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 Air Quality Consultant (Modeling) , you will support ERM's global consulting delivery by providing technical expertise in air dispersion modeling, environmental permitting, air quality assessments projects. You will work within CDH SSO Air Quality team, partnering with North America and EMEA to deliver high-quality modeling and regulatory compliance solutions. This role is critical to enhancing technical excellence, delivery efficiency, and scalable support for global client projects.
What your impact is?
•Develop technically defensible dispersion analyses by converting emissions, meteorological, and operational data into insights that support permitting, compliance, and environmental decision-making.
•Deliver high-quality assessments for global projects, helping clients manage environmental risks, meet regulatory expectations, and identify emissions reduction or pollution control opportunities.
•Enhance confidence in environmental permitting outcomes by applying robust modeling methodologies, quality assurance practices, and regulatory guidance.
•Provide technical leadership in the application of advanced modeling tools, helping project teams solve complex air quality challenges.
•Leverage automation, data analytics, and innovative modeling approaches to improve efficiency, consistency, and quality of project delivery.
•Contribute to capability building, innovation, and continuous improvement initiatives within the team.
•Support proposal development, technical excellence programs, and knowledge sharing initiatives.
What will you bring?
•Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in environmental engineering, Environmental Science, Atmospheric Science, or related discipline.
•Over 8- 12 years of experience in air quality dispersion modeling, air permitting, air quality assessments studies, emissions management, or environmental compliance projects across industrial sector.
•Strong proficiency in air dispersion modeling tools such as AERMOD, CALPUFF, SCREEN3, AERSCREEN, and other regulatory or non-regulatory models, with a sound understanding of model selection, application, and limitations.
•Sound understanding of air quality regulations, permitting frameworks, and modeling guidance across multiple jurisdictions, including North America and EMEA regions.
•Demonstrated experience developing emissions inventories, source characterization, meteorological data processing, receptor grid development, terrain assessments, and model input preparation.
•Proven ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously, prioritize competing deadlines, and deliver high-quality work within scope, schedule, and budget expectations.
•Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder engagement, and communication skills.
