Consulting Director - Site Investigation & Remediation

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 Consultant Director – Site Investigation & Remediation (SIR) , you will play a critical role in advancing ERM’s global Liability Portfolio Management & Remediation (LPMR) business by providing technical leadership, strategic direction, and delivery oversight for complex environmental projects. Working within the Consulting Delivery Hub (CDH), you will partner with ERM teams across regions to deliver high-quality, scalable remediation and contaminated land management solutions that help clients manage environmental liabilities, reduce risk, and achieve sustainable outcomes. This role is essential to strengthening ERM’s global delivery capability, driving technical excellence, and enabling consistent, efficient project execution across a diverse portfolio of site investigation and remediation programs.

What your impact is?

Lead the successful delivery of complex site investigation, remediation, contaminated land, and environmental construction projects while maintaining high standards of quality, safety, and technical excellence.

Drive consistency and continuous improvement across global project teams by applying best practices, technical innovation, and robust quality review processes.

Provide trusted technical leadership and strategic guidance that helps clients effectively manage environmental risks, liabilities, and regulatory challenges.

Strengthen ERM’s global delivery model by collaborating with regional teams, sharing expertise, and enabling efficient, scalable project execution across multiple geographies.

Mentor and develop consultants, project managers, and technical specialists, building a high-performing team and enhancing the long-term capability of the SIR practice.

Support business growth through technical thought leadership, proposal development, client engagement, and the identification of innovative solutions that create lasting value for clients and ERM.

What will you bring?

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Geology, Environmental Science, Hydrogeology, or related discipline.

15–20+ years of experience in environmental consulting, site investigation, remediation, or contaminated land management.

Demonstrated experience managing complex technical projects and multidisciplinary teams.

Strong understanding of remediation technologies, environmental risk assessment, and contaminated site management practices.

Proven ability to develop technical solutions for industrial, manufacturing, energy, technology, infrastructure, and oil & gas clients.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Strong project management, stakeholder management, and strategic problem-solving capabilities.

Demonstrated ability to mentor technical professionals and lead delivery teams.

Strong experience of working at leadership levels in a GCC kind of set up, liaising with stakeholders Globally.

Preferred skills & competencies

Experience with international environmental regulatory frameworks and standards either working directly or in consulting capacity.

Recognized technical expertise in remediation, contaminated land management, risk assessment, or environmental engineering disciplines.

Experience supporting large-scale, multi-region client programs and portfolios.

Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD).

Key responsibilities

Technical Leadership & Project Delivery

Provide senior technical leadership on site investigation, remediation, environmental construction, and contaminated land management projects.

Design, review, and oversee implementation of remedial solutions for contaminated soil, groundwater, sediment, and other affected media using both innovative and conventional treatment technologies.

Lead technical reviews and quality assurance of deliverables across a broad range of remediation services, including:

Site Investigation & Remediation

Brownfields Redevelopment

Human Health & Ecological Risk Assessments

Sediment Management & Remediation

Remediation Portfolio & Reserve Assessments

Decommissioning, Decontamination & Demolition (DDD)

Remedial Alternatives Analysis & Pilot Testing

Environmental Construction Management

Ensure projects are delivered within budget, schedule, quality, and client expectations.

Support complex regulatory evaluations and development of remediation strategies under various local, national, and international regulatory frameworks.

Global Delivery & Collaboration

Work closely with ERM teams across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, and other global regions to support integrated project delivery.

Collaborate with technical communities and service line leaders to promote consistency, innovation, and technical excellence.

Leverage global expertise and best practices to solve complex client challenges.

Support cross-functional project teams to deliver seamless client solutions.

Business Growth & Client Support

Support business development initiatives through proposal preparation, technical inputs, solution development, and client presentations.

Build and strengthen relationships with internal stakeholders, project managers, account teams, and technical experts.

Contribute technical thought leadership that helps differentiate ERM in the marketplace.

Support strategic pursuits and capture efforts through technical reviews, scope development, pricing support, and proposal preparation.

Identify opportunities to expand service offerings and enhance value delivery to clients.

People Leadership & Capability Building

Mentor and coach consultants, project managers, and technical specialists across the CDH.

Delegate technical assignments effectively and support professional development of team members.

Help build and sustain a high-performance culture focused on quality, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Contribute to recruitment, onboarding, training, and capability development initiatives.

Champion ERM’s health, safety, and sustainability culture.