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ERM Consultants Canada Ltd.
Principal Consultant, Climate Change
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ERM Consultants Canada Ltd.
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Job Description
Shape the Future of Decarbonization and Air Quality Strategy
As organizations face rapidly evolving climate expectations, this role positions you at the center of transformation. You will guide major companies through their most complex climate, decarbonization, and air quality challenges—helping them design future‑ready strategies, navigate regulatory shifts, and accelerate meaningful progress toward their sustainability goals. If you're an experienced climate or air quality professional ready to influence decision‑makers and drive real impact, this opportunity offers both depth and reach.
Why This Role Matters
ERM's sustainability and climate advisory team is expanding, and we are seeking a Principal Consultant, Climate Change, based in Toronto, ON, to help shape our climate change and air quality work across North America. You will work with global companies, utilities, data centers, financial institutions, and diverse industrial sectors—designing GHG inventories, building decarbonization pathways, leading TCFD analyses, and developing strategic air permitting and compliance programs. Your expertise will directly support clients in transitioning to lower‑carbon operations and navigating complex regulatory environments, all while helping advance clean energy, climate, and transportation policies.
What Your Impact Is
- Serve as a technical leader on climate change, decarbonization, and air quality initiatives for Fortune 500 and privately held organizations.
- Lead development of Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG inventories, emissions reconciliation, advanced technologies assessments, and abatement strategies.
- Shape climate strategy, action plans, policy assessments, and modeling aligned with mandatory and voluntary regulatory drivers.
- Manage strategic air permitting and compliance programs, including NSR, PSD, Title V, state-level regulations, and NESHAP MACT compliance.
- Advise clients on complex technical and regulatory issues to maximize operational flexibility and meet expectations for scope, budget, schedule, and quality.
- Build trusted long-term partnerships with senior clients, regulators, and external stakeholders.
- Mentor and guide junior team members, fostering high-quality delivery and team engagement.
- Support ERM's policy, account management, and business development teams to drive market growth and client success.
What You'll Bring
Required
- Bachelor's degree in chemical, environmental, or mechanical engineering, or a basic/applied science field (physics, chemistry, materials science, environmental science, earth sciences, etc.). Or equivalent experience.
- 6+ (8–15 years preferred) of relevant experience in consultancy or the private sector.
- Detailed understanding of EPA oil & gas emissions regulations (GHGRP, CAA Section 111) and state GHG requirements.
- Experience developing GHG inventories (Scopes 1–3), including advanced technologies, emissions reconciliation, and industry frameworks.
- Familiarity with natural gas certification programs, carbon footprinting, and product differentiation.
- Experience developing operational emissions reduction targets and strategic decarbonization pathways.
- Strong project management, analytical, writing, and presentation skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with executive-level stakeholders.
- Attention to detail and commitment to high-quality technical delivery.
- Experience coaching or managing others, or contributing to team member development.
- Enthusiasm, initiative, and the flexibility needed to work in a fast-growing practice.
Preferred
- Master's degree in engineering or a related scientific field.
- Experience serving as a line manager and providing structured professional development support.
Key Responsibilities
Managing Clients and Projects
- Evaluate oil & gas, power, data center, chemical, and manufacturing processes to assess GHG emissions.
- Lead climate-related projects including GHG inventory development (Scopes 1, 2, 3), emission reduction analysis, energy efficiency, renewable energy, decarbonized fuels assessments, and strategic policy design.
- Develop climate strategies, action plans, and modeling aligned to regulatory and voluntary frameworks.
- Manage and lead strategic air permits and compliance assurance programs for diverse industrial clients.
- Conduct regulatory analyses of industrial operations; prepare major/minor source air permit applications under NSR, PSD, Title V, and state regulations; and support NESHAP MACT compliance.
- Engage with local regulators to steward permit reviews and issuance.
- Use strategic thinking to influence clients' decisions and outcomes.
- Distill complex information into clear guidance for teams and clients.
- Provide strong project management support across scoping, budget control, team coordination, and delivery.
- Produce and review high-quality written deliverables and client communications.
Teamwork and Organization
- Demonstrate strong people management skills, supporting, coaching, and celebrating team members across multiple deliverables.
- Mentor and potentially supervise junior staff, ensuring high-quality planning and execution of technical work.
- Build and cultivate relationships with senior clients, external stakeholders, and key opinion leaders.
- Collaborate across ERM to bring integrated services to clients.
- Strengthen ERM's ability to sell and deliver Climate Change and Air Quality solutions.
Business Development
- Support ERM's policy team with insights relevant to clients.
- Contribute to account management and sales goals.
- Assist in preparing proposals, pitches, and business development campaigns.
For the Principal Consultant, Climate Change position, the anticipated annual base pay is $133,210–$165,598 (CAD). Actual pay will depend on factors such as education, experience, skills, location, performance, and business needs. In some cases, pay may fall outside this range. This role may be eligible for bonus pay (casual and fixed term/flex force employees are not bonus eligible).
We offer a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, parental leave, medical, dental, vision, life, disability, AD&D insurance, 401(k) or RRSP/DPSP, and other applicable benefits to eligible employees.
Note: Bonuses, commissions, and other forms of additional compensation are not guaranteed and subject to the sole discretion of ERM and its policies and procedures.
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 welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Reasonable accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.
ERM is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, Indigenous identity, or status as a protected veteran or qualified individual with a disability.
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.
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By submitting your application, you acknowledge and consent to the use of AI tools in evaluating your candidacy. If you have questions or need accommodations, please contact us at nainquiries@erm.com.
Thank you for your interest in ERM!
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