Who is ERM?
ERM is a leading global sustainability consulting firm, committed for nearly 50 years to helping organizations navigate complex environmental, social, and governance (ESG) challenges. We bring together a diverse and inclusive community of experts across regions and disciplines, providing a truly multicultural environment that fosters collaboration, professional growth, and meaningful global exposure. As a people-first organization, ERM values well-being, career development, and the power of collective expertise to drive sustainable impact for our clients—and the planet.

Introducing our new Global Delivery Centre (GDC)
Our Global Delivery Centre (GDC) in India is a unified platform designed to deliver high-value services and solutions to ERM’s global clientele. By centralizing key business and consulting functions, we streamline operations, optimize service delivery, and enable our teams to focus on what matters most—advising clients on sustainability challenges with agility and innovation. Through the GDC, you will collaborate with international teams, leverage emerging technologies, and further enhance ERM’s commitment to excellence—amplifying our shared mission to make a lasting, positive impact.

Job Objective

ERM is seeking a motivated Air Quality Consulting Associate to join our consulting team in USA.  The successful candidate will work on a variety of interesting technical projects for clients in the oil & gas, power, technology, and chemical sectors. This position is an excellent career opportunity to work with an expert consulting team on challenging environmental management projects for large industrial and global clients. ERM's national Air Quality experts provide knowledge sharing of best practices across the industry and ongoing learning opportunities for our team.

ERM’s Air Quality technical community pursues and wins highly innovative engagements for the most interesting clients, providing the full breadth relevant services. In North America alone, ERM has more than 300 dedicated air quality and climate change professionals assisting clients with projects as diverse as developing responses to emerging Low Carbon Fuel Standards, to leading complex capital projects through the many hurdles associated with the New Source Review (NSR) permitting program.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Conduct air quality analyses, assess regulatory compliance, and perform regulatory applicability evaluations.Develop complete and accurate air quality permits for Title V, Prevention of Significant Deterioration (PSD), and New Source Review compliance. Interact with local regulators to steward permit application review and issuance.Prepare emission inventory reports; quantify air pollutant emissions and impacts.Implement climate change projects, such as greenhouse gas inventories.Prepare recommendations and reporting of results, (i.e., emissions testing, hours of operations limits, or control devices).Perform multiple tasks within scope/budget/schedule expectations and ensure quality standards on project deliverables.Interact and maintain successful relationships with clients, ERM employees, and subcontractors.

REQUIREMENTS:

BS in chemical, environmental, or mechanical engineering; MS preferred but not mandatory.Recent graduate to 3 years of direct consulting or industry experience involving environmental permitting and compliance. Experience with air quality construction permits and Title V permitting; PSD, NSR, Best Available Control Technology (BACT), and/or MACT experience a plus.Demonstrated understanding of air emissions and emission reporting processes.Strong hands-on spreadsheet and database comprehension.Excellent written and verbal communication skills.Ability to succeed in a fast-paced consulting environment, handling multiple project assignments, meeting strict deadlines, and traveling to client facilities as needed.