Managing Consultant - Industrial Permitting and Compliance
Are you also passionate about sustainability and want to contribute to a better environment and society? Do you want to support clients, whether in commercial or non-commercial industries, with their sustainability ambitions and challenges? Join our growing international sustainability team within ERM.
At ERM, sustainability is our business. We are the worldβs largest advisory firm focused solely on sustainability, offering unparalleled expertise across business and finance. We collaborate with the world's foremost organizations, delivering innovative solutions and assisting them in comprehending and addressing their sustainability challenges. To achieve this, we employ over 8,000 professionals across 40 countries and territories, operating from more than 160 offices worldwide.
Join our safe and sustainable operations team in the Netherlands as a Managing Consultant.
In this role, you will guide clients through the complexities of environmental regulations, ensuring compliance and facilitating the acquisition of necessary permits for diverse projects. Your expertise will be pivotal in navigating legal frameworks, conducting thorough impact assessments, and devising strategic solutions that align with both regulatory requirements and sustainability goals. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of professionals, engage with stakeholders, and drive impactful projects that harmonize development with environmental stewardship.
We are looking for starters and early professionals with experience in sustainability and/or management consultancy and/or have an industry background within the field of sustainability, permitting and compliance.
What Will You Be Doing?
As a Managing Consultant for Legal Environment Permitting, your main responsibilities include:
As managing consultant industrial permitting and compliance, you are part of a multidisciplinary international team working on challenging assignments, within a wide range of clients in various industries like Consumer Goods & Retail, Renewable energy, Food, Chemical industry, Supply chain and data technology. As a team you the delivery of products and services to our client related to obtaining needed permissions for new developments and assuring compliance to regulations.
Regulatory and EHS Compliance:
- Coordinate regulatory inspections, reporting, and ensure compliance with environmental permits and pollution prevention programs.
- Conduct EHS compliance reviews, risk assessments, and develop programs to ensure adherence to regulatory requirements.
- Identify, evaluate, and mitigate EHS hazards through inspections, assessments, and proactive measures.
Program Development and Administration:
- Develop and maintain employee safety and injury prevention programs.
- Administer environmental permit management programs to ensure regulatory compliance.
- Implement and oversee EHS training initiatives to enhance safety practices and knowledge.
Performance Monitoring and Reporting:
- Collect and analyze site-level EHS metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
- Conduct management reviews and report on corrective actions taken.
- Foster a culture of continuous improvement in site safety practices and overall safety culture.
Your responsibilities
- Delivery of projects for our clients. That includes responsibilities like conducting analysis, facilitating workshops, collecting, and processing large amounts of data, turning analysis into insights, project & stakeholder management, creating management presentations, etc.
- Proactively thinking with clients about business strategies, development and integration of innovative concepts and technology and transformation plans.
- Managing client stakeholder relationships.
- Signaling and acting upon the needs of the clients and translating these into projects.
- Actively updating yourself with new developments and innovations in the field of sustainability, compliance and safety.
- Leading/contributing to the development of new propositions in the field of sustainability, compliance and safety to increase and improve our offerings portfolio.
- Contribute to developing activities for our growing practice within the ERM network.
Requirements / Qualifications:
- A relevant Bachelor or Masterβs degree, preferably environmental law related, health and safety engineering or with a technical and/or (organizational) business focus.
- Interest in corporate sustainability, compliance and health and safety and what this means for our clients.
- Is proactive, self-motivated, detail-oriented, well-organized and capable of working independently and as part of a team.
- Is committed to continuous learning and professional development.
- Strong analytical skills and proficient in MS-applications such as word, Excel etc. knowledge of power automate, power BI etc. is appreciated.
- Interested in project management.
- Excellent communicative skills (speaking an writing) in Dutch and English (C1/C2 level).
- As we are looking for both starters and professionals; 2 - 5 years proven and relevant work experience in a similar role as a (internal or external) consultant or relevant business function.
Preferred candidates have experience on any of the following topics:
- The current socio-environmental challenges businesses face (e.g. climate change, biodiversity, diversity and inclusion, resource and waste management etc.).
- Corporate sustainability.
- Health and safety (incl. emergency response and crisis management)
- Sustainable and compliance business strategies.
- Environmental and safety auditing
Why Join Us?
- Innovative Environment: Be part of a team at the forefront of safety and sustainability consulting.
- Global Impact: Work on projects that significantly impact global safety and sustainability practices.
- Professional Growth: Collaborate with top professionals and mentor diverse teams, advancing your career.
- Mission-Driven: Contribute to our mission to create a safer and more sustainable world.
- Youthful Energy: Experience the dynamic energy of working with a passionate, young team. Engage with innovative minds eager to make a difference, bringing fresh perspectives and enthusiasm to every project. Join us for a journey where professional excellence meets a vibrant, enjoyable work culture.
Apply to this role:
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.
If you share our value and are interested in this role, please send your CV and cover letter (in English) along with your salary expectations.
Join us in shaping a sustainable future!
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