Associate Consultant

Company Description

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. No sponsorship is available for this position. 
 

Ramboll is a global architecture, engineering, and consultancy company. As a foundation-owned people company, founded in Denmark, we believe that the purpose of sustainable change is to create a thriving world for both nature and people. So, that’s where we start ��� and how we work. Our history is rooted in a clear vision of how a responsible company should act and being open and curious is a cornerstone of our culture. Ramboll in the Americas has thousands of experts working across more than 70 offices. Ramboll experts deliver innovative solutions across Environment & Health, Water, Energy, and Planning & Urban Design.

Job Description

Are you a passionate new graduate excited to start your career?  Launch your environmental consulting career from our Portland, Maine office – a coastal city with Casco Bay shorelines, nearby forests and islands, and easy access to year-round outdoor recreation (boating, hiking and winter sports). Portland also offers a lively food scene, vibrant arts community, and a welcoming quality of life. It is the perfect blend of professional opportunity and outdoor lifestyle for new graduates who want meaningful work, mentorship, and abundant opportunities to grow personally and professionally.

Join us at Ramboll as an Early-Career Consultant and help to deliver sustainable solutions for our clients. This is a hands-on, client-facing role where you’ll learn from experienced engineers and scientists, gain field and project experience, and build a rewarding career in environmental consulting. 

At Ramboll, we will support and encourage your professional development, invite you to unfold your ingenuity and contribute to exciting and innovative projects, and work for sustainable change so people and nature can flourish. If this sounds like you, or you’re curious to learn more, then this role could be the perfect opportunity. Join our team and work with us to close the gap to a sustainable future.

Qualifications

Your new role

As our new Consultant, you will join our stellar team and work closely with Project Managers and other Consultants on a variety of due diligence, environmental investigation/remediation, environmental compliance, health and safety, sustainability, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) projects within our broad Environment and Health practice. This is an excellent career opportunity to work with an expert consulting team on challenging environmental projects for industrial, financial sector, commercial, and global clients.

Your key responsibilities may include:

• Conducting environmental due diligence for industrial and commercial transactions, including standard Phase I Environmental Site Assessments consistent with ASTM standards and custom reports tailored to client-specific needs.
• Conducting limited environmental compliance reviews for industrial facilities.
• Conducting ESG reviews as part of merger and acquisition due diligence projects.
• Providing general environmental compliance support to clients across a variety of regulatory program areas including hazardous waste, wastewater/stormwater discharges, air emissions, chemical/spill prevention, and community right-to-know regulations.
• Providing assistance to industrial clients with other regulatory compliance matters, including permit transfers, environmental reporting, and environmental permitting.
• Collecting, compiling, and evaluating environmental sampling data to characterize chemicals in environmental media.
• Providing technical assistance and applying engineering principles on site investigation and remediation projects.
• Assisting in the preparation of remedial investigation reports, feasibility studies, and other technical reports.

Your starting point for constant growth

From the moment you join Ramboll, we will support your personal and professional development so that you grow with the company. For this role, we believe your starting point is:

• At least a bachelor’s degree in Geology, Geological Engineering, Environmental or Civil Engineering or Environmental Science from an accredited institution.
• For candidates with a background in geology and environmental science, classwork or experience with geophysics, geochemistry, organic chemistry hydrology, ecology, and biology is desired. Groundwater flow and/or contaminant transport modeling, GIS mapping, and/or field geology coursework (as applicable) are a plus.
• Experience with environmental regulatory programs, database management, risk assessment, environmental sampling, and property and/or Merger/Acquisition due diligence