ERM is the world’s largest specialist sustainability consultancy, with over 50 years of experience helping organizations navigate complex environmental, social, and governance challenges. We bring together a global community of experts to deliver meaningful impact for our clients and the planet.
Our Consulting Delivery Hub (CDH) in India is a critical part of ERM’s global consulting model enabling scalable, high-quality delivery across regions and service lines. CDH teams work in close partnership with regional consultants to support global client projects, providing specialist expertise, driving consistency, and enhancing delivery efficiency across our most important programmes.
As part of the Consulting Delivery Hub, you will collaborate with colleagues worldwide, contribute to complex sustainability projects, and play a key role in shaping the future of global consulting delivery.
Why this role matters?
As a Managing/Principal Consultant , you will support ERM’s global consulting delivery through innovative, high impact projects on a range of issues related to energy, decarbonization and climate change, working within the Corporate Sustainability and Climate Change team.
What your impact is?
Carry out and oversee research and quantitative analysis in areas including (but not all of) industrial decarbonization, low carbon fuels and chemicals, low carbon transportation, electricity networks and systems modelling, GHG planning and strategy, ESG and climate risk assessments:
Provide clients with thought leadership, insight, and strategic advice.
Contribute significantly to winning work and business development activities, including identifying opportunities, preparing proposals and business networking
What will you bring?
Relevant degree in climate change/environmental management or in a similar subject (e.g. science, engineering, economics), or related degree with relevant modules/work experience
At least 6 years’ experience in environmental consulting or alternative relevant work area
Keen interest in applicable sustainability topics with a flexible open-minded approach to working across a variety of sustainability subjects. Skills and knowledge required in topics from the following:
Low Corbon Industry : Carbon Capture Utilization & Storage, Green steel/cement, energy from waste, Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR), Industrial Clusters, Technical Due Diligence
Fuels and Chemicals : Sustainable Chemicals, low carbon fuels, LCA/GHG/Net Zero, Sustainability Standards/Certification, Policy
Networks & Systems : Future energy scenario modelling, Smart meter data, Electricity Generation & Dispatch, Software Development (Python/dbase/webUI), Cloud Deployment (AWS/Azure)
Heat Networks
Transport : Road and non-road Transport, EV charging & Batteries, Fleet Decarb
GHG Planning & Strategy : Scopes 1-3, avoided emissions, product emissions, GHG Target Setting incl SBTi, CBAM, Decarb/'transition' plans and roadmaps
Strategy : ESG reporting & disclosures
Resilience : Climate risk assessment, Resilience assessments, Transition risk assessments
Techno Economic Modelling
Technical Due Diligence
Driving business development activities including identifying opportunities and leading proposal development;
Managing delivery of large complex consultancy projects and ensuring high-quality outputs to clients on time and within budget;
Managing multiple projects and stakeholders – developed multitasking skills are a necessity
Overseeing the work of other consultants, including setting tasks, supporting research and analysis, coaching junior staff and reviewing and quality assuring outputs;
Acting as the primary point of contact for clients and developing excellent client relationships;
Contributing to thought leadership space and helping to build strong networks with clients;
Contributing to the development and implementation of consulting market strategies;
Line management may form part of your duties, though not necessarily from day one;
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