Consulting Director, Sustainable Operations
Environmental Resources Management (ERM), Holland, Michigan, United States, 49423
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R00029157At **ERM**, we are shaping a sustainable future with the world's leading organizations. We partner with leading companies to develop and implement effective sustainability and EHS operational excellence programs, helping them transform potential EHS business risks into brand differentiators.ERM has an enormous growth opportunity for a **Consulting Director** specialized in **Sustainable Operations** to join our team.Weare now looking for experienced and forward thinking **EHS professionals** to join our firm as client-facing team members. We are looking for established leaders who combine **strong consulting and business development skills** with a solid technical foundation in EHS and a track record of consulting high performing teams to sell and deliver world-class services and outcomes.**What Your Impact Is:*** Foster, expand, and leverage a network of excellent client relationships with a focused set of manufacturing, pharmaceutical, power, and diversified energy sector companies, consistent with our growth strategy and trajectory.* Develop new client relationships and expand existing relationships by successfully delivering strategic consulting advice, excellent value, and quality service* Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks and compliance strategies.* Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.* Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and delivering client-facing projects.* Mentor teams that will support and assist with running large client programs.* Drive the continued growth of ERM’s business through recruiting and developing our next generation of leaders.* Further advance our reputation for supporting development of some of the world’s most challenging and complex projects.**What You'll Bring**You’re a seasoned consultant and business developer with a passion for energy and infrastructure. You thrive in dynamic environments, inspire teams, and build trusted relationships with clients. You bring:* Support and carry out ERM’s strategy of focusing on clients, understanding clients’ businesses and their needs, and delivering exceptional client value.* Actively develop commercial strategies to pursue and win new business opportunities that result in significant growth with ERM’s target clients.* Drive innovation within the sector to stay ahead of client needs and to differentiate ERM in the market.* Mentor and consult a high-performance team, serving as a leader and mentor to consultants.* Meet business health & safety performance standards, financial targets, overall project budgets and schedules, client satisfaction/expectations, and internal risk management and contractual requirements.**Required*** BS/MS in environmental science, engineering, or related field.* 10+ years of progressive experience in client management in North America.* Business acumen to understand business risks and challenges, and to recognize opportunities to provide enterprise-wide solutions for clients.* Demonstrable track record in delivering multi-million-dollar sales programs.* Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks and compliance strategies.* Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.* Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and delivering client-facing projects.**Preferred*** Advanced degree (e.g., MSc, MBA, PhD) in a relevant discipline.**Key Responsibilities*** **Client Development**: Cultivate and expand relationships with major energy clients, delivering strategic insights and exceptional service.* **Business Growth**: Drive commercial strategies to win new business and grow ERM’s Capital Project Development practice.* **Project Leadership**: Oversee delivery teams, ensure quality and compliance, and manage stakeholder-facing engagements.* **Team Building**: Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performance consulting team.* **Operational Excellence**: Meet financial targets, manage risk, and uphold ERM’s standards for safety and sustainability.***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!#LI-HybridAt ERM, sustainability is our business.We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance.ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities.Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation.With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor.Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it).Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action.Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world.We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth.At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint #J-18808-Ljbffr
Holland, Michigantime type:
Full timeposted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date: March 31, 2026 (30+ days left to apply)job requisition id:
R00029157At **ERM**, we are shaping a sustainable future with the world's leading organizations. We partner with leading companies to develop and implement effective sustainability and EHS operational excellence programs, helping them transform potential EHS business risks into brand differentiators.ERM has an enormous growth opportunity for a **Consulting Director** specialized in **Sustainable Operations** to join our team.Weare now looking for experienced and forward thinking **EHS professionals** to join our firm as client-facing team members. We are looking for established leaders who combine **strong consulting and business development skills** with a solid technical foundation in EHS and a track record of consulting high performing teams to sell and deliver world-class services and outcomes.**What Your Impact Is:*** Foster, expand, and leverage a network of excellent client relationships with a focused set of manufacturing, pharmaceutical, power, and diversified energy sector companies, consistent with our growth strategy and trajectory.* Develop new client relationships and expand existing relationships by successfully delivering strategic consulting advice, excellent value, and quality service* Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks and compliance strategies.* Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.* Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and delivering client-facing projects.* Mentor teams that will support and assist with running large client programs.* Drive the continued growth of ERM’s business through recruiting and developing our next generation of leaders.* Further advance our reputation for supporting development of some of the world’s most challenging and complex projects.**What You'll Bring**You’re a seasoned consultant and business developer with a passion for energy and infrastructure. You thrive in dynamic environments, inspire teams, and build trusted relationships with clients. You bring:* Support and carry out ERM’s strategy of focusing on clients, understanding clients’ businesses and their needs, and delivering exceptional client value.* Actively develop commercial strategies to pursue and win new business opportunities that result in significant growth with ERM’s target clients.* Drive innovation within the sector to stay ahead of client needs and to differentiate ERM in the market.* Mentor and consult a high-performance team, serving as a leader and mentor to consultants.* Meet business health & safety performance standards, financial targets, overall project budgets and schedules, client satisfaction/expectations, and internal risk management and contractual requirements.**Required*** BS/MS in environmental science, engineering, or related field.* 10+ years of progressive experience in client management in North America.* Business acumen to understand business risks and challenges, and to recognize opportunities to provide enterprise-wide solutions for clients.* Demonstrable track record in delivering multi-million-dollar sales programs.* Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks and compliance strategies.* Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder engagement skills.* Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and delivering client-facing projects.**Preferred*** Advanced degree (e.g., MSc, MBA, PhD) in a relevant discipline.**Key Responsibilities*** **Client Development**: Cultivate and expand relationships with major energy clients, delivering strategic insights and exceptional service.* **Business Growth**: Drive commercial strategies to win new business and grow ERM’s Capital Project Development practice.* **Project Leadership**: Oversee delivery teams, ensure quality and compliance, and manage stakeholder-facing engagements.* **Team Building**: Recruit, mentor, and lead a high-performance consulting team.* **Operational Excellence**: Meet financial targets, manage risk, and uphold ERM’s standards for safety and sustainability.***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!#LI-HybridAt ERM, sustainability is our business.We are the world’s largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance.ERM partners with clients to operationalize sustainability at pace and scale, through our unique combination of strategic transformation and technical delivery capabilities.Our diverse global team of experts works with the world’s leading organizations to help them set clear sustainability targets, measure progress and operationalize strategy through deep implementation and business transformation.With more than 50 years of experience, our ability to integrate sustainability solutions and our depth and breadth of technical knowledge are why organizations choose to partner with us as their trusted advisor.Every one of us firmly believes in the potential to create value for our clients through an integrated approach to sustainability (because we have personally seen it and professionally achieved it).Our team members are passionate about client service. We work closely with our clients to help them operationalize their sustainability goals and meet their environmental, health and safety objectives while advancing ERM’s purpose through delivering tangible progress in what the United Nations coined The Decade of Action.Organizing our people across globally integrated communities of technical and strategic talent positions ERM to be a “boots to boardroom” leader in bringing that value creation to our clients, partners, and the world.We recruit exceptional professionals with a personal and professional passion for sustainability and nurture them to even greater success as specialists. We prepare our consultants to bring integrated, innovative and sustainable solutions to our clients and provide opportunities for ongoing development across a variety of subject areas related to technical, business, and personal growth.At ERM, effort pays off and becomes career defining work that leaves a positive imprint #J-18808-Ljbffr