and implement follow-up corrective actions to ensure compliance with federal, state, and local regulations. 
• Support the development of EHS compliance and management system programs.
• Provide general EHS compliance support to clients, including on-site assistance as needed. 
• Perform Phase I environmental site assessments to support property transfer transactions.
• Conduct environmental field work and on site audits that include topics such as waste and chemical management, contingency plans, groundwater, soil, sediment, and surface water sampling and ecological field studies.
• Conduct inspections, incident investigations, safety observations, job safety analysis and risk assessments and resulting mitigation activities based off OSHA requirements that will identify, evaluate and control unsafe health & safety hazards or risks at customer sites.
• Perform multiple projects within scope/budget/schedule expectations and ensure quality standards on project deliverables. 
• Support ERM Partners-in-Charge and Project Managers to effectively manage projects.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's in environmental engineering or science, occupational health and safety, or related discipline. Or equivalent experience. 
• recent graduate to 1 year of EHS experience, preferably in technology, data centers, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or manufacturing.
• ASP, EIT, CHMM, OSHA30 certifications or similar is desirable.
• Effective written/verbal communication and organization/analytical skills.
• Must be willing and able to travel locally 60% 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.  
• Ability to multi-task, maintain flexibility, travel, and work independently with minimal supervision.
• Local candidates required.

For the Consulting Associate, Environmental Health and Safety Compliance (Entry Level) position, we anticipate the annual base pay of $66,880 – $77,317 (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 conside